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Why are House Republicans pushing for the Justice Department to release the Jeffrey Epstein files?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingley. Despite the House having adjourned a day early for its August recess, a House subcommittee has voted to subpoena the Justice Department for files related to Jeffrey Epstein. Herman Russell Sluchansky with member station WHYY reports on what some Republican members of Congress from Pennsylvania are saying about the issue.
At least two Republican US representatives in swing Pennsylvania districts have told their constituents that they favor the Department of Justice releasing the Epstein files. During a telephone town hall, Ryan McKenzie, who represents a rural district in the Northeast, criticized former President Joe Biden for not releasing them, but added it is now up to the current White House.
The Trump administration has now been in office for six months. They have not released as much as I would like to see to date. Uh but hopefully they're going to be doing that. And if not, then Congress should uh potentially step in and compel them to do that.
What is the Trump administration’s plan to overturn the EPA’s 2009 greenhouse‑gas endangerment finding?
Join Democrats in a House Oversight Committee panel motion to subpoena the files. For MPR News, I'm Carmen Russell Suchansky in Philadelphia.
The chairman of the House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed Epstein's ex girlfriend, Ghlenn Maxwell, for a deposition. This follows word that the Justice Department plans to interview Maxwell, who's currently serving a lengthy prison sentence for helping Epstein to sexually abuse underage girls. The late financier and convicted sex offender took his own life in twenty nineteen while in custody in New York, awaiting trial on federal charges. Some members of Congress, Democrats and Republicans, have been calling for more transparency over the Epstein case. The Trump administration wants to reverse a two thousand nine decision that underpins much of the federal government's work on climate change. As NPR's Jeff Brady reports, it's part of President Trump's effort to reverse the climate agenda of the Biden administration.
The Environmental Protection Agency determined in two thousand nine that greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels endanger public health and the environment.
How might the proposed EPA rule reversal affect emissions limits on power plants and vehicles?
The EPA's endangerment finding is the basis for regulating climate pollution from power plants, cars, and the oil and gas industry. If the finding is reversed, limits on those pollutants could go away. Trump's EPA says previous administrators overstepped their legal authority in making the finding. Environmentalists call this reversal a giveaway to the oil industry. Once a proposal is released, the public will have a chance to comment, and it's likely the final decision will be challenged in court. Jeff Brady, NPR News.
The White House says President Trump will be going to the Federal Reserve today. It'll be the first official visit to the central bank by a president in nearly two decades. This is NPR News from Washington.
What are the latest developments on the record‑high U.S. stock markets and the U.S.–Japan trade talks?
Wall Street is coming off another day of record highs. The Dow gained 507 points yesterday to close at an all-time high of forty-five thousand ten. The SP 500 and the Nasdaq also finished the day with record closes. Investors were reacting to word of a trade agreement between the U.S. and Japan and some of the latest numbers on corporate earnings. It's unclear if anyone has survived today's crash of a domestic passenger plane in Russia's Far East. Nearly 50 people were aboard. Wreckage has been located in a wooded area. Russian state media also show plumes of smoke rising from the area.
Why is Thailand recalling its ambassador to Cambodia amid border clashes and land‑mine incidents?
Thailand is recalling its ambassador to Cambodia amid an escalating cross-border dispute. It's also expelling Cambodia's ambassador in Bangkok. At least nine people have been killed in clashes along the disputed border, Michael Sullivan
has more. Cambodia blamed the Thais for an unprovoked incursion that Cambodian forces had responded to in self defense. All this follows an announcement by Thailand's Pua Thai Party, the largest in the government, that said Thailand was expelling the Cambodian ambassador and would withdraw its own from Phnom Penh. That followed an incident on Wednesday when the Thai say one of their soldiers lost his leg after stepping on a landmine while on patrol along the disputed border.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Why are House Republicans pushing for the Justice Department to release the Jeffrey Epstein files?
0:01–1:06
2
What is the Trump administration’s plan to overturn the EPA’s 2009 greenhouse‑gas endangerment finding?
1:06–2:13
3
How might the proposed EPA rule reversal affect emissions limits on power plants and vehicles?
2:13–3:01
4
What are the latest developments on the record‑high U.S. stock markets and the U.S.–Japan trade talks?
3:01–3:40
5
Why is Thailand recalling its ambassador to Cambodia amid border clashes and land‑mine incidents?
3:40–4:39