Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The White House is criticizing Democrats on the House Oversight Committee for releasing more documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Democrats say the material included emails that mentioned President Trump by name, Trump has vehemently denied knowledge of Epstein's crimes.
Chapter 2: What recent actions have Democrats taken regarding Jeffrey Epstein's case?
Caroline Levitt says President Trump did nothing wrong, and the press secretary says the emails prove nothing, but she questioned the Democrats' timing. It is not a coincidence that the Democrats leaked these emails to the fake news this morning ahead of Republicans reopening the government. This is another distraction campaign by the Democrat in the liberal media, and it's why
I'm being asked questions about Epstein instead of the government reopening because of Republicans and President Trump. White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt also saying President Trump was not talking about or thinking about pardoning Epstein's imprisoned accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.
Within hours of the Democrats' actions, House Republicans released more than 20,000 documents obtained from the Epstein estate. They accused Democrats of politicizing the investigation. As politics surrounding the Epstein files play out, the House of Representatives is also trying to end an unprecedented government shutdown that has dragged on for 43 days.
NPR's Sam Greenglass reports that in the coming hours, lawmakers are expected to approve a measure that would then head to President Trump for his signature. House Speaker Mike Johnson has said that he expects the measure will pass tonight, though many House Democrats have said they're going to be voting against it because the deal does not extend these expiring health insurance subsidies.
And the margins in the House are so narrow that if Democrats are mostly united in blocking the measure, Johnson can only lose just a handful of Republican votes. NPR's Sam Greenglass reporting. Well, many Americans who rely on the SNAP program have gone nearly two weeks without receiving the food assistance benefits.
From member station WESA, Jillian Forstad reports some families have been leaning on school food pantries to help fill the gap. Yeah, just stop right there, yeah. At the end of each school week, students pack the food pantry at Brashear High School in Pittsburgh. Nearly every surface in the room is covered with fresh produce, dairy, frozen meat, even hygiene products.
Health teacher Christine Wolski says more than 75 new families have signed up for the pantry since the government shutdown began October 1st. It's a ton of people. And Maslow's hierarchy of needs. If you're not fed, you're not learning. So that's one of the reasons why we're like, hitting this so hard. Wolski helped start the pantry last year.
She says it will continue to serve students each week, even after the government reopens and all remaining SNAP payments go through. For NPR News, I'm Jillian Forstadt in Pittsburgh. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 344 points at last check. This is NPR News. The International Energy Agency has released its World Energy Outlook, a data-driven look at the planet's future energy use.
The agency lays out sharply divergent views of the future. Electricity demand surges in all scenarios, for example, due to electric vehicles, AI, and air conditioning. Oil either levels off or grows, based mostly on how quickly electric vehicles take off, and natural gas grows. The leader of a number of U.S.
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