Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman.
Chapter 2: What did President Trump say about the Epstein files?
President Trump now says that House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files because he says Republicans have nothing to hide. In a social media post Sunday night, he again called the issue a Democrat hoax intended to deflect from the great success of the Republican Party.
As NPR's Luke Garrett reports, the president's announcement came after lawmakers gathered enough support to take steps to move forward with the release.
Republican Representative Thomas Massey of Kentucky helped gather the 218 signatures needed to force the vote. On ABC News, Massey cautions his fellow Republicans that this ballot record will live on beyond President Trump.
In 2030, he's not going to be the president and you will have voted to protect pedophiles if you don't vote to release these files and the president can't protect you.
Trump called Massey a loser. That's NPR's Luke Garrett. Several Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, are vowing to oppose any attempt to establish a Palestinian state. NPR's Kat Lonsdorff reports.
Speaking at a government meeting, Netanyahu reiterated his stance against Palestinian independence. Our opposition to a Palestinian state on any territory has not changed whatsoever, he said. The UN Security Council is set to vote on a U.S.-drafted resolution for an international stabilization force in Gaza as part of President Trump's 20-point peace plan that went into effect last month.
Part of that resolution includes language that leaves the door open for Palestinian statehood, something insisted on by many of the countries expected to contribute troops to the stabilization force. Netanyahu and many Israeli leaders have long opposed statehood, saying it would be a reward for Hamas. Kat Lonsdorff, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
Ukraine is working on resuming prisoner exchanges with Russia. As NPR's Polina Litvanova reports, the efforts could result in the return of 1,200 prisoners.
Ukraine's Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Rustam Umerov, announced that he has had consultations with Turkey and the United Arab Emirates on the resumption of the POW's exchanges between Ukraine and Russia. In his post on social media, Umerov wrote, this would help to activate the agreements the two countries made during the direct talks in Istanbul.
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