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--:-- Corva Coleman: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.
--:-- Corva Coleman: President Trump has reversed course. He's telling Republican lawmakers to vote to demand the release of Justice Department files on late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
--:-- Corva Coleman: Trump and his GOP allies have resisted this for months, but a bipartisan group of House lawmakers has already collected enough support to force a vote on the release of the files.
--:-- Corva Coleman: Annie Farmer is a psychologist who testified about her abuse by Epstein and his partner, Ghislaine Maxwell. She is cautious about Trump's reversal.
--:-- Annie Farmer: I think there's a healthy amount of skepticism amongst those of us who have been involved in this fight for a long time. You know, there have been so many efforts to, I'd say, politicize this and obfuscate the truth that I, you know, I hope that that is the case and that everyone's on the same page, that this would be the best thing for the American people.
--:-- Annie Farmer: But, you know, I think that remains to be seen.
--:-- Corva Coleman: She spoke to NPR's morning edition.
--:-- Corva Coleman: President Trump is angry at Republican lawmakers in Indiana who have declined to move forward on redistricting.
--:-- Corva Coleman: Indiana Senate Republicans say they do not have enough votes. For member station WFIU, George Hale has more.
--:-- George Hale: The Indiana General Assembly's 2026 legislative session opens this week, and one item not on the agenda is mid-cycle redistricting.
--:-- George Hale: Republican leaders called a special redistricting session last month but announced Friday that they don't have the necessary support.
--:-- George Hale: Trump responded, writing on Truth Social, the president blamed, quote, weak Republicans for the country's problems and singled out two Indiana lawmakers as rhinos or Republicans in name only.
--:-- George Hale: Hours later, State Senator Greg Good said he'd been targeted in a swatting attack.
--:-- George Hale: Good didn't directly address Trump's criticism, but posted his statement about the incident on social media with the caption, civility, please.
--:-- George Hale: For NPR News, I'm George Hale in Bloomington, Indiana.
--:-- Corva Coleman: Several Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, are vowing to oppose any attempt to establish a Palestinian state.
--:-- Corva Coleman: This comes ahead of a UN Security Council vote on a resolution for Gaza today.
--:-- Corva Coleman: NPR's Kat Lonsdorf has more from Tel Aviv.
--:-- Kat Lonsdorf: 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 Lonsdorf: 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.
--:-- Kat Lonsdorf: 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 Lonsdorf: Netanyahu and many Israeli leaders have long opposed statehood, saying it would be a reward for Hamas.
--:-- Corva Coleman: Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
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--:-- Corva Coleman: President Trump says the president of Venezuela has sent signals that he wants to talk to the U.S.
--:-- Corva Coleman: This comes as the U.S. has moved an aircraft carrier strike group into the Caribbean Sea, and it comes as the Pentagon says it has destroyed another boat in the eastern Pacific, claiming that it was involved in drug trafficking.
--:-- Corva Coleman: A former pilot for Alaska Airlines will be sentenced today in federal court in Portland.
--:-- Corva Coleman: Joseph Emerson pleaded guilty to nearly shutting down a passenger jet's engines over Oregon two years ago.
--:-- Corva Coleman: He says he was under the influence of hallucinogenic mushrooms.
--:-- Corva Coleman: The plane landed safely.
--:-- Corva Coleman: Emerson's lawyer says he wanted to take responsibility for his actions and has asked for probation.
--:-- Corva Coleman: Prosecutors are asking for a year in prison.
--:-- Corva Coleman: New research shows that as children get older, their brains become more attuned to the sounds of speech.
--:-- Corva Coleman: NPR's John Hamilton reports from the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego.
--:-- John Hamilton: Researchers studied the brains of 51 children and young adults as they watched a movie clip that contained both music and dialogue.
--:-- John Hamilton: Liberty Hamilton of the University of California, Berkeley, says the brain response changed with age.
--:-- Liberty Hamilton: As individuals get older, the brain is showing this emerging preference for speech over music.
--:-- Liberty Hamilton: In young children, music and speech caused about the same level of response in the brain.
--:-- Liberty Hamilton: But by adolescence, speech was getting much more attention.
--:-- Liberty Hamilton: This research could explain why children with conditions including ADHD have more difficulty focusing on speech in a noisy environment.
--:-- John Hamilton: For NPR News, I'm John Hamilton.
--:-- Corva Coleman: And I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News in Washington.
