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Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Douahlisa Kowtel. Days after a Friday deadline, the Justice Department continued to release thousands of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. NPR's Ashley Lopez reports. Many of those documents are heavily redacted and some weren't done properly.
Ashley Lopez (0:35)
Parts of the Epstein document released from the Justice Department include hastily redacted information that could be easily read by simply copying and pasting some of the redacted sections. So far, this new information has not shed any significant new light on the case of the disgraced financier, but it has raised more questions about the process and decision making behind how the DOJ decided to redact and release information. In a letter to Congress earlier this week, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch said the agency created a protocol to properly and legally work through the thousands of documents related to Epstein. He also said the agency is committed to full transparency. Ashley Lopez, NPR News.
Douahlisa Kowtel (1:12)
The Department of Education is preparing to resume wage garnishment for some student loan debts. NPR Sequoia Carrillo reports. The move comes after a years long pause due to the pandemic.
Sequoia Carrillo (1:25)
The Trump administration says it will resume seizing pay from student loan borrowers in default in January. A department spokesperson says the first notices will be sent out the week week of January 7th to approximately 1,000 defaulted borrowers. The notices are expected to increase on a monthly basis throughout the year. Student loan experts say the timing of the move colliding with rising health care costs, will put added strain on low and middle income borrowers. The administration previously said it would resume garnishing tax refunds and Social Security benefits from qualifying borrowers last May, but backtracked a month later. Sequoia Carrillo, NPR News.
Douahlisa Kowtel (2:04)
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry says hundreds of National Guard troops will soon be deployed to New Orleans. The announcement came Shortly after the U.S. supreme Court issued an emergency decision blocking President Trump's deployment of troops to Chicago. NPR's Kat Lonsdorf reports.
Kat Lonsdorf (2:22)
The court ruled 6 to 3 against President Trump, one of only a handful of times the conservative court has ruled against the president on the emergency docket this term. The court said the president failed to cite any law that would justify using the Guard under federal control for law enforcement. Trump federalized the Guard against Illinois Democratic Governor J.B. pritzker's wishes back in September for what he said, was the protection of federal immigration officers and facilities. This ruling from the court applies only to Illinois, and the issue could come before the high court again. Kat Lansdorf, NPR News, Washington.