NPR News: 11-20-2025 3AM EST

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Speaker 2 Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shay Stevens. President Trump has signed the bill to release government files on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Speaker 2 It is now up to the Justice Department to share the information with the public. Here's U.S.
Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Speaker 3 We have released 33,000, over 33,000 Epstein documents to the Hill and will continue to follow the law and to have maximum transparency. Also, we will always encourage all victims to come forward.

Speaker 2 Some of Epstein's victims have come forward and recounted their trauma ahead of Tuesday's House and Senate votes to release the files.

Speaker 2 Meanwhile, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers is stepping down down from the board of OpenAI over his links to Jeffrey Epstein.

Speaker 2 As NPR's Bobby Allen reports, the move follows the release of emails showing a relationship between the two men.

Speaker 4 Summers joined the board of the ChatGPT Maker after a brief drama at the company when its CEO Sam Altman was ousted before he ultimately rejoined.

Speaker 4 New board members were appointed to OpenAI, including Summers, to try to stabilize the AI firm following the Altman saga.

Speaker 4 But newly released Epstein emails show Summers soliciting advice from the late sex offender and also speaking speaking disparagingly about the intelligence of women.

Speaker 4 It's the latest fallout over the tranche of emails released by the House, showcasing a broad range of academics, executives, political players, and others bantering with Epstein.

Speaker 4 While Summers says he intends to step back from a number of public roles, he said in a statement he plans to continue working as a professor at Harvard. Bobby Allen, MPR News.

Speaker 2 A federal judge has resumed his probe into the Trump administration's defiance of a court order to turn back planes carrying Venezuelan deportees.

Speaker 2 Judge James Bozberg's contempt inquiry could lead to criminal prosecution. More from NPR's Adrian Florida.

Speaker 5 Bozberg of the Federal District Court for D.C. had put his criminal contempt inquiry on hold while the Trump administration filed appeals.

Speaker 5 After an appeals court gave him the green light, he says he could start calling government officials to testify as soon as December 1st.

Speaker 5 Earlier this year, Boseberg ruled that the Trump administration had purposely defied an order he issued during an emergency hearing in March that it turn back planes carrying Venezuelans to a prison in El Salvador.

Speaker 5 He said he would find out who had ignored that order and hold them accountable. He has said he could go as far as appointing a special prosecutor to pursue criminal charges.

Speaker 5 Adrian Flarido and Pierre News.

Speaker 2 A federal judge is raising more questions about how the Justice Department brought its case against former FBI Director James Comey. The full grand jury did not review a copy of the final indictment.

Speaker 2 Comey is asking the judge to dismiss the case on the grounds that the prosecutor is inexperienced and that his indictment is vindictive.

Speaker 2 He has pleaded not guilty to obstruction and lying to Congress during a probe of his investigation of potential ties between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign. This is NPR.

Speaker 2 President Trump says the Saudi Crown Prince has convinced him to become more involved in Sudan's civil war, which has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. The U.S.

Speaker 2 already leads a group called the Quad, which hopes of reaching a humanitarian truce between the Sudanese armed forces and a paramilitary group. NPR's Michelle Kelleman has more.

Speaker 6 President Trump says it wasn't on his charts to try to solve the conflict in Sudan, but he told an audience at a business conference that the Saudi crown prince explained to him how horrible the conflict is.

Speaker 7 And you know we've already started working on that, okay? He said that would be the greatest thing you can do. That would be greater than what you've already done.
That was your expression.

Speaker 7 Is that a correct expression?

Speaker 7 Very good.

Speaker 6 The Saudis have been encouraging Trump to try to stop the flow of weapons to the RSF, which is accused of widespread atrocities.

Speaker 6 The United Arab Emirates is accused of backing the paramilitary, and many observers want to see Trump use his influence with the Emiratis to stop that.

Speaker 6 Michelle Kelleman, NPR News, the State Department.

Speaker 2 According to a spokeswoman, former President Joe Biden will attend today's memorial for former Vice President Dick Cheney. Cheney served under President Bush who was set to deliver a tribute.

Speaker 2 It's unclear whether President Trump will attend today's ceremony at the Washington National Cathedral. Cheney died on November 3rd following complications from pneumonia and cardiovascular disease.

Speaker 2 He was 84 years old.

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