Redacted Epstein Files Out, U.S. Targets ISIS & $1.6B Jackpot - Monday, December 22, 2025
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Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 22 December 2025
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The news to know for Monday, December 22, 2025!
We'll tell you what is and isn't in the latest big batch of Epstein Files, and why some lawmakers are now talking about impeachment.
Also, we'll recap President Trump's final rally of the year.
And the Trump administration's latest deal to lower certain drug prices.
Plus: what to expect if you're traveling this Christmas week, how the weather will—or won't—cooperate with holiday plans, and when you'll get a chance to win one of the largest jackpots in Powerball history.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Monday, December 22nd. We'll tell you what is and isn't in the latest big batch of Epstein files and why some lawmakers are now talking about impeachment. |
| 0:09.3 | Also, we'll recap President Trump's final rally of the year and the Trump administration's latest deal to lower certain drug prices. |
| 0:16.4 | Plus, what you expect if you're traveling this Christmas week, how the weather will or won't cooperate |
| 0:21.1 | with holiday plans, and when you'll get a chance to win one of the largest jackpots in |
| 0:25.8 | Powerball history. Those stories and even more news to know coming up. |
| 0:31.4 | Welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in less than 15 minutes. I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:36.7 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:38.3 | Let's do this. As required by a new law, the Justice Department put out thousands more Epstein files. |
| 0:47.7 | They include FBI documents from cases involving convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, |
| 0:52.6 | as well as photographs and other evidence. |
| 0:55.0 | Some of those files document interviews with witnesses who explained how Epstein lured underage |
| 0:59.6 | girls into his orbit. And one document confirms the FBI was tipped off about Epstein's crimes |
| 1:05.1 | nearly a decade before he was first arrested. When it comes to the newly released photos, |
| 1:10.5 | many feature former |
| 1:11.3 | President Bill Clinton, like one of him in a hot tub with a woman. Another shows President Trump |
| 1:16.1 | with a group of women. There was one court document released that said Epstein took a 14-year-old |
| 1:20.7 | girl to Mara Lago and introduced her to President Trump. The document says Epstein elbowed |
| 1:25.7 | Trump and asked, this is a good one, right? To which Trump |
| 1:28.4 | allegedly smiled and nodded. Other newly released photos also show Epstein with celebrities like |
| 1:33.3 | David Copperfield, Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, Kevin Spacey, and Diana Ross. Though none of them, |
| 1:39.2 | including Clinton and Trump, have actually been accused of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein. |
| 1:43.4 | Many photos and documents |
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