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Hey, it's Aisha Harris from Pop Culture Happy Hour. If you love NPR podcasts, you'll want the new NPR Plus podcast bundle. Enjoy an all-you-can-eat selection of NPR Plus podcasts with sponsor-free listening and bonus episodes. Plus, you'll be supporting public radio. Check it out at plus.npr.org. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Large crowds gathered on the grounds of Howard University in Washington, D.C. to hear Vice President Harris and Elham deliver her concession speech. Harris has already reached out to President-elect Donald Trump to congratulate him.

According to the Trump campaign, both leaders agreed on the need to unite the country. Today, the Associated Press called Michigan for Trump. That state, along with Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, which also broke for Trump, make up the so-called Blue Wall. Jackson Katz, creator of the Mancard documentary, 50 Years of Gender Power and the American Presidency, offered this take on one of the big factors that played into Trump's success. The data is very clear that the Biden economy, if you will, including with investments in blue collar industries and all kinds of that will create and have been creating thousands of blue collar jobs, are actually real.

But the narrative in the podcast universe, in the social media universe for low information, low engagement, male voters, especially young male voters, is that the Biden-Harris economy and the Biden-Harris campaign and the Biden-Harris presidency was very bad for blue collar men and for men in general. Danielle Pletka NPR has learned that special counsel Jack Smith is taking steps to wind down his two criminal cases against Trump. Here's NPR's learned that special counsel Jack Smith is taking steps to wind down his two criminal cases against Trump. Here's NPR's Carrie Johnson.

Justice departments led by both Democrats and Republicans have concluded a sitting president cannot be indicted or tried on criminal charges. That's prompted special counsel Jack Smith to engage with DOJ officials about walking away from the two indictments against Trump. The president-elect has pleaded not guilty on four felony counts in connection with his effort to cling to power in 2020. In a separate case in Florida, the DOJ has been appealing a judge's decision to dismiss charges against Trump for hoarding classified documents

and obstructing efforts to retrieve them. Both cases are expected to wind down before Trump's inauguration in January. Kari Johnson, NPR News, Washington. On the heels of Trump's decisive win, U.S. stocks surged. NPR's Marie Aspin looks behind the numbers. Investors see Trump as friendly to business interests, particularly in terms of cutting taxes and regulations. Now they're piling into the Trump trade, buying up stocks and other assets that are expected to do particularly

well under his administration. Shares in big banks jumped on expectations of lighter government oversight. So did the price of Tesla, the carmaker run by Trump supporter Elon Musk. Other financial winners at the moment are Trump Media, the parent company of his Truth Social Network, whose stock has had some wild swings this year, and the price of Bitcoin. The crypto industry had poured money into these elections, and Trump has promised to turn the United States into the crypto capital of the planet. This is NPR News. The National Weather Service is warning about extreme wildfire conditions in Southern California due to high winds. And Piers Nathan-Rot reports 70 to 80 mile per hour wind gusts are raking across parts

of LA. The winds have been howling over the greater Los Angeles region since early morning, causing power shutoffs and fueling at least two new wildfires to the north. A red flag warning is in effect for much of Los Angeles and Ventura counties and further inland through Friday, meaning there's a potential for, as the National Weather Service puts it, extreme life-threatening wildfire behavior. Nathan Rott, NPR News, Ventura, California. There's word this afternoon that a fire broke out in

Ventura County starting in a remote mountainous area, but the winds pushed it toward the city of Camarillo. Butterflies are a classic symbol of rebirth. A small Ohio town is celebrating its multiple meanings with a sanctuary for them. Nick Swartzall of MembersationWVXU has more. Floods have ravaged Ohio River Town, New Richmond many times over the years, and it's felt the harsh impacts of the nation's addiction crisis. Now, a partnership between the Village and an addiction recovery center has established a butterfly garden where a flooded out house once stood.

Gary Cunningham lives in the recovery center. He helps tend the garden. Being able to go over there and just take care of it, knowing it's ours, you know, and they've seen the butterflies, like they've been in the same journey with us. Village officials hope to establish more green space on former floodland in the future. For NPR News, I'm Nick Schwartzell in New Richmond. The Dow's closed up more than 1,500 points, or 3.5%. It's NPR.