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What bipartisan bill is being pushed to release the Jeffrey Epstein investigation files?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. A bipartisan effort is happening in the House. Some lawmakers want more records released about the investigation into late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. NPR's Claudia Grisales reports more than two dozen women connected to the case spoke at the U.S. Capitol yesterday.
More than a dozen survivors told hundreds of rally goers the U.S. House needs to approve a bill led by Kentucky Republican Thomas Massey and California Democrat Ro Khanna to release the Epstein files. Marina Lacerda, identified in Epstein's 2019 indictment as minor victim one, spoke publicly for the first time.
We are here.
How are survivors and lawmakers responding to the proposed Epstein records release?
We want this bill to pass. It is very important, okay? And we need transparency. We are tired of looking at the news and seeing Jeffrey Epstein's name and saying that this is a hoax. We are tired of it.
House Republicans voted to support an oversight committee probe into the Epstein case, but survivors and lawmakers who want a comprehensive records release say that falls short. Claudia Grisales, NPR News, the Capitol.
Two children remain hospitalized from last week's mass shooting at the Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis. Two children were killed.
What happened in the recent Minneapolis church shooting and how are officials responding?
21 others were hurt. Vice President Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance visited the church yesterday to meet with families of survivors. One of them was Harry Kaiser, whose daughter Lydia was shot and is now recovering at home. Kaiser urged Vance to take strong action on gun violence.
Will you please promise to pursue, despite powerful lobbies, some common-sense, bipartisan legislation as a starting point so we can come out of our corners and find the values that we share so that this time some progress is made?
Investigators say they've not yet found a clear motive for the shooter's attack. Florida is taking steps to become the first state to eliminate all vaccine mandates. From member station WUSF, Carrie Sheridan reports polio and measles shots for children could be
the first to go. Florida's Surgeon General Joseph Latipo announced the move at a press conference near Tampa.
Why is Florida moving to eliminate all vaccine mandates for children?
The Florida Department of Health, in partnership with the governor, is going to be working to end all vaccine mandates in Florida.
He says the State Department of Health can start now by ending daycare and preschool requirements for about seven vaccines. Those include shots to prevent whooping cough, measles, mumps, rubella, polio, hepatitis B, and chickenpox. Major medical organizations continue to say these shots are safe and effective. For NPR News, I'm Keri Sheridan
in Tampa. The World Health Organization says over the past half century, vaccines have saved more than 150 million lives. The WHO says of that number, more than 100 million were babies. The WHO says vaccines are the single greatest contribution of any health intervention to ensure babies are healthy. A House panel held a hearing yesterday on the use of artificial intelligence in mental health care.
How is artificial intelligence being considered for mental‑health care and what risks are highlighted?
NPR's Ritu Chatterjee has details.
Among those testifying at the hearing was psychologist Vale Wright. She's senior director of healthcare innovation at the American Psychological Association. Wright said AI has the potential to benefit the mental health of patients and providers, for example, by alleviating burnout among providers by taking over administrative tasks or by delivering evidence-based treatments to patients. But she noted that unregulated chatbots are already causing harm.
One entertainment chatbot presenting itself as a psychologist engaged in millions of chats. And in another documented case, the chatbot appeared to validate a user's violent thoughts toward his family members. This is unacceptable.
She said youth are particularly vulnerable and that Congress should put in guardrails to protect them.
What is President Trump proposing about National Guard deployments and what’s the latest on the Powerball jackpot?
Ritu Chatterjee, NPR News.
President Trump is floating the idea of sending National Guard troops to New Orleans. He says Louisiana's governor, a Republican, would welcome them. National Guard troops have been sent to Los Angeles and they're still deployed in Washington, D.C.,
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What bipartisan bill is being pushed to release the Jeffrey Epstein investigation files?
0:00–0:38
2
How are survivors and lawmakers responding to the proposed Epstein records release?
0:38–1:11
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What happened in the recent Minneapolis church shooting and how are officials responding?
1:11–2:07
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Why is Florida moving to eliminate all vaccine mandates for children?
2:07–3:06
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How is artificial intelligence being considered for mental‑health care and what risks are highlighted?
3:06–3:56
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What is President Trump proposing about National Guard deployments and what’s the latest on the Powerball jackpot?
3:56–4:40