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| 0:00.0 | It's been six months of the Trump administration and almost daily headlines about big policy changes. |
| 0:05.7 | This week, on Consider This, we're taking stock of what's really changed and what hasn't, from immigration to education. |
| 0:12.5 | And we're going to unpack the controversy around Trump's nominee to a powerful federal court and a possible shift in his approach to appointing judges. |
| 0:19.9 | Listen to Consider This on the NPR app or |
| 0:22.3 | wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright. President |
| 0:28.6 | Trump has arrived in Scotland for a long weekend where he'll play golf and meet UK leaders. He'll also |
| 0:33.7 | be met with protests. NPR's Fatima al-Kasab reports from Edinburgh, |
| 0:39.6 | a huge security operation is underway. |
| 0:44.4 | Roads are closed and airspace is restricted as police prepare for the president to visit two of his golf courses on opposite sides of the country. |
| 0:48.9 | Elena Ivanova is from the Stop Trump Coalition, |
| 0:51.8 | which is organising protests in several Scottish cities. |
| 0:55.5 | There will be a lot of local community groups represented, active campaigns, |
| 1:01.9 | and just regular people. |
| 1:03.6 | We know people are travelling from Dundee, from Perth, from all over the place. |
| 1:08.1 | This week, some protesters put up a sign at one of Trump's golf resorts |
| 1:12.0 | declaring it twinned with Epstein Island, a reference to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein |
| 1:18.0 | and a controversy that may follow the president on this trip. Fatemar al-Kasab, NPR News, Edinburgh. |
| 1:24.9 | The Justice Department says its concluded interviews with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein accomplice, Gieland Maxwell. |
| 1:31.4 | They met with her over two days in Tallahassee, where she's serving a 20-year prison sentence for helping Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. |
| 1:39.5 | Maxwell's attorney, David Oscar Marcus, says she answered questions about a hundred different people. He also |
| 1:45.7 | commented on questions that have surfaced over whether President Trump might pardon Maxwell. |
| 1:50.7 | We haven't spoken to the president or anybody about a pardon just yet. And, you know, listen, |
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