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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. There are growing calls from both parties on Capitol Hill to release a report from the House Ethics Committee that investigated former Congressman Matt Gaetz. The panel launched a probe into the Florida Republican on allegations of sex trafficking and drug use. Republican Congressman Tom Emmer of Minnesota says he doesn't believe anything substantial would be revealed. When it comes to the ethics committee, that is a committee that is nonpartisan. It has the same number of Republicans and Democrats

on it. They will make that decision and it doesn't matter what the speaker says or what I say. Speaker Mike Johnson is urging the House panel not to release the report. Gates resigned from Congress this week after President-elect Donald Trump nominated him to serve as the nation's next Attorney General. Immigrant advocacy groups are organizing in response to potential mass deportations expected under the next administration. Yvette Fernandez with the Mountain West News Bureau has more. Trump has vowed to carry out, quote,

the largest mass deportation in history. Leo Murrieta with Make the Road Action Nevada recalled the 1954 military-style operation to remove thousands of Mexicans who had crossed into the U.S. in search of work. Our communities have seen the failure of state agencies, the failure of municipalities, hospitals and others in law enforcement when they have betrayed immigrant communities in the past

and mass deportations have happened. Advocacy groups are calling for local and state agencies not to share information with federal immigration enforcement officers. For NPR News, I'm Yvette Fernandez. The Israeli military this week announced a small expansion of an area in southern Gaza it has designated as a humanitarian zone for civilians to shelter in the war against Hamas. But elsewhere in central Gaza, the Israeli military struck a cap where displaced

Palestinians live. NPR's Ruth Sherlock has this report. Ruth Sherlock, NPR Newsreel Reporter It's dark, and in Al-Buraish camp, tents are on fire. Amid the heat and the smoke, people run in panic, screaming as they search for their loved ones. At least four people, including a nine-year-old girl, died in the Israeli drone strike. A new report by a UN special committee that investigates Israeli human rights practices in the occupied territories documents the intensity of the Israeli military's war with Hamas in Gaza. It finds that by December 10 last year the Israeli army had already used over 25,000 tons of

explosives across the Gaza Strip, the equivalent, it says, of two nuclear bombs. The Israeli military did not immediately reply to NPR's request for comment. Ruth Sherlock, NPR News, Tel Aviv. This is NPR News. It's a busy weekend in the night sky. While a supermoon, which appears full for three days, is on its way out, a meteor shower is peaking.

And the seventh planet from the sun shines bright. NPR's Amy Held has more. It's an active intersection on our journey through space. As the Earth swings between the Sun and Uranus, it's the best chance to spot the ice giant. We are also passing through a comet's debris trail. The annual Leonid meteor shower is peaking. It may be outshined though, as it's the curtain call for the year's last supermoon. Despite the action above, it's extra important for drivers to keep eyes on the road. Dominique Lord of Texas A&M University has found

a link between full moon nights and the likelihood of a car crash with a wild animal. They're able to see more, they may be able to be more active to hunt at night, and because of that they are probably more likely to cross roads, especially in rural areas. While we continue a wild ride on our cosmic commute. Amy Held, NPR News. Video streaming platform Netflix is back up and running after disruptions lasting for about six hours in the United States last night. The website Down Detector says at the peak of the outage, there were more than 90,000 reports of problems with it. The outage took

place on the night of a highly anticipated boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul. Netflix has suffered outages during live or highly anticipated events in the past, with spikes in user traffic often contributing. I'm Windsor Johnston, NPR News in Washington.