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NPR News: 12-23-2025 1AM EST

23 Dec 2025

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

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Support for NPR and the following message come from the estate of Joan B. Kroc, whose bequest serves as an enduring investment in the future of public radio and seeks to help NPR produce programming that meets the highest standards of public service in journalism and cultural expression.

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18.34 - 21.524 Dan Ronan

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Roman.

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Chapter 2: What are the latest developments regarding the Jeffrey Epstein files?

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A Republican and Democratic member of Congress who have called for the full release of the Jeffrey Epstein files are threatening to fine and possibly arrest Justice Department officials over the slow, much-redacted release of those files. Democrat Ro Khanna and Republican Thomas Massey say this could include arresting Attorney General Pam Bondi. The procedure was last used about 90 years ago.

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47.315 - 56.005 Dan Ronan

Meanwhile, several of the Epstein victims are speaking out against what they say is the slow pace of the documents release. This is Marina Lasarda.

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56.025 - 70.082 Marina Lasarda

The only way that justice will be served is to bring these men to light and have everyone see who they are and what they have done to us and to other women who have not spoken yet.

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70.822 - 85.957 Dan Ronan

President Trump says the U.S. will begin producing battleships for the first time since World War II. Steve Walsh of WHRO in Norfolk reports the president unveiled the design Monday at Florida at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

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86.017 - 100.491 Steve Walsh

New ships would be larger than the current generation of destroyers and cruisers. They would be armed with everything from sea-based nuclear weapons and lasers to the 16-inch guns used by battleships of the Second World War.

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These are the best in the world. They'll be the fastest, the biggest, and by far 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built.

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A Navy official says the vessel is in the design phase and could be under construction by the early 2030s. Battleships were supplanted by aircraft carriers. The last one appeared in combat during the first Gulf War in 1991. For NPR News, I'm Steve Walsh.

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President Trump has named Louisiana's Governor Jeff Landry to be the special envoy to Greenland. It's prompting some to question whether he's eligible for that role. From member station WRKF, Brooke Thornton reports.

142.495 - 158.068 Ashish Valentine

Foreign ministers from throughout Southeast Asia gathered in the Malaysian capital to try and revive a truce Thailand and Cambodia had agreed to in July, which President Trump helped broker. Fighting had restarted earlier this month after both sides claimed the other had attacked first.

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