Epstein Documents Dump, Government Reopens, Affordable Care Act Limbo

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🗓️ 13 November 2025

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Newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s files include messages linking President Trump to the disgraced financier, as Congress prepares to vote on a bill forcing the release of the full Epstein records. After 43 days, the longest government shutdown in U.S. history ends with a bipartisan deal that leaves Democrats split over what they gained. And with health insurance subsidies still set to expire, millions of Americans could soon face higher premiums unless lawmakers act before year’s end.

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0:00.0	A review of documents from Jeffrey Epstein reveal more than a thousand references to Donald Trump.
0:07.4	In the last years of his life, the convicted sex offender offered memories and opinions in the president.
0:12.1	So what do they add up to?
0:13.8	I mean Martinez, that is Steve Inskeep, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:20.8	Matter of the government shutdown is over, Democrats hope to prevail in a vote over health
0:25.5	insurance subsidies. How, if at all, did 43 days of pain shift the political landscape?
0:31.0	One thing that has not changed yet is the premiums people paying.
0:34.7	A Missouri woman tells our correspondent her premium is rising by almost $1,000.
0:40.5	And do you have an extra $1,000 a month?
0:43.3	No, no, I really don't.
0:46.2	No, okay.
0:47.3	What would it cost to help millions of people like this?
0:50.0	Stay with us.
0:50.7	We've got the news you need to start your day.
1:04.1	What do 23,000 documents reveal about Jeffrey Epstein and President Trump?
1:07.1	The House Oversight Committee made the documents public.
1:10.4	Democrats and Republicans, though, differ on what the documents say about Epstein,
1:14.3	the convicted sex offender who was a friend to the rich and famous, an alleged sex trafficker. Now, NPR has made its own review, and the documents show that in the last
1:19.4	years of his life, Epstein paid a lot of attention to his former friend who became president.
1:23.4	NPR, Stephen Fowler, has been reading. Stephen, good morning. Good morning. I want to make clear what
1:29.2	these documents are. Are these the Epstein files that a lot of people in both parties seem to want?
1:35.8	Well, no. There is a fight over releasing everything that Justice Department has on Epstein,
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