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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The U.S. Supreme Court has put a more Democratic-leaning map back in place for now in Missouri. St. Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum reports that the High Court dealt a blow to a President Trump-backed effort to draw more GOP districts. President Trump successfully pressured Missouri Republicans to redraw their congressional lines in 2025 to oust Democratic Congressman Emmanuel Cleaver. But redistricting opponents successfully put that map up for a statewide vote, which meant it couldn't be used this year. The U.S. Supreme Court stayed a federal judge's temporary restraining order to have the 2025 map used in the November elections. Missouri Democratic Party chairman Russ Carnahan says his party has stood strong against the GOP and Trump. I think there's a bit of relief that we still need to get our elections underway.

While a map for a safe seat for Cleaver is in place for now, the case could return to the federal courts. For MPR news, I'm Jason Rosenbaum and St. Louis. President Trump's pledging $5,000 cash dividends to every American adult if Republicans hold their congressional majority in November's elections. If he follows through on the promise he made last night at the GOP's midterm convention in Dallas, the one-time payout would cost taxpayers $1.23 trillion, surpassed only by the $1.6 trillion cost for Social Security. Wessel is a director of the Hutchins Center at the center-left-leaning Brookings Institution. We have sent checks to people before. We did that during the COVID pandemic. But that was in an emergency,

and we're not in that kind of emergency now. Wessel accuses President Trump of trying to bribe people into voting Republican in November. The administration argues anyone could benefit, no matter how they vote. The latest polls in Israel show a statistical tie in the race to deterred. which party governs the country. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing his toughest challenge yet ahead of the October 27th vote. Here's NPR's Kerry Khan. Polls by Israel's main television channels show Netanyahu and political newcomer Gadda Izenkot in a dead heat. The former military chief of staff is tapping into voter frustration with Netanyahu, including Israel's perpetual wars and lack of inquiry into security failings before the October 7th Hamas-led attack. To govern both

men will likely need to form coalitions with other parties giving the group's outsized political influence. Many are small with ultra-right religious and nationalist agendas or represent Israel's Arab population. If he wins Netanyahu pledges to, quote, complete the job in Israel's ongoing military conflicts, block a future Palestinian state and overhaul the judiciary handling his corruption trial. Carrie Khan, NPR News, Tel Aviv. You're listening to NPR News. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports University of Washington researchers will seek clearance from the Food and Drug Administration to move their vaccine for fentanyl into human trials. It says Oregon and Washington State have some of the highest overdose death rates in the country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that in 2023, more than three quarters of drug overdose deaths in the United States involved opioids.

However, death rates have declined. Researchers say they are planning a second excavation at Colorado Ziegler Reservoir next summer. The site is recognized as the richest high-altitude ice age ecosystem ever discovered. Reagan Mertz with Aspen Public Radio has details. In 2010, a construction crew uncovered a mammoth tusk while digging to expand the Ziegler Reservoir in Snowmass Village. The Denver Museum went on to uncover more than 35. thousand animal bones representing 85,000 years of history. Saras Duky Sanchez of snowmass tourism says archaeologists hope to discover more fossils

and conduct new research to provide context for the plants, insects, and animals discovered over a decade ago. You know how many eras of things we're going to find down there. It's going to be pretty major. Researchers from the first dig will return to consult on the second one. For NPR News, I'm Reagan Mertz and Aspen, Colorado. The National Association of Realtors reports existing home sales in August sold at their slowest annual pace in more than a year. It's NPR News.