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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump are planning to meet at the White House tomorrow, as NPR's Marla Iason reports its tradition for the nation's outgoing and incoming leaders to meet. After a presidential campaign that was anything but normal, President Biden and President-elect Trump will do what is usually done after an election.

Trump refused to meet with Biden after Trump lost in 2020. In the following January, he encouraged his supporters to try to overturn the results of that election, sparking a violent assault on the U.S. Capitol. But White House officials now say Biden wants to honor a norm and show the country what an efficient, peaceful transfer of power looks like. Biden also says he's assured Trump he would direct his entire administration to work with the president-elect's team. Traditionally, the out-coming and incoming first ladies have tea while their husbands meet, but Melania Trump has reportedly decided not to come to the White House tomorrow. Mara Liason, NPR News.

President-elect Trump continues to assemble his team, announcing some key staff and cabinet choices. Trump choosing Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host Pete Hedges as his Secretary of Defense and John Ratcliffe to serve as CIA Director. Trump has already announced Stephen Miller as his Deputy Chief of Staff and Tom Holman as his Border Czar, both expected to play significant roles in Trump's plans to implement his border policy, including mass deportations. Supreme Court dealt a major legal blow to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows today, refusing to move the Georgia election interference charges against him from state

to federal court. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports. Meadows is one of 18 people indicted in Georgia on charges of illegally conspiring to keep then-President Trump in office in 2020 after he lost the election. Trump was indicted on similar charges, but the Supreme Court earlier this year granted him broad immunity for prosecution for his official acts. Meadows sought to leverage that decision to apply to him, contending that the charges against him should be moved from state to federal court

because he was a federal officer at the time the alleged conspiracy took place. But a federal appeals court ruled that Meadows is no longer a federal official and that even if he were, his actions were not related to his official duties. The Supreme Court today has left that ruling in place, which means that the Trump Justice Department cannot dismiss the state charges.

Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington. Oil and natural gas companies that emit methane in excess of certain levels will be subject to federal fees under a new Biden administration rule. The rule from the Environmental Protection Agency follows through on a directive from Congress introduced in the 2022 climate law, fees intended to encourage the industry to adopt best practices that reduce methane emissions. Stocks gave back some of their gains following a major post-election run-up. The Dow fell 382 points.

The Nasdaq was down 17 points. This is NPR. Starting today, a robo-taxi ride to the Los Angeles area may just be a smartphone app away. The robo-taxi service Waymo is saying it will offer the service to those who want to ride in the 80-square-mile area of the nation's second-largest city. The expansion comes eight months after the company began offering rides in Los Angeles to a limited number of passengers chosen from a waiting list that had ballooned to more

than 300,000 people. Trailblazing jazz musician Roy Haynes, known for his expressive creative drumming, died today. He was 99. Haynes' more than eight decades of drumming spanned from the swing and bebop eras to the avant-garde.

St. Pierre's Westervault reports he was one of the last giants of modern jazz who was present at its birth. You could hear why Roy Haynes' nickname was Snap Crackle and the rapid-fire snare drum and innovative rhythms that helped change the direction of jazz improvisation. Many credit Haynes with helping transition jazz drumming from the sedate, predictable techniques of the big band era to the more free flowing rhythms of bebop and beyond. Haynes played with just about all of the greats from Lester Young to Chick Corea and generations

of younger players he inspired with his energy, creativity and mastery. Eric Westervelt, NPR News. Crudeau futures prices remained at recent lows after declining by 5% over the past two sessions, while up 8 cents a barrel to 68.12 a barrel in New York. I'm Jack Spear, NPR News in Washington.