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Latin music has never been bigger, but it's always been big on Alt Latino. 15 years in, we continue celebrating Latinidad through a music lens, transcending borders through Ritmo. Get to know artists from La Cultura on a deeper level and throw some new Latin music wrecks into your rotation. Listen to Alt Latino in the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green says she'll resign her seat in the new year. She blames President Trump, the Republican Party, and House leadership for her decision. NPR's Stephen Fowler has more.

Green Surprise announcement that she will leave Congress on January 5th spurred many reactions late Friday and early Saturday. President Trump told ABC News it was, quote, great news for the country after the two had a public, nasty falling out over the Epstein files and other policy disagreements this year. Other Republicans inside Georgia have said her departure will be a great loss for those who value conservative America-first principles, and Democrats, no fan of green or her policies, are highlighting the rift as signs that GOP is in disarray. Stephen Fowler, NPR News, Atlanta. The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing Texas to use its recently redrawn map of congressional districts for now. As NPR's Hansi Luong reports, it's the latest move in the gerrymandering fight sparked 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 the contestant map for the midterm election, Republicans 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 for black and Latino voters to 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. The latest U.S. Russian-drafted peace plan being pushed by President Trump has left Ukrainians reeling. Ukrainians may be divided over whether their country should accept the plan, but they agree that Russia will not end this war. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports. Leviv, resident Rustam Ghadzeev, says President Volodymyr Zelensky will push for a better deal,

but he may have no choice but to sign Trump's plan. I think that Zanowski learned that he's not supposed to say no to Trump. So he says, thank you, thank you for trying to stop this massacre, this war. We're going to review it without European partners, blah, blah, blah. He says even though the 28-point plan drafted without the input, of Ukraine or the Europeans is hugely in Russia's favor, Vladimir Putin will be back. Russia wants more, much more than that. Putin believes that he can take more, not today, but maybe in a month, in two months.

Ukrainians feel increasingly alone, says Gadziv, as the U.S. tightens the screws, and European allies don't seem strong enough to counter this lopsided plan with a just peace. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, LeViv, Ukraine. This is NPR News in Washington. leaders met today to discuss the U.S. plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine. They met in Johannesburg at the sidelines of the G20 summit of rich and developing countries. The U.S. is not attending this year. President Trump says the host, South Africa, discriminates against white farmers. Two years after a popular tree was chopped down, its saplings are living on.

Nicknamed the Robin Hood Tree after being featured in the 1991 film Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, It was one of Britain's most photographed trees. Vicki Barker has more. Starting this weekend, 49 saplings grown from the downed tree are being planted across Britain. The locations have been chosen for their resonance, the site of the 1980s women's peace camp at Greenham Common,

a northern Irish border town that's become a symbol of hope, and the scene of a century-old mining disaster. The delicately symmetrical original in its setting between two hills will never be replaced. But Britain's preservation charity, the National Trust, hopes these trees of hope, as they're called, will allow the Sycamore Gap Tree to have a positive, inspirational afterlife. For NPR News, I'm Vicky Barker in London. There is a seasonal scent in the air in New York's Grand Central subway system. An ad for bath and bodyworks is dispensing fragrances such as pine in one of the busiest parts until the end of the month.

Writer Jerome Murray told the Associated Press, it smells better than the normal New York City tunnels. I'm Nora Rahm. NPR News in Washington.