Legal Developments and Social Impact: A Current Affairs Overview

Trump was briefed in May that his name was among many cited in the files relating to the Jeffrey Epstein case, according to reports from the Wall Street Journal. Meanwhile, a House committee subpoenaed Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell. NBC News has the latest.

Texas Republicans want to redraw the electoral maps in ways that could deliver more wins at next year’s midterms. Eleanor Klibanoff from the Texas Tribune explains. 

A Los Angeles hospital becomes the latest hospital to withdraw certain medical-care options for transgender kids, following pressure from the federal government. Sonja Sharp from the L.A. Times joins us to talk about it.

Plus, Bryan Kohberger is sentenced after Idaho student killings, an appeals court found Trump’s birthright-citizenship order unconstitutional, and the United Nations’ highest court said countries that fail to meet climate obligations could end up paying reparations.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.