Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.
A bipartisan small group of lawmakers was provided access to more of the investigation files into late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The lawmakers say these files were supposed to be fully unredacted by the Justice Department,
but Kentucky Republican Thomas Massey says they weren't.
Some of these files have been taken down, like the DOJ produced them.
And for some reason, they took them down.
Maybe they decided that victims' names were in there and that they needed further redactions.
But those documents not only haven't been put back up on the site with the appropriate redactions,
they were not available to us to search.
Massey and California Democratic Congressman Rokana say they've traced the names of six powerful men whose names are still redacted.
They would not name the men, saying they believe the men were involved in Epstein's actions.
They're demanding the Justice Department release these men's names.
Meanwhile, Epstein's associate, convicted sex trafficker,
Gillian Maxwell, refused to answer questions yesterday in a congressional deposition.
Her lawyer says she will only cooperate if provided clemency by President Trump.
The Republican-led House has passed legislation it's calling the Housing in the 21st Century Act,
and PR Stephen Bisaha reports it aims to make homes cheaper by streamlining home building.
The bill would not make an immediate dent in home prices.
That would take more homes being built, and that will take time.
The bill is meant to encourage that through a few dozen provisions,