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--:-- Janine Hurst: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. This week the House will vote whether to order the Justice Department to release documents about the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
--:-- Piers Mara Liason: And I'm Piers Mara Liason, with more on this story. House Speaker Mike Johnson tried for months to avoid this vote, but he failed when four Republicans joined Democrats to sign a discharge petition. That's a tool that allows rank-and-file House members to circumvent leadership and bring bills to the floor.
--:-- Piers Mara Liason: Last week, the House Oversight Committee released documents that show President Trump may have known more about Epstein than he has said he did. Trump has lashed out at Republicans who've demanded the documents be released, and he's ordered his attorney general to investigate Epstein's ties to Democrats, including former President Bill Clinton.
--:-- Piers Mara Liason: Even if the bill passes the House, it faces an uncertain future in the Senate and a potential veto from the president.
--:-- Janine Hurst: Mara Liason NPR News Washington
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--:-- Janine Hurst: Several Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, are vowing to oppose any attempt to establish a Palestinian state. NPR's Kat Lonsdorff reports that the head of an expected vote at the U.N. Security Council this week.
--:-- Kat Lonsdorff: Speaking at a government meeting, Netanyahu reiterated his stance against Palestinian independence. Our opposition to a Palestinian state on any territory has not changed whatsoever, he said.
--:-- Kat Lonsdorff: The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a U.S.-drafted resolution for an international stabilization force in Gaza as part of President Trump's 20-point peace plan that went into effect last month. Part of that resolution includes language that leaves the door open for Palestinian statehood, something insisted on by many of the countries expected to contribute troops to the stabilization force.
--:-- Kat Lonsdorff: Netanyahu and many Israeli leaders have long opposed statehood, saying it would be a reward for Hamas.
--:-- Janine Hurst: Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
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--:-- Janine Hurst: President Trump is calling for NBC to fire late-night host Seth Meyers. And I'm Elizabeth Blair, with more on this story.
--:-- Elizabeth Blair: This comes on the heels of Trump's tirades against other late-night hosts who make fun of him. One of Seth Meyers' jokes last week was about President Trump's recent comment that there weren't enough skilled workers in the U.S. for certain jobs. Meyers did an impression of him, saying, "Laura Laura listen, you can expect me to make America great again with only Americans. I mean..."
--:-- Elizabeth Blair: On Truth Social, Trump wrote that Myers' NBC show is a ratings disaster, that Myers has no talent, and that NBC should fire him. Then, Brendan Carr, chair of the Federal Communications Commission, reposted Trump's post on X.
--:-- Elizabeth Blair: Former congressman and free speech advocate Justin Amash posted on X, saying the government shouldn't be pressuring companies with respect to late-night hosts, comedians, or anyone else.
--:-- Janine Hurst: Elizabeth Blair, NPR News, Washington.
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--:-- Chandelice Duster: Stargazers may notice bright streaks in the sky late tonight. I'm Chandelice Duster, with more on the Leonid meteor shower.
--:-- Chandelice Duster: The Leonid meteor shower happens every November. The meteors are known to be bright, colorful, and very fast, traveling at 44 miles per second. Meteor rates are as low as three meteors per hour, but NASA says stargazers can catch up to 10 to 15 meteors per hour this year.
--:-- Chandelice Duster: The best chances of seeing the meteors will be after midnight and into the early morning hours. The American Meteor Society says to go to a dark location away from city lights and look to the eastern sky and the constellation Leo. Meteors will be seen streaking from there in various directions. The moon will also be less than 10 percent full, making it easier to see the Leonids.
--:-- Janine Hurst: Chandelice Duster, NPR News.
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--:-- Janine Hurst: In the Philippines, hundreds of thousands rallied in the capital, Manila, demanding accountability for a flood control corruption scandal that's implicated top government officials and members of the country's Congress. This after the discovery that thousands of flood defense projects were substandard, incomplete, or didn't even exist in one of the world's most typhoon-prone countries.
--:-- Janine Hurst: Congressional hearings were held. Flood control is a sensitive issue in the Philippines after two typhoons left at least 259 people dead this month, mostly from flash floods and from landslides.
--:-- Janine Hurst: I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News in Washington.
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