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blistering Russian attacks on Ukraine target Kyiv. A specially calculated attack to cause as much harm as possible to people and civilians, says Volodymyr Zelensky. I'm Ayesha Roscoe. And I'm Scott Simon. And this is Up First from NPR News. The Russian campaign comes as Zelensky also confronts a corruption scandal in the Capitol. We have details.
Also, President Trump targets the British Broadcasting Corporation. We'll look at what's at issue. And House lawmakers may vote to release the government's Epstein files as soon as this coming week, where the story goes from there in this podcast. So please stay with us. We've got the news you need to start your weekend.
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This week on Consider This, an encrypted group chat where members of the National Guard are processing President Trump's actions. This is just not what any of us signed up for. And I just wonder, like, who's going to stand up to this? Plus, what's next for congressional Democrats after their move this week to release more of Jeffrey Epstein's emails?
Listen this week to Consider This on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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