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News Wrap: Ex-prince's former home searched a day after his arrest

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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In our news wrap Friday, police searched the former home of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor a day after his arrest related to his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, the Trump administration is requiring all truckers and bus drivers to take commercial driving tests in English and Speaker Mike Johnson's office denied a request for the late Jesse Jackson to lie in honor in the Capitol. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

We start the day's other headlines with the latest fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein

0:04.4

files.

0:05.4

Police searched the former home of Andrew Mountbatten, Windsor, located on the grounds of Windsor

0:10.1

Castle west of London.

0:11.8

The King's brother had lived there for decades until his eviction earlier this month.

0:16.2

The search comes a day after he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office related to

0:22.1

his friendship with the late convicted sex offender. The former prince was released after nearly

0:26.6

11 hours. Separately, the lobbying firm, co-founded by Peter Mandelson, has halted operations.

0:33.8

The former British ambassador to the U.S. has come under increasing pressure due to his ties to Epstein.

0:39.7

And in this country, Bard College in New York has opened an independent review into the relationship between Epstein and the school's longtime president, Leon Botstein.

0:49.5

The Trump administration is requiring all truckers and bus drivers to take commercial driving tests in English.

0:55.6

The move was announced today by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who said it would get

1:00.1

unqualified drivers off the road and improve safety.

1:04.8

Just because you're a foreigner, that doesn't mean that you can't drive a big rig. You can't drive a truck.

1:10.9

Well, what's happened that we've had so many unskilled, unqualified, untrained drivers on American

1:16.9

roads?

1:17.9

Many states allow drivers to take license tests in other languages but still require that

1:22.8

they show proficiency in English.

1:25.3

Today's announcement is part of a broader crackdown on the industry since a fatal crash

1:29.4

last August involving an immigrant driver who officials say was in the country illegally.

1:35.6

In New York, the largest nursing strike in decades is close to ending after thousands of nurses

1:41.0

reached a tentative agreement with management today.

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