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House Votes to Release Epstein Files, U.N. Approves Trump's Gaza Plan, Saudi Crown Prince Visits White House, O.J. Simpson Estate Claim, Dodgers Free Agency Rumors

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🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to pass a bill ordering the Justice Department to publicly release the files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The push comes after a major shift from President Trump, who now says he will sign the measure if it reaches his desk. Meanwhile, the U.N. Security Council approved the Trump administration’s plan to secure and govern Gaza. The 13 to 0 vote allows the U.S. to move forward with an international stabilization force in the territory and approves a transitional authority that will be overseen by President Trump. Read more at LATimes.com.

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This is an LA Times Studios podcast.

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Hi, I'm Faith Pino, and you're listening to headlines from LA Times Studios.

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Here are some of today's top stories from the Los Angeles Times.

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The House voted overwhelmingly to pass a bill Tuesday, ordering the Justice Department to

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publicly release all documents on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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According to Anna Sabios, the push comes after a major shift from President Trump, who now says he will sign the measure if it reaches his desk.

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For months, Republicans fought the

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release of the Epstein files, echoing Trump's claim that Democrats were using the issue

0:44.0

to distract from GOP wins. That all changed Sunday when President Trump abruptly reversed

0:50.6

course and urged Republicans to vote yes, insisting that he had nothing to hide.

0:56.6

On Truth Social, he called the Epstein probe a Democrat hoax, pushed by what he described

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as radical left lunatics. That reversal followed a massive document dump. More than 20,000

1:08.5

files from Epstein's private estate were released last week by the House

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Oversight Committee. Those documents referenced Trump more than 1,000 times, adding new pressure

1:18.9

on Congress to act. The bill now heads to the Senate where GOP leaders must quickly decide

1:25.0

if they'll send it to the president's desk. And the United Nations signed off on the Trump administration's plan to stabilize and govern Gaza Monday,

1:34.3

green lighting the U.S.'s plan to move the devastated territory toward peace after two years of war.

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The approval was overwhelming, a 13-0 decision, with only Russia and China

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abstaining. After the vote, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu applauded the UN's

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approval, but Hamas blasted the plan, arguing that it destroys any claim of neutrality

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and fails to meet the needs of Palestinians.

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According to the Associated Press, the resolution authorizes an international

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