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In Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump has signed the bill forcing the Justice Department to release its files on late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Congress overwhelmingly passed the legislation yesterday, which requires the just department to publish all of ITS files within 30 days with some exceptions. Those include provisions to protect ongoing investigations. Just last week, the DOJ launched an investigation into prominent Democrats connected to Epstein. The gap between what the US Buys from other countries and what it sells them fell by nearly 24% in August as President Trump's tariffs pushed imports lower. Meanwhile, Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical of Trump's tariffs power tariff powers during arguments earlier this month. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports.
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It's not just about whether those country by country tariffs will be found to be unlawful. The uncertainty is also around what the impact is on those country by country agreements, since those were created under the threat of tariffs. Here's Scott Lincecum. He's a trade expert at the libertarian Cato Institute on how countries will react.
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I wouldn't be surprised if a few governments that have agreed to these deals do back out or at least suspend them and call for a renegotiation because again, one of the most fundamental terms of the deal no longer exists.
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So we're really in uncharted waters. There's just an array of different agreements, which means there's no one way this will play out.
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NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reporting. A veteran FBI employee is suing the agency, saying he was fired after displaying an LGBTQ flag at his workspace. David Maltinski had nearly completed special agent training in Quantico for Quantum Quantico, Virginia, when he says he was fired by Director Kash Patel and told he was being dismissed for inappropriate display of political signage. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is in Ukraine today along with Army Chief of Staff General Randy George. They're expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. NPR's Tom Bowman has more.
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Driscoll and General George had already planned a trip to Ukraine to talk about drone technology and lessons learned from the Ukrainian battlefield. Then the White House last week asked the army delegation to also help kickstart peace negotia with Trump envoy Steve Witkoff. A U.S. official tells NPR the official was not authorized to speak publicly since Driscoll is an army combat veteran. The sense was this delegation could more easily relate to the Ukrainian officers. The news of their trip comes amid reports of a new U. S. Russia peace plan that calls for Ukraine to give up the rest of the Donbas area to Russia and also accept a smaller army. NPR has not confirmed the plan. First reported by the Financial Times, Tom Bowman, NPR News.