Trump Demands Epstein Probe, Rare Tick Death, Beloved Coach Dies and more

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🗓️ 14 November 2025

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We start with President Donald Trump’s apparent shift in strategy in the Jeffrey Epstein controversy. We’ll tell you about the latest clash in the Chicago immigration crackdown. After more than a decade, Walmart is getting a new boss. We explain how tiny bugs gave a father a deadly allergy. Plus, sad news about the former football coach featured in a popular Netflix docuseries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey from CNN. I'm AfomaDK, with the five things you need to know for Friday, November 14th.
0:08.4	President Donald Trump has asked the Justice Department to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's ties to high-profile people and institutions.
0:16.4	On Truth Social, Trump wrote that some of those big names include former President Bill Clinton,
0:21.5	former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, and J.P. Morgan Chase.
0:27.7	CNN has reached out to Clinton, Summers, and Hoffman. In a statement, a spokesperson for J.P.
0:32.6	Morgan Chase said the bank ended its relationship with Epstein before his arrest on sex trafficking
0:37.3	charges. Trump accused to Democrats of focusing relationship with Epstein before his arrest on sex trafficking charges.
0:38.6	Trump accused to Democrats of focusing on the Epstein files to try to deflect from the way they
0:43.4	handled the government shutdown and called some House Republicans' week for siding with
0:47.7	Democrats on a vote next week to release the Epstein case files. Here's CNN's Kristen Holmes.
0:54.2	Well, clearly, President Trump is shifting strategy here.
0:56.4	Now, we are told that this comes after he had heard from at least one ally on Capitol
1:00.0	Hill that he was getting bad advice when it came to responding to the Epstein case, particularly
1:06.3	denying or delaying.
1:08.6	Now, I will tell you that for months, several of his allies, even the most outspoken, conservative,
1:14.4	podcasters and hosts have been telling the White House, have been telling President Trump,
1:18.2	that they believe the president should shift strategies, stop being on the defensive,
1:21.8	because what we've really seen for the last several months is a White House that has been playing defense.
1:26.4	Now, when I talk to White House officials as well as some of these allies, they say that this is because President Trump himself was the one dictating how the response went.
1:35.1	He did not want people getting out there ahead of stories, only reacting and calling it a hope.
1:42.6	Law enforcement arrested at least 21 people today after a clash between police and protesters
1:48.0	in a Chicago suburb.
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