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What did President Trump say about his falling‑out with Jeffrey Epstein on Air Force One?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Sang. President Trump's on his way home from Scotland. On Air Force One, he fielded questions about his Falling out with Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier who was charged with sex trafficking young women and teens. Epstein died by suicide while in federal custody ahead of trial and has been the focus of conspiracy theories ever since. Here's NPR's Tamar Keith.
Trump had been friends with Epstein before the sex trafficking allegations came to light. He says the friendship soured over Epstein poaching staff from his Mar-a-Lago resort. On Air Force One, reporters pressed for more details, asking if those employees had been young women.
And the answer is yes. They were.
How did Trump describe the alleged poaching of Mar‑a‑Lago staff by Epstein?
Yes, they were giving them it. In the spa. In the spa. Yeah. People that work in the spa. I have a great spa, one of the best spas in the world at Mar a Lago. And people were taken out of the spa hired by him. In other words, gone.
Trump said he told Epstein to stop taking his employees. And when he did it again, quote, I said out of here. Tamar Keith and PR News.
What are the expected consumer impacts of the new blanket tariffs announced for imports?
Many customers may be girding themselves for the blanket tariffs on many imports set to take effect Friday.
That is gonna mean higher prices for consumers.
NPR Scott Horsley.
And we are starting to see that. It didn't it didn't show up immediately in the consumer price index, but it's we're starting to see it in things like toys and appliances and furniture that we w uh import a lot of, and we'll we'll likely see more of those cost increases in the months to come.
NPR Scott Horsley reporting. Fewer than one third of people in the US approve of Israel's military action in Gaza, according to a new poll from Gallup. It's a new low since the war began in twenty twenty three. Here's NPR's cat lone story.
The findings are from polling done earlier this month, as reports and images of Palestinians in Gaza starving after months of an Israeli blockade on aid into the enclave flooded American media. Gallup found about half of Americans initially supported Israel's military action in Gaza in the weeks after the October 2023 Hamaslate attack on southern Israel.
Why has U.S. public approval of Israel’s Gaza military action dropped to a historic low?
But disapproval has outpaced approval in every survey since, now at 60%, an all-time high. Approval is sharply felt along party lines. It has fallen dramatically among independents and Democrats since September. It has risen among Republicans. A majority of Americans also view Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unfavorably, his highest unfavorable rating since Gallup started asking about him in nineteen ninety-seven. Kat Lonsdorf, M PR News, Washington.
Remarking on the widespread starvation in Gaza, a post on Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green's ex account last night describes what's happening there as genocide. The Georgia lawmakers remark stark contrast to a recent tweet from fellow Republican Randy Fine. Florida Republican dismissed images of starving children as quote. Muslim terror propaganda.
What controversy surrounds Republican comments on the Gaza humanitarian crisis?
From Washington, this is NPR News. The gunman who killed four people in a Manhattan office building yesterday before he took his own life was Apparently search for the offices of the National Football League with a grievance.
He talked about CT he was not an NFL NFL player.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaking with MSNBC today about the former high school football player's unsubstantiated claims that he was suffering from the same neurodegenerative disease reported among a number of professional athletes. Police say the Las Vegas resident had a history of mental illness. The Union Pacific is attempting to acquire Norfolk Southern. If antitrust regulators approve, it would lead to the nation's first transcontinental railroad. Shares in United Health Group are down more than five percent. NPR's Maria Aspen reports. The struggling health care giant reported more disappointing news for investors today.
Why is UnitedHealth Group’s stock falling and what investigations are targeting the company?
United Health Group says it will make less money this year than Wall Street expected as costs in its health insurance business continue to rise. It was the latest bad news for United Health, which owns the largest U.S.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What did President Trump say about his falling‑out with Jeffrey Epstein on Air Force One?
0:01–0:43
2
How did Trump describe the alleged poaching of Mar‑a‑Lago staff by Epstein?
0:43–1:07
3
What are the expected consumer impacts of the new blanket tariffs announced for imports?
1:07–2:01
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Why has U.S. public approval of Israel’s Gaza military action dropped to a historic low?
2:01–2:54
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What controversy surrounds Republican comments on the Gaza humanitarian crisis?
2:54–3:51
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Why is UnitedHealth Group’s stock falling and what investigations are targeting the company?
3:51–4:38