It's been six months of the Trump administration and almost daily headlines about big policy changes.
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we're taking stock of what's really changed and what hasn't from immigration to education.
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.
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President Trump is dismissing the idea of a pardon for Glenn Maxwell the former girlfriend of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein I don't know anything about the conversation.
I haven't really been following it A lot of people are asking me about pardons.
Obviously, this is no time to be talking about pardons.
Speaking to reporters after landing in Scotland,
where he is expected to visit his two golf courses and hold trade talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
The Epstein case is overshadowing the trip.
An attorney for Glenn Maxwell says she completed a second day of interviews with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch.
And although she would welcome relief he says there have been no discussions about a pardon.
Brazil's president says, quote,
nobody lays their hands on the South American country's rare earth minerals or reserves,
his comments come, as trade negotiations with the US have stalled ahead of an August 1st deadline.
Here's NPR's Kerry Conn reporting.
Brazilian President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva has been telling large crowds that the country will not allow for foreign intervention.
He's complained in interviews and appearances that his request for negotiations with the U.S. have gone unanswered.