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Hey, everyone. I'm B.A. Parker, a host of the podcast, Code Switch. And on my show, I get to dig into all of the facets of being a Black woman, from honoring my ancestors to exploring representation in reality TV. Code Switch is a place where I think out loud about how race and identity are connected. Join me on the Code Switch podcast from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. Republicans are preparing to take control of both chambers of Congress while Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House. NPR's Rylan Barton reports leaders in states led by Democrats say they are taking steps

to prepare. One of the efforts is this new group called Governors Safeguarding Democracy led by Illinois Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker and Colorado Democratic Governor Jared Polis. It's unclear specifically what this group hopes to accomplish, but broadly they say they're going to work with legal experts and advocates to tackle what they call these challenges facing democracy. NPR's Rylan Barton reporting. President-elect Trump has chosen former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz to be his attorney

general. NPR's Ryan Lucas reports the Florida Republican is a Trump ally and critic of the Justice Department. In his announcement, Trump called Matt Gaetz a deeply gifted and tenacious attorney focused on what he called desperately needed reform at the Justice Department. In Congress, Gaetz has been a combative critic of the federal investigations that have involved Trump, including the Russia investigation and the special counsel probe into Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Gates himself was a subject of a long-running federal sex trafficking investigation

that concluded last year after prosecutors declined to bring charges. He also was facing a House Ethics Committee investigation. Gates resigned from Congress after his attorney general nomination was announced, a move that ends his ethics probe. Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington. Many Palestinians are expressing concern about President-elect Trump's nominee to be the next U.S. ambassador to Israel. NPR's Scott Newman has more. In a recent interview to Israeli Army Radio, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who Trump has tapped as ambassador to Israel, said annexation of the Israeli-occupied West

Bank is a possibility. Such a move would be illegal under international law, and the U.S. has long supported a two-state solution. Latifa Musleh in the town of Al-Bureh is one of many Palestinians who told NPR that annexation is unacceptable. This is our homes. They've been taking it since 1948 and expanded and expanded.

In Huckabee's interview, the Baptist minister also referred to the West Bank as Judea and Samaria, a biblical name commonly used by Israel's right wing who reject Palestinian claims to the land. Scott Newman, NPR News, Ramallah. President Biden leaves this morning for a trip to South America. He'll join an economic summit in Peru. That's where he'll meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday.

Next week, Biden will attend the G20 meeting in Brazil. The White House says Biden is expected to tell allies the U.S. is committed to strong international ties. But there is uncertainty about U.S. relations and a future Trump administration. On Wall Street, the Dow was down more than 50 points. This is NPR. The satirical news site The Onion says it has bought Infowars, the right-wing media outlet

owned by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. He was forced by a court to sell it to pay $1.5 billion to Sandy Hook families. Jones spread lies, saying the families made up a hoax about the mass school shooting. A judge must approve the sale. The onion says its bid to buy the InfoWar assets was supported by the Sandy Hook families. The World Climate Summit continues.

Some leaders say it's misguided for everyone to try to ditch fossil fuels. That's even though negotiators struck a deal last year to transition away from them. NPR's Michael Copley reports fossil fuels are the main source of emissions heating the planet. Azerbaijan is hosting this year's negotiations and its president, Ilham Aliev, says natural resources like oil and gas are a gift from God. And countries should not be blamed for having them and should not be blamed for bringing these resources to the market.

Italian Prime Minister Georgia Maloney echoed Aliev. There is no single alternative to fossil fuel supply. We must have a realistic global outlook. Temperatures are on track to rise to levels that would increase the risk of more dangerous storms and heat waves. Developing nations are disproportionately affected. Many say the world has to take more aggressive action Michael Copley NPR News the National Hurricane Center is watching a tropical depression in the Western

Caribbean Sea forecasters expect it will soon form into tropical storm Sarah tropical storm warnings are now up for much of Honduras I'm Corva Coleman NPR News