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Support for this podcast and the following message come from Autograph Collection Hotels, with over 300 independent hotels around the world, each exactly like nothing else. Autograph Collection is part of the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio of hotel brands. Find the unforgettable at autographcollection.com. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. President-elect Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk have forged a tight relationship over the past few months. Now with Trump heading to the White House again, Musk and his companies could score

major benefits, NPR's Derek Kerr reports. When Trump took the stage to give his victory speech after winning the election, he gave a special shout out to Elon Musk. We have a new star. A star is born. Elon. Musk, the richest person in the world, had rallied for Trump and poured more than a hundred million dollars of his own money into a pro-Trump super PAC. Musk has also used his social media platform X as a megaphone to boost Trump and his policies. Several of Musk's companies rely on government

contracts and subsidies. That includes his electric car company, Tesla, and his rocket business, SpaceX. Trump has said he wants Musk to head a government commission that could oversee the federal budget. Government watchdogs say this could create a conflict of interest. Dara Kerr, NPR News. Now that Trump has won the election, the discussion is turning to just what a second term with Trump in office will mean for American policy. NPR's Ron Elving tells us that some financial issues will be on the early agenda. The tax cuts that were his big legislative achievement in 2017 have to be renewed next year.

He'll move quickly on that package. Good news for many of his major backers as the cuts are heavily weighted to the upper income tier. He may also move fast to begin his big tariff regime against China and others. In essence, these are taxes on imports that may well be passed on to consumers. But Trump thinks they will bring jobs back to the U.S. That's NPR's Ron Elving There's an imminent threat of famine in Gaza as Israel's ongoing bombardment of the Palestinian territory

continues a new report by United Nations agencies and international aid groups says 130,000 people in Gaza are now classified as facing catastrophic food insecurity and PR Scott Newman has more from Tel Aviv. A network of 15 groups known as the Famine Review Committee has issued a warning that the humanitarian situation in Gaza, which has seen more than a year of intense conflict, is quote, extremely grave and rapidly deteriorating. Under what the committee calls a reasonable worst-case scenario, the risk of famine exists in the next six months, especially in northern Gaza, where Israel has shifted its offensive against Hamas in recent weeks. That siege began in early October, a month that marked

one of the lowest levels in aid reaching Gaza since the start of the war. But in recent days, Israel says a trickle of aid has managed to get through. In its alert, the committee says action to prevent famine in Gaza is needed in days, not weeks. Scott Newman, NPR News, Tel Aviv. And you're listening to NPR News. New cases of the M.pox virus have been reported in Kenya and Uganda as the viral disease spreads across Eastern Africa.

More than 11,000 cases of M-Pox have been registered on the continent since the beginning of the year. Emmanuel Igunza reports from Nairobi. Uganda has reported more than 400 new cases of M-Pox virus in just three weeks according to the World Health Organization. The country's health ministry says the number could be much higher as this limited testing and many other cases in rural areas are not being reported. In Kenya, the viral disease has spread to the capital Nairobi and the coastal city of Mombasa, raising concerns about community infection in the tourist town. All the new infections are of the clade 1B strain which transmit easily between people. Fresh cases of the strain have this week been reported in Europe. Kenya and Uganda are

among nine African countries said to receive nearly a million doses of M-pox vaccines donated by the U.S. and Canada, majority of which would go to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the worst affected country. For NPR News, I'm Iman Ali Gunza in Nairobi, Kenya. Firefighters in California say the mountain fire in Ventura County northwest of Los Angeles is now 21 percent contained. And they say favorable weather conditions over the next day or two will help their efforts to bring that fire under control. The fire broke out on Wednesday and warm and gusty weather allowed it to quickly grow.

It now covers 32 square miles and it's threatening some 3500 structures. California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency for the county. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News. podcast sponsor free on Amazon Music with a Prime membership or any podcast app by subscribing to NPR News Now Plus at plus.npr.org. That's plus.npr.org.