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Lakshmi Singh
Live from NPR News. I'm Lakshmi Singh. The White House is criticizing Democrats on the House Oversight Committee for releasing more documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Democrats say the material included emails that mention President Trump by name. Trump has vehemently denied knowledge of Epstein's crimes. Caroline Levitt says President Trump did nothing wrong. And the press secretary says the emails prove nothing. But she questioned the Democrats timing.
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Caroline Levitt
It is not a coincidence that the Democrats leaked these emails to the fake news this morning ahead of Republicans reopening the government. This is another distraction campaign by the Democrat and the liberal media, and it's why I'm being asked questions about Epstein instead of the government reopening because of Republicans and President Trump.
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Lakshmi Singh
White House press Secretary Caroline Levitt also saying President Trump was not talking about or thinking about pardoning Epstein's imprisoned accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. Within hours of the Democrats actions, House Republicans released more than 20,000 documents obtained from the Epstein estate. They accused Democrats of politicizing the investigation. As the politics surrounding the Epstein files play out, The House of Representatives is also trying to end an unprecedented government shutdown that has dragged on for 43 days. NPR's Sam Greenglass reports that in the coming hours, lawmakers are expected to approve a measure that would then head to President Trump for his signature.
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Mike Johnson
House Speaker Mike Johnson has said that he expects the measure will pass tonight, though many House Democrats have said they're going to be voting against it because the deal does not extend. These expiring health insurance subsidies and the margins in the House are so narrow that if Democrats are mostly united in blocking the measure, Johnson can only lose just a handful of Republican votes.
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Lakshmi Singh
NPR's Sam Greenglass reporting. Well, many Americans who rely on the SNAP program have gone nearly two weeks without receiving the food assistance benefits. From member station wesa, Gillian Forstadt reports. Some families have been leaning on school food pantries to help fill the gap.
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Christine Wolski
At the end of each school week, students pack the food pantry at Brashear High School in Pittsburgh. Nearly every surface in the room is covered with fresh produce, dairy, frozen meat, even hygiene products. Health teacher Christine Wolski says more than 75 new families have signed up for the pantry since the government shutdown began October 1st.
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Caroline Levitt
It's a ton of people in Maslow's hierarchy of needs, if you're not fed, you're not learning. So that's one of the reasons why we're like hitting this so hard.
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Christine Wolski
Wolski helped start the pantry last year. She says it will continue to serve students each week even after the government reopens and all remaining SNAP payments go through. For NPR News, I'm Jillian for STAT in Pittsburgh.
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Lakshmi Singh
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 344 points at last check. This is NPR News. The International Energy Agency has released its World Energy Outlook, a data driven look at the planet's future energy use. The agency lays out sharply divergent views of the future. Electricity demand surges in all scenarios. For example, due to electric vehicles, AI and air conditioning. Oil either levels off or grows based mostly on how quickly electric vehicles take off and natural gas grows. The leader of a number of US Religious groups have issued a joint statement in support of transgender people and trans rights. Here's NPR's Jason DeRose.
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Jason DeRose
The statement begins, quote, our faiths call on us to proclaim that transgender, intersex and non binary people deserve respect, love and equal rights. It goes on to say that there's a misconception that all people of faith oppose transgender rights. The statement says that the signers hold a fundamental belief across our traditions that all people hold infinite value and dignity. Among the statement signers, the leaders of the Episcopal Church, the Presbyterian Church usa, the United Church of Christ and the Union for Reformed Judaism. It comes at the same time that the U.S. conference of Catholic Bishops is discussing restrictions on gender affirming care at Catholic Hospitals. Jason DeRose, NPR News.
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Lakshmi Singh
Someone is now the new owner of a diamond brooch that Napoleon lost as he fled the Battle of Waterloo in the early 19th century. Sotheby's is not saying who the buyer is, but the diamond, weighing more than 13 carats, sold for more than three and a half million Swiss francs in Geneva today. That's the equivalent of $4.4 million. This is NPR News.
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