The News Roundup For September 5, 2025
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🗓️ 5 September 2025
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After rumors about the president’s supposedly failing health swirled online last weekend, Donald Trump appeared in public at a press conference this week announcing the relocation of the Space Force headquarters from Colorado to Alabama.
Florida announced this week that it’s set to become the first state in the U.S. to end vaccine mandates in schools, including for young children.
The leaders of China, India, Russia met this week in a display of friendship meant to signal unity to the world. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Chinese President Xi Jinping convened in China for a summit of powers not aligned with the West.
Meanwhile, Putin told officials in Kyiv he was willing to try and negotiate the end the war in Ukraine should “common sense prevail.” However, he also threatened that he was prepared to continue should he not find terms agreeable.
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| 0:16.9 | Hey, it's Naila. I'm your host for this edition of the News Roundup. Just a quick heads-up before we start the show. The news is rapidly changing and things may have changed by the time you hear this episode. Stay up to date with news by listening to your local NPR member station and visiting npr.org for all the latest. Thanks for listening and enjoy the show. |
| 0:44.5 | You're listening to the 1A podcast. |
| 0:47.0 | I'm Naila Boodoo, and this is the Friday News Roundup. |
| 0:55.4 | In a busy week that saw dismal new jobs figures, major health news, and court case losses for the president, some voices in particular broke through much of the noise. |
| 0:58.9 | I was one of a dozen of girls who were forced into Jeffrey's mansion. |
| 1:02.2 | I was only 14 years old. |
| 1:03.8 | I was 16 years old. |
| 1:05.3 | Today is the first time that I ever speak publicly about what happened to me. |
| 1:09.5 | I want to help create a world where survivors of |
| 1:11.7 | sexual abuse and abuse of power can come forward safely. And I ask Congress to join me in that effort. |
| 1:17.7 | We are not going to be quiet and we are not going to give up. Passing this Epstein transparency |
| 1:21.7 | bill is one important step to prove to Americans that the government does not side with sexual |
| 1:27.1 | perpetrators. |
| 1:28.0 | The only reason that I am here is because it feels like the people who matter in this country |
| 1:31.9 | finally care about what we have to say. |
| 1:35.2 | Those are some of the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse who took control of the conversation |
| 1:40.2 | this week at an emotional two-hour news conference on Tuesday. |
| 1:43.8 | They called on the president |
| 1:45.2 | in Congress to release the files. So let's start there with our panel this week. Jeff Mason is |
| 1:50.7 | White House correspondent for Reuters. Welcome back, Jeff. Good to be with you. Wendy |
| 1:55.5 | Benjaminson is a senior editor at Bloomberg News. It's great to have you with us, Wendy. |
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