Up First from NPR Bondi's Heated Hearing, Pushback On Trump's Tariffs, Revised 2025 Jobs Report
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Feb 12, 2026 
Scott Horsley, NPR economics correspondent, breaks down the January jobs report and surprising 2025 labor revisions. Franco Ordoñez, NPR White House correspondent, covers GOP pushback against President Trump’s tariffs and the political stakes. Kerry (Carrie) Johnson, NPR legal reporter, recounts the heated Capitol Hill hearing over the Jeffrey Epstein files and DOJ controversies. Multiple short takes on jobs, tariffs, and the Bondi hearing.
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Bondi Dodges Epstein Prosecution Questions
- Pam Bondi repeatedly avoided direct answers about DOJ prosecutions related to Jeffrey Epstein during a hostile House hearing.
- Her confrontational tone and insults escalated tensions with lawmakers and survivors present.
Survivors Confrontation At Hearing
- Several survivors trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein sat in the hearing room and asked for acknowledgment.
- Bondi accused Representative Pramila Jayapal of "gutter politics" instead of apologizing for exposed victims' identities and images.
Search History Photo Raises Surveillance Fears
- A photo showed Bondi holding a document that looked like a congresswoman's search history in DOJ's Epstein files.
- That raised concerns DOJ may have been surveilling lawmakers who inspected the documents.