NPR News: 02-26-2026 5PM EST
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🗓️ 26 February 2026
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| 0:20.8 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. |
| 0:24.8 | Former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told members of Congress she had |
| 0:29.3 | no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's crimes and didn't recall ever meeting him. |
| 0:33.8 | Her deposition was paused today after Colorado Republican Congresswoman Lauren Bobert leaked a photo of Clinton in the room to a conservative influencer who posted it online a violation of the committee's rules. |
| 0:45.6 | The committee's ranking Democratic member Robert Garcia of California says there should be repercussions for leaking the photo. |
| 0:51.8 | What is not acceptable is oversight Republicans breaking their own committee rules that they |
| 0:58.7 | established with the secretary and her team, which you've all reported, you've seen by releasing |
| 1:05.5 | photos. |
| 1:05.9 | Not acceptable. |
| 1:07.5 | And it was gracious of the secretary and her team to continue the deposition. |
| 1:12.4 | Clinton has long called for the deposition to be open to reporters. Former President Bill |
| 1:16.8 | Clinton will testify tomorrow. Democrats say President Trump should testify as well. |
| 1:21.9 | The U.S. and Iran have wrapped up the latest round of nuclear talks with a plan to hold further |
| 1:26.7 | discussions next week. As NPR's |
| 1:28.8 | Greg Miery reports, this comes with a large U.S. military force now positioned for a possible military |
| 1:34.1 | strike against Iran. The U.S. team, led by presidential advisors, Steve Whitkoff and Jared Kushner, |
| 1:40.5 | held several hours of negotiations with the Iranians in Geneva, Switzerland. |
| 1:45.4 | Oman's foreign minister mediated and said afterward on social media there was, quote, |
| 1:50.3 | significant progress, though he didn't offer specifics. |
| 1:54.0 | He did say the sides agreed to hold technical talks next week in Vienna. |
| 1:57.9 | The International Atomic Energy Agency, which has long monitored Iran's |
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