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President Trump abruptly modified his stance on the Jeffrey Epstein recordsdata final evening, saying he now helps a vote to launch details about the convicted intercourse offender. The president and his allies in Congress resisted the vote for months. The Home is predicted to vote on the invoice tomorrow.
A protester holds an indication associated to the discharge of the Jeffrey Epstein case recordsdata outdoors the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 12, 2025. Democrats launched emails Wednesday through which Jeffrey Epstein advised Donald Trump was conscious of the disgraced financier’s sexual abuse and had “spent hours” with one in all his victims at his home.
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- 🎧 The Epstein invoice has likelihood of advancing within the Home with Trump giving Republicans permission to help it, NPR’s Luke Garrett tells Up First. It’s unclear when the invoice may very well be introduced up for a vote within the Senate, however even when it passes by way of Congress and the White Home, some lawmakers say the recordsdata could be saved from the general public.
- 🎧The talk over releasing the recordsdata has opened a shocking rift between Trump and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, as soon as amongst his closest allies in Congress. On Friday, the president revoked his endorsement and labeled her “wacky.” Throughout an interview on CNN’s State of the Union, Greene mentioned his rhetoric might “radicalize people against me and put my life in danger.”
The U.S.’s most superior plane service, the usGerald R. Ford, arrived within the Caribbean Sea yesterday, becoming a member of almost a dozen different naval warships there. The Trump administration has been blowing up small boats leaving Venezuela, claiming they’re transporting medicine. Trump has been contemplating army choices in opposition to Venezuela, and he now states that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is able to have a dialogue.
- 🎧 The administration additionally mentioned that it’ll designate the Cartel de los Soles they declare is led by Maduro, as a international terrorist group. The designation would permit the army to goal the Venezuelan president’s belongings. Maduro denies claims that he’s a trafficker, NPR’s Carrie Kahn stories. Over the weekend, he introduced plans to enlist residents to defend the nation, however knowledgeable his supporters that he needs peace.
- ➡️ In an NPR unique, it was revealed that in a February convention, a Justice Division official informed prime drug prosecutors that the U.S. ought to “just sink the boats.” Here is what else was found.
Border Patrol brokers fanned out throughout Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday, and by Sunday morning, that they had arrested 81 individuals. The brokers detained individuals outdoors supermarkets, laundromats and a church within the newest metropolis to see a federal immigration crackdown.
- 🎧 Worry is spreading in immigrant communities as Nick de la Canal, with community station WFAE, says. Some eating places locked their doorways with clients inside and different companies closed early. There’s additionally been pushback, together with a big protest in uptown Charlotte and advocacy teams recruiting volunteers to watch brokers.
Value of dwelling
Lydia Patel seems to be over the garments from her Hire the Runway order at her house in Rochester, Minn.
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NPR’s sequence Value of Dwelling: The Worth We Pay is analyzing what’s driving worth will increase and the way individuals are coping after years of cussed inflation.
The net clothes rental business is valued at $2.6 billion and is projected to greater than double by 2035, based on Future Market Insights. Its development showcases that customers are more and more looking for budget-friendly choices as inflation and tariffs pose a danger of elevating clothes costs.
- 👗 Attire costs have elevated 9% since February 2020, based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is far lower than general inflation, nonetheless, specialists anticipate costs to rise as tariffs settle in and make their manner into shops.
- 👗 Lydia Patel, a Minnesota pharmacist, YouTube creator and mother of three, determined to cease shopping for garments two years in the past. She estimates that if she had bought her garments as an alternative of renting them, it will have value her hundreds of {dollars}.
- 👗 Rental trend platforms will not be resistant to the influence of tariffs, inflicting cargo cancellations and manufacturing delays, which ends up in fewer choices for customers.
Take heed to why rental clothes corporations like Hire the Runway have turn out to be more and more common. This week, the sequence will discover the rising value of upper schooling. Keep up-to-date on the newest tales right here.
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Deep dive
An grownup feminine lone star tick crawls on a blade of grass.
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Researchers say they’ve documented the primary recognized loss of life from alpha-gal syndrome — a purple meat allergy brought on by tick bites. In 2024, a 47-year-old airplane pilot turned ailing hours after consuming a hamburger at a barbecue and was later discovered unconscious. After being taken to the hospital, he was declared lifeless. A blood pattern confirmed an allergic response, and small bumps round his ankles have been per larvae from lone star ticks, which can set off the syndrome.
- ➡️ Alpha-gal is a sugar molecule not produced by people. When transmitted by a tick, it might trigger a hive-like rash or an anaphylactic response 2-6 hours after consuming meat.
- ➡️ The CDC reported over 110,000 suspected circumstances from 2010 to 2022, however researchers counsel as much as 450,000 individuals could also be affected.
- ➡️ Sufferers are sometimes suggested to keep away from meat comparable to beef, pork, lamb, venison, or rabbit.
3 issues to know earlier than you go
The physique of the younger wooly mammoth often called Yuka was so well-preserved that scientists have been in a position to restoration historical RNA molecules.
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Valeri Plotnikov
- Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules from a woolly mammoth, providing a glimpse into the processes at work within the extinct mammal’s physique on the time of its loss of life.
- MacArthur “Genius” Award-winner Alice Wong died on Friday on the age of 51. She was an writer and activist who fought for incapacity rights and justice.
- The Labor Division will launch a key report on the September job market this Thursday, almost seven weeks not on time.
This article was edited by Majd Al-Waheidi.
