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Epstein Bill Passes, Trump Defends Saudi Crown Prince, Kessler Twins Die and more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Congress has taken a major step to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. President Donald Trump got into a tense exchange with the media during the Saudi crown prince’s White House visit. Republicans are dealing with a major setback in the redistricting wars. Federal investigators released new details about last year’s bridge collapse in Baltimore. Plus, the untimely death of an entertainment duo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, from CNN, I'm Afoma DK, with the five things you need to know for Tuesday, November 18th.

0:08.5

Congress took a major step today.

0:11.0

Lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill to compel the Justice Department to release all of its case files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

0:20.0

The Senate unanimously agreed to pass the House-backed bill as soon as it's received from the

0:24.7

chamber.

0:25.7

I have nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein.

0:27.6

I threw him out of my club many years ago because I thought he was a sick pervert.

0:32.1

That's what Trump said to the media earlier today before the vote.

0:35.7

The bill not goes to the president's desk. He says he'll

0:38.4

sign it, but a White House official says Trump hasn't decided when. Up next, Trump's heated

0:44.7

moment with the media. Here's another big story we've been talking about today. President

0:52.9

Trump's meeting with the Saudi crown Prince at the Oval Office.

0:56.7

It was Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's first visit to the White House in more than seven

1:00.6

years.

1:01.8

But Trump took offense to a reporter's question about the murder of Washington Post journalist

1:06.3

Jamal Hoshoggi in 2018.

1:09.1

You're mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial.

1:12.6

A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about.

1:15.6

Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happened, but he knew nothing about it.

1:19.6

And we can leave it at that.

1:21.6

You don't have to embarrass our guests.

1:22.6

Hoshoggi's widow defended her husband in response to Trump's comments, saying his murder isn't justified.

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