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What new developments are emerging in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. A House Subcommittee has voted to subpoena the Justice Department for files related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. President Trump's supporters have criticized his administration for what they see as backtracking on promises to release more information about the case. The Wall Street Journal has published a report about Trump and his links with Epstein. It says Trump was informed last May, his name appeared several times in investigation documents of Epstein. NPR has not confirmed this reporting, and the reported appearance of Trump's name in any of these documents is not an indication of wrongdoing. And Pierre's Domenico Montanaro has more.
He and Epstein were friends for years, you know, and video partying together, even was on flight logs for Epstein's plane before falling out over a property dispute.
How did Pierre’s Domenico Montanaro describe Epstein’s relationship with Trump?
For Trump's part, a White House spokesperson said in a statement that Trump kicked Epstein quote out of his club for being a creep and pivoted to talking about Russia's involvement in the twenty sixteen election.
N Pierre's Domenico Montanaro reporting. The Trump administration wants to reverse a two thousand nine decision that underpins much of the federal government's work on climate change. NPR's Jeff Brady has more.
The Environmental Protection Agency determined in two thousand nine that greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels endanger public health and the environment. 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.
What is the Trump administration’s plan to reverse the EPA’s greenhouse‑gas 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 board of the Vaccine Alliance Gavi is meeting today and tomorrow in Geneva. The international organization provides vaccines for more than half of the world's children. But it's almost three billion dollars short of what its programs need over the next five years, and BR's Gabriela Emanuel has more.
Last year the US contributed three hundred million dollars to Gavi. However, this year the Trump administration pulled funding.
Why is the Gavi Vaccine Alliance facing a $3 billion funding shortfall?
In addition to providing routine vaccinations in the world's poorest countries, Gavi stockpiles vaccines for emergency outbreaks. Ruth Karen is at Johns Hopkins. She says
something will have to get cut. Everything is up for question and the Gavi Board will make a final decision, recognizing that everything should be a priority. But not everything can
continue, she says. Since its founding in two thousand, Gavi says it's prevented more than eighteen million deaths through vaccinations. Gabriela Emanuel, NPR News.
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What are the details of the Jacksonville police‑brutality video and the ensuing investigation?
Fighting is broken out in Southeast Asia between Thailand and Cambodia. Thai officials say at least eleven people have been killed at a disputed border between the countries. Most of the victims are civilians. Cambodia is blaming Thailand for a military incursion at the border. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump says he intends to sue a Florida law enforcement agency. This comes after a video came to light of one of its officers arresting college student Will McNeil Jr. last February. The video raised questions about racial profiling and alleged police brutality.
How could the bipartisan airport‑screening bill reduce passenger wait times?
From member station WJCT, Will Brown reports.
The video shows officers with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office breaking the window of a vehicle and punching McNeil in the face during a traffic stop. McNeil says he was scared. You know, while I was getting pulled over and Wow, I needed to step out of the car, then I know I didn't do nothing wrong. Crump says the stop was racially motivated. Law enforcement body camera footage released this week shows deputies repeatedly demanding McNeil exit his vehicle prior to his physical removal and arrest.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What new developments are emerging in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation?
0:00–0:48
2
How did Pierre’s Domenico Montanaro describe Epstein’s relationship with Trump?
0:48–1:39
3
What is the Trump administration’s plan to reverse the EPA’s greenhouse‑gas finding?
1:39–2:21
4
Why is the Gavi Vaccine Alliance facing a $3 billion funding shortfall?
2:21–3:00
5
What are the details of the Jacksonville police‑brutality video and the ensuing investigation?
3:00–3:35
6
How could the bipartisan airport‑screening bill reduce passenger wait times?
3:35–4:38