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Korva Coleman
In Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. A bipartisan small group of lawmakers was provided access to more of the investigation files into late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The lawmakers say these files were supposed to be fully unredacted by the justice, but Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie says they weren't.
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Thomas Massie
Some of these files have been taken down like the DOJ produced them and for some reason they took them down. Maybe they decided that victims names were in there and that they needed further redactions. But those documents not only haven't been put back up on the site with the appropriate redactions, they were not available to us to search.
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Korva Coleman
Massey and California Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna say they've traced the names of six powerful men whose names are still redacted. They would not name the men, saying they believe the men were involved in Epstein's actions. They're demanding the Justice Department release these men's names. Meanwhile, Epstein's associate, convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, refused to answer questions yesterday in a congressional deposition. Her lawyer says she will only cooperate if provided clemency by President Trump. The Republican led House has passed legislation its calling the Housing in the 21st Century Act. NPR's Stephen Bisaha reports. It aims to make homes cheaper by streamlining home building.
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Stephen Bissaha
The bill would not make an immediate dent in home prices. That would take more homes being built and that will take time. The bill is meant to encourage that through a few dozen provisions like getting rid of some regulations for smaller housing projects. And the bill also directs federal agencies to develop a national building code and zoning guidelines local governments could adopt. The vote was bipartisan with only eight Republicans and one Democrat voting against. It now heads to the Senate, which has its own similar but competing bipartisan housing bill. Co sponsor Senator Elizabeth Warren has criticized the House bill for loosening regulations on banks. Stephen Bassarha, NPR News.
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Korva Coleman
The Pentagon has destroyed another small boat in the eastern Pacific. The U.S. military says it's suspected of trafficking drugs. NPR's Quill Lawrence reports. The U.S. military has killed at least 130 people in such strikes.
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Quill Lawrence
U.S. southern Command posted a blurry surveillance video on social media showing a small boat exploding into flames. Southcom said two men aboard were killed and another survived. A Coast Guard spokesperson confirmed that its maritime rescue was notified of a sailor in distress in the Pacific Ocean. The Trump administration says these killings without trial are legal because it is at war with drug cartels. Critics say the killings amount to murder. It's not clear how these strikes have affected drugs flowing to the U.S. nPR has reported that in the months since the boat strikes began, cocaine seizures at the U S. Mexican border are up 34% from the previous year, according to U.S. customs and Border Protection data. Quill Lawrence, NPR News.
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Korva Coleman
You're listening to npr. President Trump is again vexed with Canada. Now he's threatening to block a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Canada. The Canadian government is paid for the bridge. It's jointly owned by the state of Michigan. Trump wants Canada to give his administration half of the bridge or he says he won't let it open. American skier Lindsey Vaughn says she suffered a complex fracture in her left leg in Sunday's olympic downhill race. NPR's Becky Sullivan reports Vaughan crashed just seconds after starting.
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Becky Sullivan
Vaughn says the injury will require multiple surgeries to fix properly. She was competing in Sunday's race despite having torn her ACL late last month, an unfortunate injury that came as she was mo a remarkable career come back out of retirement. Vaughn says in a post on social media that the ACL tear and other past injuries had, quote, nothing to do with her crash. Her determination to compete made Sunday's race one of the most anticipated events of the Olympics. But just 13 seconds into the race, she hooked her right arm and shoulder around a gate and crashed hard onto the slope. It wasn't the ending she'd dreamed of, she wrote. Still, she says she has no regrets about competing. Becky Sullivan in PR News, Cortina d', Ampezzo, Italy.
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Korva Coleman
There are other key Olympic events today. They include the curling mixed doubles match, and for the first time, the US Is expected to medal in this event. The men's short program figure skating event is today. There's interest in whether US Star Ilya Malinin will land the first ever quadruple axel on Olympic ice. And the U.S. women's hockey team meets Canada. There's no medal yet at stake today, but this is a big grudge match. You're listening to NPR News.
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