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Live from the NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green is stepping down in January, a move that's raising new questions about the direction of the Republican Party's hard right wing. Her departure follows months of friction with President Trump and controversy over the release of the Epstein files. Alex Helmick from Member Station, W.A.B.E. in Atlanta reports. The Republican Congresswoman has recently, become a critic of the president on a number of issues, from his initial stance on the release of the Epstein files to foreign affairs. That led Trump to call her a traitor, saying he would support

a primary challenger against her in her conservative Northwest Georgia District. Here's Green in a more than 10-minute video posted online. And I do not want my sweet district to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the president that we all fought for, only to fight and win my election while Republicans will likely lose the midterms. Georgia's governor, Brian Camp, will have to set a special election date within 10 days of Green's resignation to replace her. For NPR News, I'm Alex Helmick in Atlanta. The G20 summit opened today in Johannesburg, where all the country's members voted to adopt

a joint declaration after the conference wraps up on Sunday. Even though the United States is boycotting the event, after falsely accusing South Africa of persecuting its white minority. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa praised the move as an early success. The adoption of the declaration from the summit sends an important signal to the world that multilateralism can and does deliver. The leaders of Britain, France, and other countries thanks South Africa for its work as chair. The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing

Texas to use its recently redrawn map of congressional districts for now. NPR's Hansi Lowong reports it's the latest move in the gerrymandering fight led by President Trump to try to keep Republicans in control of the House. A final decision from the Supreme Court may come as soon as Monday. If the court allows Texas to use a contestant map for the midterm election, replicans may be able to pick up five more seats in the U.S. House. A lower court had blocked that map after finding its challengers are likely, to prove in a trial that the map is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

That's because multiple top Republican officials made public statements suggesting they passed it to eliminate existing districts where black and Latino voters together make up the majority. But Texas tells the Supreme Court the lawmakers were not motivated by race and were focused on drawing new districts that are more likely to elect Republicans. Time is running out to finalize Texas's map for the midterms. The state's candidate filing deadline is about two weeks away. Hansila Wong and PR News. NPR News in Washington.

Parts of the port of Los Angeles are closed today after containers on board a container ship caught fire. Steve Futterman reports fire crews aren't sure when the blaze will be extinguished. It began just past 6 o'clock last night. Soon after that came in an explosion. The immediate concern was the 23 crew members. They were all eventually accounted for with no injuries. It's believed the fire was caused by an electrical spot. or malfunction on a lower deck. For hours, crews continued to douse the ship with water,

but the fire continued. Some of the cargo includes hazardous material. Adam Van Gurpen is with the LA Fire Department. We are starting to move some of our firefighters back. Any of the firefighters who are in the smoky conditions need to be on self-contained breathing apparatus. The ship arrived in L.A. on Wednesday from Tokyo. The Coast Guard is also involved in battling the blaze. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles. More than two dozen countries are committing to phase out fossil fuel subsidies and scale up renewables. The agreement was announced at COP 30 in Brazil this week. The delegates at the Climate Summit remain deadlocked over a final agreement as oil-producing states resist language on fossil fuel transition.

Negotiators say the outcome could shape global climate policy for years. years, if the commitments made are actually enforced. Burning fossil fuels emits greenhouse gases that are the largest contributors to global warming. I'm Windsor Johnston, NPR News, in Washington.