Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stephens. Congress has approved a bill demanding the release of government records on late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene says the effort is meant to help the victims get justice.
These victims and these survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and the cabal of rich, powerful elites that expands not just here in the United States of America, but to other countries as well, we're putting them last. And that is exactly what Americans want.
Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin says that House Speaker Mike Johnson cannot blame Democrats for the delay in getting the Epstein documents released.
Chapter 2: What recent legislation has Congress approved regarding Jeffrey Epstein?
The Speaker says, why now? Why now? Well, Mr. Speaker, you were the one who refused to swear in Adelita Grijalva for 50 days. We would have done it 50 days ago, but she provided the 218th signature on the discharge petition.
Speaker Mike Johnson voted to release the Epstein files after President Trump endorsed the idea. President Trump praised Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during their White House meeting earlier today. As NPR's Sage Miller reports, Trump shrugged off Saudi Arabia's human rights record and the prince's role in the killing of a prominent journalist.
Trump defended Prince Mohammed when asked about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist who was often critical of Saudi Arabia. Trump called Khashoggi extremely controversial.
A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen.
What happened was Saudi agents killed and dismembered the journalist. Trump said that Prince Mohammed had nothing to do with that. Prince Mohammed says he had no knowledge of the killing, but the CIA concluded that he approved the operation. The Saudi government denies Prince Mohammed's role. The crown prince called the loss of Khashoggi painful and a huge mistake. Sage Miller, NPR News.
A federal judge has rejected the Trump administration's claims that Meta violated competition laws when it acquired Instagram and WhatsApp. NPR's Bobbi Allen has details.
Federal regulators sued Meta in 2020, alleging it was an illegal monopoly that broke competition laws when it purchased Instagram and WhatsApp. But since then, one major force has changed the social media landscape, TikTok. And this became a major part of Meta's defense over a seven-week trial in April, that it does not monopolize social media apps because of TikTok's dominance.
The court has now agreed, dismissing the government's push that Meta should be broken up. It's one of five government antitrust cases against big tech. Results have been mixed. Meta's victory follows Google losing two cases, and cases against Amazon and Apple are still pending. Bobby Allen, NPR News.
On Wall Street, stocks close lower. U.S. futures are virtually unchanged. This is NPR. A federal court panel in El Paso has blocked Texas from using a newly redrawn congressional map in the 2026 midterms. The judges agreed with opponents who argued that the rare summer redistricting effort would harm Black and Latino voters. The state is appealing the two-to-one ruling.
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