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NPR News: 11-15-2025 7PM EST

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Skivoni. There's been a significant falling out between two high-profile Republicans in Washington, President Trump, and MAGA Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Green. Green suspects it's because she wants the full release of FBI files related to convicted sex offender the late Jeffrey Epstein.

0:22.6

And PR's Ron Elving has more.

0:24.6

Marjorie Taylor Green, the familiar firebrand from Georgia.

0:29.0

She is a Republican representative in Congress and a fierce defender of the president.

0:33.8

In multiple interviews, she has called Trump misguided in fighting the release of the Epstein

0:39.2

files. And that, of course, has drawn Trump's ire. In a long post on true social last night,

0:45.6

the president called Marjorie Taylor Green, quote, wacky, unquote, and said he was withdrawing

0:51.9

his support of her. NPR's Ron Elving in Washington, the House of Representatives's plans to vote Tuesday on the

0:58.4

Epstein Files question. President Trump continues to tinker with his tariffs policies,

1:04.4

saying Friday that his administration had done a little bit of a rollback on some foods like

1:10.1

coffee. NPR's Giles Snyder tells us, the president is saying,

1:14.4

don't expect much more. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, as he was on his way to spend

1:19.6

the weekend at Mara Lago, President Trump seemed to downplay his executive order, exempting tariffs on

1:26.0

items such as coffee, bananas, and beef,

1:28.5

saying he does not anticipate future rollbacks.

1:31.7

I don't think it'll be necessary. We just did a little bit of a rollback on some foods,

1:36.0

like coffee, as an example, where the prices of coffee were a little bit high.

1:40.1

Now they'll be on the low side in a very short period of time.

1:43.3

The exemptions, however, represent a reversal by the Trump administration after voters in this

1:48.8

month's off-year election cited economic concerns as their top issue.

1:53.8

Democrats scored big wins in Virginia, New Jersey, and another key races around the country.

1:59.2

Trial Snyder, NPR News.

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