Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The Senate quickly passed the House-approved bill to release files about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. NPR's Claudio Grisales reports senators agreed under unanimous consent to send it to President Trump.
In an extremely rare scene in Republican-controlled Washington, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer moved to approve the bipartisan bill under a voice vote with no objections.
Chapter 2: What recent legislative action was taken regarding Jeffrey Epstein's case?
The Senate has now passed the Epstein bill as soon as it comes over from the House.
House Republican leaders said they voted to approve the plan with the expectation the Senate would amend it to address their concerns. However, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said after the overwhelming House vote of 427 to 1, that was no longer necessary. And this way, the senators did not have to have their votes recorded.
In a major reversal, Trump in recent days said he'd sign the bill when it reaches his desk. Claudia Rosales, NPR News, the Capitol.
U.S. immigration officials deported 50 people to Ukraine in the largest deportation flight since the Russian invasion. NPR's Ximena Bustillo reports.
About 80 people were being prepared to board a deportation flight headed to the Polish border with Ukraine, but only 50 people ended up in Ukraine, Ukrainian border officials said. Lawyers for some of the men raised concerns that international law doesn't allow deportations to places where people could face violence or torture.
The Trump administration has brokered deportation deals with countries with notorious human rights records or those facing conflicts, as it seeks to ramp up mass deportations. South Sudan, Libya, Eswatini, Rwanda, El Salvador, among others, have agreed to take in deportees from the United States regardless of the migrants' nationalities. Ximena Bustillo, NPR News, Washington.
The man accused of starting a blaze that eventually turned into the deadly Palisades fire has been ordered to remain in custody as he awaits trial, Steve Futterman reports.
During the hearing, attorneys presented different views on whether the man accused, Jonathan Rinderknecht, is a flight risk. Prosecutors argued that he has significant ties to France, where he was raised and where his parents live, and also to Indonesia. Defense attorneys called those claims rhetoric and said Rinderknecht doesn't even have a current passport.
In the end, the judge ruled that he will remain in custody. Rindernecht is accused of starting a fire just past midnight on January 1st. Fire crews put out the flames, but it continued to smolder underground and came back to life a week later as the Palisades Fire, destroying more than 6,800 structures and leading to the deaths of at least 12 people.
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