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President Biden struck a conciliatory tone in his first remarks since the election. As NPR's Tamara Keith reports, Biden says he wants a smooth transition of power to president-elect Donald Trump. Speaking from the Rose Garden, President Biden said the will of the people has prevailed and then repeated a line he President Biden said the will of the people has prevailed and then repeated a line he has delivered often in criticism of the former president, but with new meaning now. You can't love your country only when you win. You can't love your neighbor only when you agree. Something I hope we can do no matter who you voted for, Something I hope we can do no matter who you voted for is see each other not as adversaries, but as fellow Americans.

Bring down the temperature. He directed his entire administration to work with Trump's team to ensure a peaceful and orderly transition. Tamara Keith, NPR News, The White House. Republicans have flipped at least three Senate seats, resting control of the upper chamber from Democrats. And while it's still unclear which party will control the House of Representatives, and Pierce Deidre Walsh reports GOP leaders are already planning their agenda. House Speaker Mike Johnson called Tuesday's election results a mandate that

shows, quote, a majority of Americans are eager for secure borders, lower costs, peace through strength, and a return to common sense. Results in many House races aren't in yet, but Johnson predicts the GOP will keep its narrow majority. Johnson and Representative Steve Scalise, the number two House GOP leader, say they plan to move in the first hundred days on the stated priorities that President-elect Trump ran on. Legislation to renew tax cuts, boost energy production, and secure the border. Deirdre Walsh, NPR News, The Capitol. Boeing's machinists are returning to work after a bruising strike that lasted

more than seven weeks. But as NPR's Joel Rose reports, the aerospace giant still has long-term problems to solve. JSB Boeing lost $6 billion in the most recent quarter, partly because of the machinist strike that ended this week, as well as production and quality control problems across the company, from commercial airplanes to its defense and space business. Still, there are some reasons to be optimistic about the company's future, says Gotham Mukunda, a lecturer at the Yale School of Management. For all of these catastrophes,

as soon as Boeing gets its manufacturing in order, it will be a profitable company again. Boeing's new CEO says the company has to get leaner and more focused. He said Boeing will lay off roughly 10% of its workforce, but has offered few other details. Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington. The number of Americans applying for first-time jobless claims ticked up last week, but layoffs

remain at historically low levels. The Labor Department says applications for unemployment benefits rose by 3,000 to a seasonally adjusted 221,000. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The World Health Organization says a polio vaccine campaign in Gaza has been largely You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The World Health Organization says a polio vaccine campaign in Gaza has been largely successful despite challenges posed by Israel's ongoing war with Hamas. The campaign, led by the Palestinian Ministry of Health, was launched after polio was found in Gaza 25 years after the area had been declared polio-free. Israel's war in Gaza made it difficult for health officials to reach thousands of children,

some who didn't get that necessary second dose. The UN organization says the second dose of orally administered polio vaccine has now been given to more than a half million children under the age of 10. In South Carolina, people are being urged to keep their doors shut and windows shut, too, as authorities try to find dozens of monkeys that escaped from a medical research facility. South Carolina Public Radio's Victoria Hansen reports, it's not the first time it happened. Authorities in Yemesie, about an hour southwest of Charleston, say 43 rhesus macaque monkeys

escaped Wednesday from the Alpha Genesis primate research center after an employee failed to fully shut the enclosure. They say the monkeys are small, weighing 6 to 7 pounds, and are too young to carry disease. The center is using traps and thermal imaging cameras to try to find them. Its website says it provides primates for research worldwide. In recent years, there have been other monkey escapes from the facility, which has been fined. In at least one case, the animals were recaptured hours later.

For NPR News, I'm Victoria Hanson in South Carolina. And I'm Janene Hurst. And you're listening to NPR News from Washington.