Lawmakers Call For Epstein Files, Trump's Crypto Token, China's Military Parade

立法者要求查看爱泼斯坦档案,特朗普的加密货币,中国的军事阅兵

Up First

2025-09-03

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Members of Congress are trying to force a vote to make the Trump administration release more of the Epstein files. The cryptocurrency World Liberty Financial co-founded by the President and his sons started trading publicly this week. And, China held a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter. Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Megan Pratz, Rafael Nam, Ryland Barton, Lisa Thomson and Alice Woefle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott. And our technical director is Carleigh Strange. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • Women who say they were victimized by Jeffrey Epstein want the government to release more information about the convicted sex offender.

  • It's a human rights issue, you know, to get justice.

  • What do they hope to learn?

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  • The Trump family's cryptocurrency is now publicly traded.

  • The launch added $5 billion to the Trump family wealth.

  • Why would people invest so much?

  • Is this the kind of money that somebody wanting to influence the president would want to invest in?

  • Absolutely.

  • Also, China held a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

  • And that allowed China, rather than America, to pose as a defender of the post-World War II order.

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