NPR News: 11-22-2025 12AM EST

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Speaker 2 Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green says she's resigning from Congress in January.

Speaker 2 And Pair Stephen Fowler reports on the latest development and months of clashes with President Trump.

Speaker 3 Marjorie Taylor Greene rose to prominence as one of Trump's biggest defenders and more recently has become one of his biggest critics.

Speaker 3 In an 11-minute social media video that blasts Republicans, House leadership and attacks by the president, she says she's had enough.

Speaker 4 And I do not want my sweet district to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the president that we all fought for, only to fight and win my election while Republicans will likely lose the midterms.

Speaker 3 Greene is now one of a record 40 House members and 10 senators, mostly Republicans, who've indicated they do not plan to return to their seats after the 2026 elections.

Speaker 3 Stephen Fowler, NPR News, Atlanta.

Speaker 2 President Trump has accused several Democratic lawmakers of sedition.

Speaker 2 Earlier this week, the lawmakers called on members of the military to uphold the Constitution and defy illegal orders, particularly from President Trump.

Speaker 5 That is a really serious charge. I'll tell you what, what they said is, and it was, I mean, I don't know about the modern day things, because, you know, modern day is a lot softer.

Speaker 5 But in the old days, if you said a thing like that, that was punishable by death.

Speaker 2 Trump was speaking on Fox News Radio. Trump said he's not threatening the lawmakers, but in a later post he wrote, hang them, George Washington would.

Speaker 2 Russian President Vladimir Putin is giving his first public comments on a U.S. peace proposal to end the war in Ukraine.

Speaker 2 Putin says the plan could be an important step toward a peaceful resolution of the conflict, but he also suggested that much remains to be worked out, as in Paris Charles Mainz reports.

Speaker 6 its objectives in Ukraine either way, pointing to recent Russian gains on the battlefield. Critics of of the U.S.

Speaker 6 plan say it tilts heavily in Russia's favor, with calls for Ukraine to see territory, cap its military, and renounce ambitions to join NATO. Charles Mainz, MPR News, Moscow.

Speaker 2 There's been a shooting at a Christmas tree lighting in Concord, North Carolina. Few details are available right now, but police say four people were hit by gunfire.

Speaker 2 Three are in critical condition, and one is reported to be stable. In a statement, the city says police were already at the event and responded quickly.

Speaker 2 They're asking the public to share any video video of or photos they have from the incidents.

Speaker 2 Stocks did well on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 493 points.
The NASDAQ closed up 195 points. You're listening to NPR News.

Speaker 2 All crew members have been accounted for following a fire on a container ship in San Pedro, California. No injuries have been reported, but officials say the ship is carrying hazardous materials.

Speaker 2 Senate Democrats are investigating leadership at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for what they call cronyism and corruption.

Speaker 2 The center's president, Ambassador Richard Grinnell, has refuted the claims. NPR's Elizabeth Blair has more.

Speaker 7 Senator Sheldon Whitehouse claims that current Kennedy Center leadership is responsible for, quote, millions in lost revenue, luxury spending, and preferential treatment for Trump allies.

Speaker 7 Documents posted on a Senate committee website appear to support those claims, including letting the soccer organization FIFA take over the center for three weeks rent-free.

Speaker 7 In a letter, White House asked Kennedy Center President Richard Grinnell to turn over documents related to the center's financial management, expenditures, donors, and contracts by December 4th.

Speaker 7 Grinnell wrote back to White House saying his letter is filled with partisan attacks and false accusations. The letter is posted to the Kennedy Center's social media.

Speaker 7 Elizabeth Blair, NPR News, Washington.

Speaker 2 The NCAA says former Temple basketball guard Heiser Miller placed dozens of bets on Temple games, including some against his own team.

Speaker 2 The association has made Miller permanently ineligible after finding that he placed 42 parlay bets on Temple games during two seasons. The bets totaled $473.

Speaker 2 Three of those bets were against the Owls. A former assistant coach and graduate assistant were also found to have broken NCAA rules, but neither bet on Temple games.
I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.

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