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Ryland Barton
In Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump heads to Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, today for an event about the economy. As NPR's Tamara Keith reports, this comes as Trump faces polls showing voters blaming him for high price.
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Tamara Keith
Trump has spent very little time during his second term traveling around the country to sell voters on his policies. Now, with his approval ratings at a low point and administration officials asking voters for patience, Trump heads to a resort in his swing district in Pennsylvania to talk about the economy. He's called affordability a Democratic con job and a hoax. But yesterday at the White House dialed it back a little bit.
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President Trump
We brought prices way down from what it was. We inherited high prices.
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Tamara Keith
The most recent numbers show the inflation rate in September was the same as it was during former President Biden's last month in office. Tamara Keith, NPR News.
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Ryland Barton
A federal judge has agreed to release grand jury and other investigative materials from the prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime confidant of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. NPR's Ryan Lucas has the latest.
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Ryan Lucas
The Justice Department in November asked a federal judge in New York to release the investigative materials from Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking case after Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Now U.S. district Court Judge Paul Engelmayr has granted that request and authorized the department to publicly release the grand jury materials as well as the investigative records while redacting personally identifiable or other victim related information. A similar request to make public investigative records from Epstein's prosecution in New York is still pending before a different federal judge. Maxwell is currently serving a 20 year prison sentence for sex trafficking and other offenses. Epstein died in a federal lockup in 2019. Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
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Ryland Barton
Policymakers from the Federal Reserve are holding a two day meeting in Washington, D.C. nPR's Scott Horsley reports. The meeting is expected to wrap up tomorrow with a decision to lower interest rates.
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Scott Horsley
Investors are fairly confident the central bank will lower its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point tomorrow. They'll also be watching what Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and his colleagues have to say about prospects for additional rate cuts in the new year. There's considerable uncertainty as the central bank's trying to keep a lid on both inflation and unemployment. Pepsi is planning to cut jobs and narrow its product lineup by 20% as it works to cut costs and lower prices. The soft drink and snack maker has been under pressure from an activist investor. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
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Ryland Barton
GoFundMe says there was a 20% increase in people using the crowdfunding platform to raise money for essentials like housing and food food this year. That follows a quadruple increase in the same category last year. Monthly bills was the second fastest growing category in 2025. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is reaffirming his refusal to give up land as part of a peace deal with Russia. President Trump is pressuring him to accept the US Proposal that Ukraine cede territory to Russia, arguing that Moscow has the upper hand in its nearly four year old invas. Employees at the Louvre Museum in Paris say they plan to go on strike next week over pay and working conditions. NPR's Chloe Veltman reports. It's the latest in a litany of woes facing the world's most visited museum.
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Chloe Veltman
Three unions representing museum staff sent a joint notice to Louvre management announcing the strike. Insufficient staffing, ever increasing workloads and the building's ageing condition are among the reasons cited by Le Monde and other French media for the walkout. NPR has reached out to the unions to obtain a copy of their notice. The proposed labour action follows several disasters at the museum this fall, including the theft of crown jewels worth more than $100 million, the sudden closure of a gallery due to weakened beams, and a water leak that damaged hundreds of rare books in the Louvre's Egyptian antiquities department. The Louvre did not immediately respond to NPR's request for comment about how it is handling the strike or the months of negative press. Chloe Veltman, NPR News.
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Ryland Barton
An officer at a maximum security prison in South Carolina found contraband dropp drone, including marijuana, loose tobacco, as well as crab legs, steak and old bay seasoning. The state Department of Corrections wrote on social media that it seems like inmates were planning a holiday crab boil and steak dinner. I'm Rylan Barton. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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