Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
A newly uncovered letter that was contained in the latest batch of documents linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is drawing a lot of attention.
NPR's Sarah McCammon reports the letter was allegedly sent by Epstein to another convicted sex offender,
former Olympic sports doctor Larry Nasser.
The letter was purportedly written in 2019 by Epstein to Dr.
Larry Nasser, who was accused of molesting hundreds of gymnasts and convicted on multiple charges.
Epstein supposedly wrote, quote, our president shares our love of young, new-bile girls.
Now, the DOJ addressed this letter in a couple of posts on X yesterday,
first saying they were looking into it,
and then Less than two hours later, the DOJ announced that, quote,
the FBI has confirmed this alleged letter from Jeffrey Epstein to Larry Nasser is fake.
And that post from DOJ also pointed out several apparent inconsistencies in this letter,
including the fact that it was postmarked three days after Epstein's death in Virginia,
even though he'd been jailed in New York.
That's NPR's Farah McCammon reporting.
The director of the National Institutes of Health says the second Trump administration is making overdue changes to the funding of scientific research,
and PR's Rob Stein reports on the research chief's case for the moves.
Critics say decisions about medical research have been politicized
since President Trump returned to office and installed Robert F.
Kennedy Jr.