The Trump administration is quietly moving to carve up the U.S. Education Department, shifting key responsibilities to agencies like Labor and State in a renewed push toward its long-standing goal of dismantling the department altogether. It’s a striki ng look at how far the administration is willing to go to bypass Congress to make it happen. Host Yasmin Vossoughian is joined by Erica Meltzer, national editor at Chalkbeat, to unpack what this maneuver means for students, schools and federal oversight. Meanwhile, Iran is staring down its worst water crisis in decades, and the warning signs are plastered across Tehran. New government posters read: “There is a water shortage! It’s fall and there is still no rain.” With reservoirs drying up and no relief in the forecast, officials are raising the unthinkable possibility of evacuating the capital city of 10 million people. NBC News producer Amin Khodadadi joins us from Tehran to break down how the crisis got this bad and what happens next.

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The House votes on a bill that would force the Justice Department to release all its records on Jeffrey Epstein. It’s expected to pass, a major win for the bipartisan group pushing for transparency. So, what would this bill require? And what could surface in any new document dumps? NBC News National Law Enforcement & Intelligence Correspondent Tom Winter joins host Yasmin Vossoughian to discuss his reporting. And President Donald Trump hosts Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House. A striking reset after a CIA assessment tied the crown prince to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The U.S.-Saudi relationship appears to be warming under Trump, with LIV Golf ties, reported Trump Organization real estate talks and the sale of F-35 jets to Saudi Arabia, despite the Pentagon’s warning that China could gain access to the tech, all as the White House looks to Riyadh for help shaping Gaza’s reconstruction. White House correspondent Monica Alba joins the pod.

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President Trump is now calling for the full release of the long-sealed Jeffrey Epstein documents, saying, “We have nothing to hide,” and urging Congress to make the files public. It’s a sharp reversal from years of efforts to keep parts of the record under wraps. So, why now? NBC News Now’s Hallie Jackson joins host Laura Jarrett to break it all down. And we’re in Charlotte, North Carolina, where federal immigration raids ramped up over the weekend. Border Patrol agents began making arrests across the city, with the Department of Homeland Security saying the operation is meant to “ensure Americans are safe and public safety threats are removed.” But tense videos of agents clashing with residents are sparking fear in immigrant communities. Some local business owners say they plan to close their doors to protect their neighbors. We’ll get into what’s behind this ramp-up and what it means for families on the ground with NBC News correspondent Ryan Chandler.

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