NPR News: 11-22-2025 6PM EST

Speaker 1 This week on the NPR Politics Podcast, a new NPR poll shows the president's approval at a new low, and Democrats up 14 points on the question of who should control Congress next year.

Speaker 2 The last time the gap was this wide, a year later Democrats won 40 seats.

Speaker 1 But Democrats aren't exactly popular either. We'll break it all down on the NPR Politics Podcast.
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Speaker 3 Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. President Trump is reacting to one-time stalwart supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene's decision to quit Congress.

Speaker 3 In Pierre's Amy Held reports, Green says she's looking forward to a new path ahead.

Speaker 4 Not long after Greene and Congressman Thomas Massey helped lead fellow Republicans to defy Trump in a sweeping vote to release the Epstein files, she announced she's leaving Congress.

Speaker 4 President Trump spoke about it Saturday.

Speaker 5 She started backing perhaps the worst Republican congressman in our history, just just you know, stupid person named Massey.

Speaker 5 And

Speaker 5 I said, go your own way. And once I left her, she resigned because

Speaker 5 she would never have survived a primary. But I think she's a nice person.

Speaker 4 Sworn into office just three days before the January 6th insurrection, Green is resigning from Congress five years later.

Speaker 4 A special election will be called to replace her in Georgia's conservative 14th district. Amy Held NPR News.

Speaker 3 Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 20 people and injured more than 80 today. That's according to Palestinian health officials.

Speaker 3 As NPR's Katlonsdorf reports, both Israel and Hamas accuse each other of ceasefire violations, although the ceasefire is still holding.

Speaker 6 An Israeli drone strike targeted a vehicle in Gaza City in the north while several airstrikes hit central Gaza. Israeli forces also opened fire in Rafah in the south.

Speaker 6 Israel says Hamas militants crossed the yellow line into Israeli-controlled territory in Gaza and threatened Israeli troops, and that the resulting strikes killed five senior Hamas officials.

Speaker 6 Hamas called the attacks a, quote, blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement and called on the mediators, including the U.S., to pressure Israel to stop.

Speaker 6 Israeli strikes have continued throughout the fragile ceasefire deal, which is in its second month but has largely stalled in the first phase. Kat Lansdorf, NBR News, Tel Aviv.

Speaker 3 At the United Nations COP30 Global Climate Conference in Brazil, which ended today, it ended without a formal agreement on phasing out the use of fossil fuels.

Speaker 3 That's the main driver of global warming. COP30 President Andre Correa Dulago says climate discussions have to continue.

Speaker 7 We know some of you had greater ambitions for some of the issues at hand. I know the youth civil society will demand us to do more to fight climate change.

Speaker 7 I want to reaffirm that I will try not to disappoint you during my presidency.

Speaker 3 The United States was conspicuously absent from this year's talks after the Trump administration refused to send a delegation.

Speaker 3 But in the end, the conference delivered only modest progress on international efforts to curb global warming and pay for the costs of adapting to a hotter planet.

Speaker 3 You're listening to NPR News from Washington.

Speaker 3 The Supreme Court is allowing Texas to use its recently redrawn map of congressional districts while it decides its legality. A decision could come as soon as Monday.

Speaker 3 A lower court had blocked the map, finding it's likely to be found unconstitutional because it draws the lines to eliminate districts where black and Latino voters make up the majority.

Speaker 3 This is part of the gerrymanding fight sparked by President Trump to try to keep Republicans in control of the House.

Speaker 3 The organizer of the annual Eurovision Song Contest says major changes to the rules for the annual music event are happening.

Speaker 3 Empires Chloe Veltman reports the European Broadcasting Union's new framework aims in part to reduce the influence of government-backed promotional campaigns on the public voting system.

Speaker 8 In a statement, Eurovision Contest Director Martin Green says the contest should focus on music, unity, and, quote, remain a neutral space that must not be instrumentalised.

Speaker 8 The overhaul includes placing sanctions against any government or other third-party attempts to disproportionately influence voting.

Speaker 8 This move follows a widespread global backlash against the Israeli government for its push for public support in the 2025 contest, in which Israeli contestant Yuval Rafael garnered the most public votes and came close to winning.

Speaker 8 The new rules also call for fans to spread their votes across more entries and the reinstatement and expansion of the role of professional juries. Chloe Veltman, NPR News.

Speaker 3 And I'm Janine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.

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