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Live from NPR in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Attorney General [总检察长] Pam Bondi is appearing before the House Judiciary Committee [美国众议院司法委员会] today. NPR's Elena Moore tells us the country's top law enforcement officer is repeatedly sparring [起冲突] with Democrats on the panel over the DOJ's handling of information related to the late [已故的] convicted [被判有罪的] sex offender [性罪犯] Jeffrey Epstein. Republicans on the committee are largely defending Bondi, but many Democrats are focusing on Epstein. And it's turned combative [对抗性的], with Bondi sidestepping [回避] questions and hurling [进行] personal attacks [人身攻击], like this moment with the committee's top Democrat, Jamie Raskin. You can let her filibuster [此处指拖沓] all day long, but not on our watch [在我们这行不通]. Not on our time. No way. And I told you about that, Attorney General, before you started. You don't tell me anything. No, I did tell you because we saw what you did in the Senate. You're not even a lawyer. Bondi stood by the DOJ's oversight [监管] on the issue and pledged [承诺] to fight for all survivors. But Democrats say the agency has done the opposite, over-redacting [过度隐去] information to protect powerful individuals instead of survivors.
Democratic U.S. senators are speaking out after federal prosecutors failed to secure a grand jury indictment [提审] against the lawmakers for posting a video message to members of the military. Senator Alyssa Slack of Michigan addressed reporters today. To be clear, this is not about the content of this one video. Let's call it for what it is. The president is using our justice system to weaponize against his perceived enemies. She appeared with Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona. They were part of a group of lawmakers with military or intelligence [情报] backgrounds that released a video advising U.S. service members not to follow illegal orders. The video drew swift [快速的] rebukes [斥责] from President Trump, who called their actions treasonous [叛国的].
President Trump met today with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. NPR's Franco Ordonez reports the two leaders focused their discussion on U.S. talks with Iran. President Trump says he insisted that negotiations [谈判] with Iran continue to see if a deal on Iran's nuclear program [核项目] can be reached. The Prime Minister signaled ahead of the meeting that he was concerned about the direction of the talks and wanted to ensure that Israel's needs were taken into consideration. A person familiar with the matter told NPR that Israel feels the talks are futile [徒劳的] and that further military strikes are inevitable [不可避免的]. Israel would join in those strikes. In a social media post, Trump says he told Netanyahu that his preference was to continue talks. If a deal can't be reached, Trump again floated the idea of more strikes [打击] on Iran. The president said they also discussed Gaza and stability in the Middle East. Franco, Ordonez, the White House.
The Dow ends the day 45 points lower, ending at 50,142.
U.S. colleges received more than $5 billion in reportable foreign gifts [赠予] and contracts [合同] in 2025. That's according to freshly released data out today by the Department of Education. NPR's Alyssa Nodwarnie has details. The data release and accompanying website, it's part of a push by the Trump administration to make foreign influence in colleges and universities more transparent [公开透明]. Under existing federal law, schools are required to report gifts or contracts from foreign entities [实体] of $250,000 or more. In a statement, Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the data provided unprecedented [前所未有的] visibility [能见度] into funding from countries that threaten America's national security. The new data includes a look at which universities are receiving funds from countries of concern, including Russia, and Iran. Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and New York University top those lists.
Nineteen Buddhist [佛教的] monks [僧人] on a pilgrimage [此处指长途跋涉，像朝圣之旅一样] for peace are completing a 2,300-mile journey from Texas to Washington, D.C. On Capitol Hill, people line the path as the monks pass them in single file [一队列], some holding flowers and quietly greeting the crowd. They were joined by other faith leaders [宗教领袖]. Their walk for peace culminating [达到高潮] with a ceremony this afternoon at the Lincoln Memorial [林肯纪念堂].
The Dow's closed down 22 points to end the day at 50,165. The S&P was up slightly. The Nasdaq was down 21 points.
