Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web at theschmidt.org. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump heads to Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania today for an event about the economy.
As NPR's Tamara Keith reports, this comes as Trump faces polls showing voters blaming him for high prices.
Trump has spent very little time during his second term traveling around the country to sell voters on his policies. Now with his approval ratings at a low point and administration officials asking voters for patience... Trump heads to a resort in his swing district in Pennsylvania to talk about the economy.
He's called affordability a Democratic con job and a hoax, but yesterday at the White House dialed it back a little.
We brought prices way down from what it was. We inherited high prices.
The most recent numbers show the inflation rate in September was the same as it was during former President Biden's last month in office. Tamara Keith, NPR News.
A federal judge has agreed to release grand jury and other investigative materials from the prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime confidant of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. NPR's Ryan Lucas has the latest.
The Justice Department in November asked a federal judge in New York to release the investigative materials from Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking case after Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Now, U.S.
District Court Judge Paul Engelmayer has granted that request and authorized the department to publicly release the grand jury materials as well as the investigative records while redacting personally identifiable or other victim-related information.
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Chapter 2: What economic challenges is President Trump addressing in Pennsylvania?
A similar request to make public investigative records from Epstein's prosecution in New York is still pending before a different federal judge. Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking and other offenses. Epstein died in a federal lockup in 2019. Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
Policymakers from the Federal Reserve are holding a two-day meeting in Washington, D.C. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the meeting is expected to wrap up tomorrow with a decision to lower interest rates.
Investors are fairly confident the central bank will lower its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point tomorrow. They'll also be watching what Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and his colleagues have to say about prospects for additional rate cuts in the new year. There's considerable uncertainty as the central bank's trying to keep a lid on both inflation and unemployment.
Pepsi is planning to cut jobs and narrow its product lineup by 20 percent as it works to cut costs and lower prices. The soft drink and snack maker has been under pressure from an activist investor. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
GoFundMe says there was a 20% increase in people using the crowdfunding platform to raise money for essentials like housing and food this year. That follows a quadruple increase in that same category last year. Monthly bills was the second fastest growing category in 2025. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is reaffirming his refusal to give up land as part of a peace deal with Russia. President Trump is pressuring him to accept the U.S. proposal that Ukraine cede territory to Russia, arguing that Moscow has the upper hand in its nearly four-year-old invasion.
Employees at the Louvre Museum in Paris say they plan to go on strike next week over pay and working conditions. NPR's Chloe Veltman reports it's the latest in a litany of woes facing the world's most visited museum.
Three unions representing museum staff sent a joint notice to Louvre management announcing the strike. Insufficient staffing, ever-increasing workloads and the building's ageing condition are among the reasons cited by Le Monde and other French media for the walkout. NPR has reached out to the unions to obtain a copy of their notice.
The proposed labour action follows several disasters at the museum this fall, including the theft of crown jewels worth more than $100 million, the sudden closure of a gallery due to weakened beams, and a water leak that damaged hundreds of rare books in the Louvre's Egyptian Antiquities Department.
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