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More Epstein Files Released; Government Shutdown; New Winter Storm

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🗓️ 31 January 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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The Justice Department has released its final tranche of the Epstein files - we'll look at what they have and haven't included. And, the U.S. in a partial government shutdown again, although this is one is expected to be shorter than the record-breaking shutdown that happened during the fall. Plus, another winter storm is hitting the U-S this weekend, this time, hitting parts of the Southeast.

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0:00.0

The Justice Department has released more of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

0:06.2

Three million pages.

0:08.1

What does the new trove of documents, video, and images reveal about the case?

0:13.4

I'm Scott Simon.

0:14.5

And I'm Aisha Roscoe, and this is up first from NPR News.

0:20.5

Files related to the case of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were due to be released last month.

0:26.6

Why the delay?

0:27.4

We'll have more on that.

0:28.6

And we're in a partial government shutdown.

0:31.5

Again, this time, the fight isn't over health care spending.

0:35.9

We'll tell you more about it.

0:37.1

Plus, some parts of the U.S. brace for more care spending. We'll tell you more about it, plus some parts of the

0:38.2

U.S. brace for more winter storms. We'll tell you where that storm is heading and how they're

0:43.7

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1:40.2

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