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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. Following President-elect Donald Trump's resounding win in Tuesday's election, many people in Washington are looking at why Democrats lost. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders says they need to better understand that the working class

is angry. The people on top want it all. And we need an agenda that says to the working class, we're going to take on these powerful special interests and create an economy and a government that works for you. And by the way, that can't happen unless you get big money out of politics. Sanders was speaking on CNN today. Exit polls meanwhile show that Donald Trump again received major support from white Christians this election.

NPR's Jason DeRose reports that the Republican candidate also made inroads with Hispanic Catholics as well as other cultural and religious groups. A little more than half of Hispanic Catholics, as well as other cultural and religious groups. A little more than half of Hispanic Catholics voted for Donald Trump. That's far more than in the past. Just four years ago, only about a third of Hispanic Catholics voted for him. The shift this year appears to have been motivated by economic reasons. A national exit poll from the Council on American-Islamic Relations found Green Party candidate Jill

Stein getting 53 percent of the Muslim vote. Trump got 21 percent and Kamala Harris received 20 percent. That's after an intense campaign to turn Muslims away from the Democratic ticket due to the Biden administration's handling of the war between Israel and Hamas. Other data, about 80 percent of white evangelicals voted for Trump and about 80 percent of Jews voted for Harris. Jason De% of Jews voted for Harris. Jason DeRose, NPR News. A wildfire continues to burn along the border

between New York and New Jersey at this hour. The Jennings Creek fire was first reported on Saturday. Bill Donnelly is the chief of the New Jersey Forest Service. He says the blaze has proven quite difficult to control. As dry as it is right now, not only is the fire burn on top of the ground, but the fire burns underground and that's one of the culprits that is responsible for allowing fires to perhaps escape our containment lines. An 18-year-old fighting the blaze was killed this weekend when a tree fell on him. That incident is now under investigation by police in New Jersey. Haiti's Transitional Council has voted to fire that country's

interim prime minister. As NPR's Adar Peralta tells us, the move marks yet one more stumble for a country that remains in turmoil. Haiti has been in free fall since its president was assassinated back in 2021. One prime minister was forced to resign as gangs took over the capital Port-au-Prince. Then the international community brokered a deal that brought to power a transitional government. They then sent a UN-backed security mission, but politicians and the security force have failed to take back the country from gangs.

Instead infighting and accusations of corruption broke out among the transitional government members and now a majority of them decided to fire the Prime Minister and appoint a new one. Analysts say it's unclear whether the transitional government has the legal authority to make such a move. Eder Peralta, NPR News, Mexico City. And you're listening to NPR News. Despite the violence that broke out in Amsterdam last week after a Safgar match between Israeli and Dutch teams, France has decided to go ahead with a matchup between Israeli and French teams.

But Terry Schultz reports that French security authorities are ramping up resources to try to keep people safe. Paris police say they'll deploy some 4,000 officers around the stadium and on public transportation when Israel plays France next week in the presence of French President Emmanuel Macron. In Amsterdam, meanwhile, pro-Palestinian demonstrators defied a ban on gatherings to criticize the official response and media coverage of last week's violence as one-sided. That's why Fritz de Koehlen showed up despite the risk of arrest. I regret the anti-Semitic and anti-Palestinian violence in my city. And I also regret that it was so much framed as pure anti-Semitic.

It's within this bigger conflict that's raging. The Dutch cabinet meets Monday to discuss what more it can do to help the country's Jewish community feel safe. For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz. The daughters of baseball great Pete Rose shared stories and tears with fans on Sunday at Cincinnati's Great American Ballpark. Rose died on September 30th. He was 83 years old. Thousands of fans attended the visitation, which lasted for 14 hours in honor of Rose's jersey number. Taylor Swift was the top award winner at this year's MTV EMA Awards in England.

She walked away with the honors for best artist, best US act, best live act and best video for Fortnite. South African newcomer Tyler, meanwhile, picked up three awards, including for best Afro beats and best African act. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News. Who's claiming power this election? What's happening in battleground states? And why do we still have the electoral college? All this month, the Throughline Podcast is asking big questions about our democracy

and going back in time to answer them. Listen now to the Throughline Podcast from NPR.