NPR News: 11-22-2025 10AM EST

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Speaker 2 Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is stepping down in January, a move that's raising new questions about the direction of the Republican Party's hard-right wing.

Speaker 2 Her departure follows months of friction with President Trump and controversy over the release of the Epstein files. Alex Helmick from Member Station WABE in Atlanta reports.

Speaker 3 The Republican Congresswoman has recently become a critic of the president on a number of issues, from his initial stance on the release of the Epstein files to foreign affairs.

Speaker 3 That led Trump to call her a traitor, saying he would support a primary challenger against her in her conservative Northwest Georgia district.

Speaker 3 Here's Green in a more than 10-minute video posted online.

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 Georgia's Governor Brian Kemp will have to set a special election date within 10 days of Greene's resignation to replace her. For NPR News, I'm Alex Homick in Atlanta.

Speaker 2 The G20 summit opened today in Johannesburg, where all the country's members voted to adopt a joint declaration after the conference wraps up on Sunday.

Speaker 2 Even though the United States is boycotting the event after falsely accusing South Africa of persecuting its white minority, South African President Cyril Ramaposa praised the move as an early success.

Speaker 5 The adoption of the declaration from the summit sends an important signal to the world that multilateralism can and does deliver.

Speaker 2 The leaders of Britain, France, and other countries thank South Africa for its work as chair. The U.S.

Speaker 2 Supreme Court is allowing Texas to use its recently redrawn map of congressional districts for now.

Speaker 2 MPR's Hansi Low Wong reports it's the latest move in the gerrymandering fight led by President Trump to try to keep Republicans in control of the House.

Speaker 6 A final decision from the Supreme Supreme Court may come as soon as Monday.

Speaker 6 If the court allows Texas to use the contested map for the midterm election, Republicans may be able to pick up five more seats in the U.S. House.

Speaker 6 A lower court had blocked that map after finding its challengers are likely to prove in a trial that the map is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

Speaker 6 That's because multiple top Republican officials made public statements suggesting they passed it to eliminate existing districts where black and Latino voters together make up the majority.

Speaker 6 But Texas tells the Supreme Court that lawmakers were not motivated by race and were focused on drawing new districts that are more likely to elect Republicans.

Speaker 6 Time is running out to finalize Texas's map for the midterms. The state's candidate finaling deadline is about two weeks away.
Anzila Wong, NPR News.

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Speaker 2 Parts of the Port of Los Angeles are closed today after containers on board a container ship caught fire. Steve Futterman reports fire crews aren't sure when the blaze will be extinguished.

Speaker 7 It began just past 6 o'clock last night. Soon after that came an explosion.
The immediate concern was the 23 crew members. They were all eventually accounted for with no injuries.

Speaker 7 It's believed the fire was caused by an electrical spark or malfunction on the lower deck. For hours, crews continued to douse the ship with water, but the fire continued.

Speaker 7 Some of the cargo includes hazardous material. Adam Van Gerpen is with the LA Fire Department.
We are starting to move some of our firefighters back.

Speaker 7 Any of the firefighters who are in the the smoky conditions need to be on self-contained breathing apparatus. The ship arrived in L.A.
on Wednesday from Tokyo.

Speaker 7 The Coast Guard is also involved in battling the blaze. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles.

Speaker 2 More than two dozen countries are committing to phase out fossil fuel subsidies and scale up renewables.

Speaker 2 The agreement was announced at COP30 in Brazil this week, but delegates at the Climate Summit remain deadlocked over a final agreement as oil-producing states resist language on fossil fuel transition.

Speaker 2 Negotiators say the outcome could shape global climate policy for years if the commitments made are actually enforced.

Speaker 2 Burning fossil fuels emits greenhouse gases that are the largest contributors to global warming. I'm Windsor Johnston, NPR News in Washington.

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