{"id":172426,"date":"2025-11-19T16:55:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/daily-briefing-all-the-epstein-files-may-not-come-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T16:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:55:12","slug":"daily-briefing-all-the-epstein-files-may-not-come-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/daily-briefing-all-the-epstein-files-may-not-come-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Briefing: All the Epstein files may not come &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning!<em><strong>&#x1f64b;&#x1f3fc;&#x200d;&#x2640;&#xfe0f; I&#8217;m <a href=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nicolefallert\/ data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Nicole Fallert<\/a><\/strong><\/em>. Got a nasty cold? <a href=\/story\/life\/health-wellness\/2025\/11\/19\/does-the-decongestant-in-your-medicine-cabinet-actually-work\/87232151007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Your meds might not work<\/a>.<br \/>The Epstein Files Transparency Act heads to President Donald Trump&#8217;s desk for signature after the House and Senate voted through the legislation on Tuesday.<br \/><strong><em>What it means:<\/em><\/strong> The measure would require the federal government to publicly release as much information as possible about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<br \/>President\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0welcomed Mohamad bin Salman, the Saudi Arabian crown prince with a highly-criticized human rights record, to the White House on Tuesday for <a href=\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/11\/18\/saudi-mohammed-bin-salman-saudi-arabia-trump\/87346188007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>a glowing meeting brimming with promises<\/a> of military and economic deals.<br \/><em>What&#8217;s the weather today?\u00a0<strong><a href=\/weather target=_blank rel=noopener data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Check your local forecast here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><br \/>~ Dawn Wheeler, a 59-year-old from Edwardsville, Kansas, is one of millions of Americans who buy health insurance through the\u00a0Affordable Care Act marketplace, and who <a href=\/story\/news\/nation\/2025\/11\/19\/aca-obamacare-tax-credit-shutdown\/87336302007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>could see the cost of her premium skyrocket<\/a> next year unless Congress extends COVID-19-era ACA tax credits. \u00a0<br \/>Most Democrats say medical providers. Most Republicans say parents. But both agree feel highly confident that childhood vaccines help prevent serious illness in kids, according to a new survey of thousands of adults by the Pew Research Center shared with USA TODAY. <strong><em>This political divide <a href=\/story\/life\/health-wellness\/2025\/11\/18\/vaccine-measles-covid-cdc\/87315227007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>has been brewing<\/a> for some time.<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup set for North America this summer, here&#8217;s where things stand: 12 sides have already qualified directly for the tournament and four more spots up for grabs via UEFA&#8217;s qualification playoffs that will be held in March 2026. The European playoffs will feature 16 teams in four pods, with two semifinals and a final in each bracket. The four winners qualify for the World Cup, while everyone else has to turn their attention towards qualification for 2030. <strong><em>What <a href=\/story\/sports\/soccer\/worldcup\/2025\/11\/18\/uefa-world-cup-playoffs-qualifiers\/87343245007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>teams<\/a> are in the UEFA playoffs?<\/em><\/strong><br \/>No one can escape the pop culture craze that is Labubus, a point proven by the anticipated premiere of a shiny new\u00a0Labubu-theme float at this year&#8217;s\u00a0Macy&#8217;s Thanksgiving Day Parade. <strong><em>See <a href=\/story\/news\/nation\/2025\/11\/18\/macys-thanksgiving-parade-new-floats-balloons-photos\/87337764007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>what else is new<\/a> for the parade&#8217;s 99th year.<\/em><\/strong><br \/><small><em>Nicole Fallert is a newsletter writer at USA TODAY, <a href=https:\/\/profile.usatoday.com\/newsletters\/Daily-Briefing\/ target=_blank rel=noopener data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>sign up for the email here<\/a>. Want to send Nicole a note?\u00a0Shoot\u00a0her an email at\u00a0NFallert@usatoday.com<\/em><\/small>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxPT01tS0txUlNvYWtsMjZVZUt0Y1R3cHJlc1JBVUp5Y1RDbDA4cE9GX1BSZ3Z3NC1HbFFjQjNKSzNTT0YyUlctRWh5Um9HZGxDU0lwMUV1WHlPLXV4Xzdheno0UDZIcU4tT0ZqejRPM3hvTWo0a0Z6RUhSM0Y1cGMzMUtyYnhPZ2RGeE0yeG81ZUhUTHBDMFBFTFNGbHotQ29nU1J4RURDMVZjX01sd3BpSVdWaVE1c0p0MHJrSWEyMU0?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning!&#x1f64b;&#x1f3fc;&#x200d;&#x2640;&#xfe0f; I&#8217;m Nicole Fallert. Got a nasty cold? Your meds might not work.The Epstein Files Transparency Act heads to President Donald Trump&#8217;s desk for signature after the House and Senate voted through the legislation on Tuesday.What it means: The measure would require the federal government to publicly release as much information as possible about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":172427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}