Blistering Russian attacks on Ukraine target Kyiv.
A specially calculated attack to cause as much harm as possible to people and civilians,
says Volodymyr Zelensky.
I'm Aisha Rosko.
And I'm Scott Simon, and this is up first from NPR News.
The Russian campaign comes as Zelensky also confronts a corruption scandal in the capital.
We have details.
Also, President Trump targets the British Broadcasting Corporation.
We'll look at what's at issue.
And House lawmakers may vote to release the government's Epstein files as soon as this coming week,
where the story goes from there in this podcast.
So please stay with us.
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First up,
a reopened federal government after a Capitol Hill showdown resulting in a 43-day shutdown.
Centered to that showdown were the expiring healthcare subsidies causing sticker shock to affordable care act enrollees across the country.
But the deal that ended the shutdown didn't address those subsidies and Congress is staring down that impasse and more divisive issues,
including the Epstein files.
And peer congressional correspondent Deirdre Walt joins us.
Deirdre, thanks so much for being with us.