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I'm Rachel Martin. If you're tired of small talk, check out the Wild Card podcast. I invite influential thinkers to open up about the big topics we all think about, but rarely talk about. Tune in this fall to hear Mel Robbins, Malala Yusufzai, and Brene Brown, talk about everything from grief and God to ambition and forgiveness. Watch or listen on the NPR app, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shade Stevens. President Trump says he is turning his attention to affordability and that the government shutdown is over. As NPR Stamber Keith reports polls show, voters are concerned about the economy and the cost of living. A senior administration official not authorized to speak on the record tells NPR Trump will soon travel around the country with a message that while some things have improved, there's still more work to do to help people feeling economic strain. And that was part of Trump's messaging at the White House.

My administration and our partners in Congress will continue our work to lower the cost of living, restore public safety, grow our economy, and make America affordable again for all Americans. Again, costs are way down. Inflation has been persistent so far this year, which has voters in a foul mood about the economy. Tamara Keith and PR News. FAA officials are not saying when they will lift the temporary flight reductions at dozens of major airports. across the country. As NPR's Joel Rose reports, many air traffic controllers took on other jobs to tide them over during the government shutdown. Over this past weekend, the FAA reported staffing

shortages at dozens of facilities at once, leading to some of the worst delays of the entire shutdown. This week, the number of staffing shortages declined sharply to just a handful over the past few days, and that gave regulators some confidence that more controllers are coming to work, but they say they will not lift these reductions completely until the safety data improves. NPR's Joel Rose. The Nevada Supreme Court has revived a case against six so-called fake electors. As NPR's Hansi Luong reports, the six Nevada Republicans face criminal charges stemming from efforts to reverse President Trump's 2020 election loss. The Nevada Supreme Court ruled the state attorney general's office chose the correct venue to bring this case, which a lower state court had previously thrown out. The ruling means that six Nevadans, including the chair of the state's Republican Party, are still accused of offering to state. and federal officials a four certificate that claimed President Trump had won Nevada's electoral votes in 2020. It was one of the documents that became part of a scheme to try to overturn those election results. This week, Trump, pardoned the six Nevada Republicans

for federal crimes related to that scheme, but they are still liable for any state crimes. In a statement, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, a Democrat, says, quote, the 2020 fake electors cannot evade accountability in Nevada for their unlawful actions, unquote. Onzi Luong, NPR News. The Justice Department is suing California's Secretary of State and Governor Gavin Newsom over the state's new voter-approved redistricting plan. DOJ says the plan mandates racially gerrymandered congressional districts. Newsom says that the aim is to create more democratic seats in response to the Texas redistricting that added five likely Republican seats in the U.S. House. This is NPR.

Several dozen people were sickened in the Oklahoma City of Weather. Fortherford Thursday when a tanker truck leaked ammonia gas outside of a hotel. The leak created a cloud of gas in the parking lot and prompted local officials to advise residents to stay indoors for hours. A missing worker has been found in a flooded West Virginia coal mine where he became trapped several days ago. Foreman, Steve Lisbon, was found after the water receded enough for a crew to safely enter and retrieve his remains. The tragedy occurred at a mine that's situated about 50 miles east of Charleston. The State Department is designating four European-based groups as terrorist organizations. As NPR's Jackie Northern reports, it's part of the Trump administration's effort to combat left-wing extremist groups.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the four groups from Germany, Italy, and Greece are part of the Antifa movement, which opposes fascism. Rubio calls the four organizations, quote, violent Antifa groups and says these types of organizations ascribe to revolutionary anarchist ideologies, including anti-Americanism. He said one group in particular, the German-based Antifa Ost, carried out numerous attacks against those it perceives as fascists. The move to designate the European groups as terrorists comes after President Trump in September designated the Antifa movement here in the U.S. as a terrorist organization. He cites acts of violence by some protests, as justification for cracking down on left-wing demonstrations in various cities.

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