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Live from NPR News, I'm Jail Snyder. Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly says he does not think President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hagseth have a good understanding of military justice. He's certainly outrageous and unpredictable. I don't think he understands the Constitution. I'm not so sure Pete Higset does either. Neither of them seem to understand the Uniform Code of Military Justice because we recited what is in the Uniform Code of Military Justice and now he wants to court-martial me under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. It just doesn't make any sense. Kelly is facing a court-martial threat from the Pentagon over that video that featured Kelly and five other Democratic lawmakers calling on U.S. troops to defy illegal orders.

Also, the FBI has begun contacting those six Democrats seeking to interview them. All six have national security backgrounds. They say the Trump administration is trying to silence them. A month into a new fiscal year, the federal government already deep in the red. NPR Scott Horsley reports a government ran a deficit of $284 billion in October. Tax collections were higher in October than they were a year ago, partly because that was the due date for taxpayers who got an extension last April as a result of the Los Angeles wildfires.

Government spending, however, grew even more, despite the federal shutdown, which delayed some payments last month. One of the government's biggest expenses was interest on the federal debt, which topped $100 billion in October, more than the government spent on the military. Tariff collections have more than quadrupled from a year ago, as importers paid $33 billion in tariffs last month, but that didn't begin to narrow the deficit. Corporate tax collections were lower than they would have been without the Republican tax cut and spending bill passed during the summer. Scott Horsley, MPR News, Washington. Head of Thanksgiving, President Trump utilized a power, only he had. the presidential pardon. On Tuesday, he took part in the time-honored White House tradition

and pardon two Thanksgiving turkeys. And Pierre Stipas Chivaram has more. The two turkeys, waddle and gobble, were spared a future of being eaten. At a ceremony in the Rose Garden, President Trump said the turkeys weighed about 50 pounds each. His remarks were interrupted a few times by a gobble from gobble. Today, we continue a time-honored American tradition. Boy, that's a well-trained turkey. See how happy he is? In a few moments, I will grant a full, absolute, and unconditional presidential pardon to two handsome Thanksgiving turkeys.

The turkeys will spend the rest of their lives at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. The president, for his part, will spend his holiday in Florida. Deepa Chivaram and PR News, the White House. Stocks are rising in Wednesday trading. Japan's benchmarking E.K. up 1.8%. in early trading. This is NPR News. A bipartisan group of attorneys general from 35 states and the District of Columbia urging congressional leaders not to block state laws governing artificial intelligence.

They've signed off on a letter warning of disastrous consequences if AI is left unregulated. The letter sets up a clash with the Trump administration. Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, says she will not run for, re-election. Her announcement Tuesday follows months of high-profile clashes with President Trump. Alex Kama of member station WAMU has more. Bowser said Tuesday she felt she'd accomplished everything she set out to do since winning the job back in 2014. That includes securing a new stadium deal for the Washington commanders and overseeing a surge in housing construction in the city. But her tenure was also dogged by President Trump's frequent interventions in the city's affairs,

which she referenced in a video announcing her decision. We also brought a city back from the ravages of a global pandemic and summoned our collective strength to stand tall against bullies who threaten our very autonomy. Advisors say Bowser's weariness with dealing with Trump, who took over the city's police force this summer, contributed to her decision to decline a re-election bid. For NPR news, I'm Alex Coma in Washington, D.C. Thanksgiving travelers are keeping an eye on the weather. The official start of winter is nearly a month away, but heavy snow has been falling in the Dakotas, where interstate's 94 and 29 were closed Tuesday because of low visibility of multiple accidents.

On Tuesday, the National Weather Service confirmed at least two tornadoes tore through the Houston area, damaging more than 100 homes. I'm Jail Snyder. This is NPR News. This message comes from Wise, the app for using money around the globe. When you manage your money with Wise, you'll always get the mid-market exchange rate with no hidden fees. Join millions of customers and visit Wise.com. T's and Cs apply.