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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The US House votes today on a bill directing the Justice Department to release all the documents it has about Jeffrey Epstein. That's a convicted sex offender who who died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial for allegedly sex trafficking girls as young as 14. NPR's Barbara Sprint reports on what the bill entails.
Barbara Sprunt (0:35)
It would compel the Justice Department to release all unclassified files. So that's records, documents, communications, all investigation materials essentially within 30 days. And that includes documents related to Epstein's death. As a reminder, the administration has already released thousands of files to the House Oversight Committee, documents that also include names of other people connected to Epstein. But their there are still more files that haven't been made public.
Lakshmi Singh (1:01)
NPR's Barbara Sprunt. President Trump has maintained he severed ties with Epstein for hiring away Mar A Lago staff, including young women. Trump says he had no knowledge of Epstein's crimes and said as much today as he was taking reporters questions while hosting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports on what's expected to come out of today's meeting there.
Danielle Kurtzleben (1:21)
The crown prince wants to buy advanced F35 jets and Trump has said this week that he will the country will sell them, but but we don't have details about how many or when they'll be delivered, anything like that. We also know Saudi Arabia has shown they're very interested in investing in AI computing and they want access to advanced AI chips, two more things. Saudi Arabia wants a civilian nuclear deal with the U.S. and they and the U.S. have already talked this year about getting access to U.S. nuclear technology for the purposes of creating nuclear energy.
Lakshmi Singh (1:54)
NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reporting. This is Prince Mohammed's first visit since the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Turkey. US Intelligence had concluded the crown prince approved the attack. The Saudi government denies any involvement. President Trump's bid to maintain the GOP's narrow hold on the US House in the midterm elections has suffered a legal blow. In Texas today, a federal court issued a preliminary injunction against the state's new Republican backed map that would have given the GOP an edge in winning five more seats in the US House. Texas is under orders to go back to the map used in the 2022 and 2024 elections. The Trump administration has unveiled a sweeping plan to sidestep Congress and dismantle large pieces of the US Department of Education. Two sources tell NPR the Trump administration will forge agreements between the Education Department and other agencies, offloading day to day operations of congressionally required programs while retaining a small contingent of staff at the department. At last check on Wall street, the Dow Jones industrial Average was down 500 points, or more than 1%. The S&P was off 56 points. The Nasdaq was down 280. This is NPR News. Poland's government says everything indicates Russian intelligence was behind two rail sabotage incidents. Here's NPR's Rob Schmitz.