Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shae Stevens.
Chapter 2: What recent developments are there regarding Jeffrey Epstein's government records?
The House of Representatives is poised to vote Tuesday on a bill to release government records on late sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein. President Trump says the bill should be passed and that he would sign it, but doubts that his detractors will be satisfied.
Unfortunately, like with the Kennedy situation, with the Martin Luther King situation, not to put Jeffrey Epstein in the same category, but no matter what we give, it's never enough. You know, with Kennedy, we gave everything and it wasn't enough. With Martin Luther King, we gave everything and it's never enough. We've already given, I believe the number is 50,000 pages.
Meanwhile, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers says he's deeply embarrassed over his email exchanges with Epstein and that he's stepping away from his public duties.
Chapter 3: Why did FEMA's head resign after just six months?
Summers served under the Clinton and Obama administrations. The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, is resigning after just six months on the job. David Richardson is the second person to leave the position under the Trump administration. More from NPR's Lauren Summer.
Chapter 4: What is the significance of Sinclair Broadcasting's bid to acquire Scripps?
David Richardson took over FEMA at a time of turmoil for the agency. President Trump has said he wants FEMA to be eliminated as it exists today and wants states to take over preparation for disasters like hurricanes and wildfires. Richardson was criticized by lawmakers after the deadly floods in Texas this summer for not being more available as a disaster unfolded.
In a statement, FEMA thanked Richardson for his service and says the agency is anticipating a report from a FEMA review council soon, which will recommend how the agency should be restructured.
Chapter 5: What recent immigration actions are being taken by the Trump administration in North Carolina?
Lauren Summer, NPR News. One of the nation's largest local TV station owners is making a bid to take over a competitor. Sinclair Broadcasting wants to acquire Cincinnati-based Scripps. From member station WVXU, Tana Weingartner has the story. In a filing, Baltimore-based Sinclair says it's bought an 8.2 percent stake in Scripps and that a merger could be done within a year.
Chapter 6: What unusual behavior is observed in ant colonies regarding their queens?
Cincinnati media reporter John Keysweater, however, notes Scripps issued a statement saying it would take steps to protect the company from the opportunistic actions of Sinclair or anyone else. Calling it an opportunistic action doesn't sound like
Scripps and Sinclair are all that close to coming to a deal, even though Sinclair is saying, you know, they've been talking for months about combining forces. The FCC is already mulling a multi-billion dollar deal by the nation's largest TV station owner, Nextar, to take over its competitor, Tegna. For NPR News, I'm Tana Weingartner in Cincinnati.
Charlotte, North Carolina Mayor Janet Cowell says the Trump administration will expand its immigration raids to include Raleigh. Federal agents are now operating in Charlotte, where ICE agents have arrested at least 130 people. This is NPR. In Bangladesh, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and an aide have been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity.
The charges stem from a crackdown on protesters that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of people. The unrest led to Hasina's removal from power in 2024 after 15 years in office. Hasina and her aide Azaduzaman Khan fled to India last year. A third suspect was sentenced to five years in prison after testifying for the prosecution.
Ant colonies can sometimes be tricked into murdering their own queens. The trickery comes from a female ant of another species, that wants to take the queen's throne. NPR's Nell Greenfield-Boyce explains. It's hard for a young would-be queen ant to strike out on her own and try to establish a brand new colony.
So some ant species have evolved a way for female ants to basically take over existing colonies of another species. In the journal Current Biology, researchers in Japan describe how a female ant will sneak into a colony and creep up to its queen, and spray a chemical onto her. This chemical has a dramatic effect.
It makes the colony's worker aunts suddenly turn on their queen, who is also their mother. The workers unwittingly betray her, attacking her until she's dead. Then the female intruder becomes the new queen and uses the workers to raise her own offspring. Nell Greenfield-Boyce, NPR News. U.S. futures are flat in after-hours trading. This is NPR.
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