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Support for this podcast and the following message come from Autograph Collection Hotels, with over 300 independent hotels around the world, each exactly like nothing else. Autograph Collection is part of the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio of hotel brands. Find the unforgettable at autographcollection.com. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. President-elect Donald Trump has laid out some picks to join his nominee for OMB, director Ross Vogt, who may have flown under the radar a bit, but all of them are known for their ability to shake up Washington.

NPR's Franco Ordonia says that includes Mark Paoletta and a couple of others. He was a top lieutenant to vote at OMB in Trump's first term. Trump also announced that he's going to nominate or he'll nominate Congressman Dan Bishop, who's a member of the Freedom Caucus as the deputy director. And he picked conservative activist Ed Martin as chief of staff. This is perhaps the most fleshed out team of any agency to be announced so far. MPR's Franco Ordoniez combined the team as yet another sign the incoming Trump administration

plans to aggressively expand presidential authority. In the Middle East, doctors at one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza say attacks from Israeli airstrikes have been relentless in recent days. NPR's Ayah Batraoui reports they're running dangerously low on medical supplies. Doctors at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahya estimate Israeli forces have struck the hospital

and its vicinity hundreds of times in the past weeks. They say doctors, nurses, their families and even patients have been killed. The hospital's director, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiyas, says a nurse and a doctor were the latest to be killed Thursday. He says the nurse, Kareem Jaradat, was killed in a doctor were the latest to be killed Thursday. He says the nurse, Kareem Jaradat, was killed in a drone strike on his way to the hospital, while the doctors say Jodah was killed by Israeli tank fire. The World Health Organization says Israel has denied its request this week to deliver

medical supplies and fuel to Kamal Adwan Hospital. Israel's military told NPR it has not struck the hospital directly and that its operations in northern Gaza are directed at militants around the hospital. Eyal Batraoui, NPR News. Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg says he intends to push forward with his efforts to get the man charged with the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson extradited to New York. Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is currently being held in Pennsylvania, but being arrested in McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Long-term exposure to air pollution can increase the risk of developing blood clots. That is the finding from a new study published in the medical journal Blood, appears on 100 Burundi reports. Every year, some one million Americans develop blood clots such as deep vein thrombosis and

pulmonary embolisms. They can cause organ damage or even death. A new study finds the chances of developing them are higher if people are exposed to pollution like fine particles or nitrogen dioxide over many years. The study is dated from a project that followed people in Chicago, Los Angeles, and four other major metropolitan areas for more than 16 years. That project collected air pollution information every two weeks as well as health outcomes. People living in places with more pollution were much more likely to report problems with blood clots. Alejandro Burunda, NPR News. The Dow is down 86 points. This is NPR. Ukraine says Russia has launched a massive aerial assault against the country.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying the latest attack involved 93 cruise missiles and nearly 200 drone strikes. Zelenskyy calling it one of the heaviest bombardments of the country's energy sector since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly three years ago. Zelenskyy says Ukrainian defenses were able to shoot down a number of missiles, even as it renewed calls for additional Western aid. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has suspended one of its coaches following reports of sexual abuse accusations. Colorado Public Radio's Dan Boyce has the story. The Colorado Springs-based committee is conducting

an internal investigation into the abuse allegations from several biathletes, one young woman says the sexual abuse caused her enough distress to attempt suicide. The committee is not naming the employee put on leave, but Associated Press reporting on the subject names Coach Gary Coleander, associate director of High Performance for US Paralympics Nordic Skiing. Alleged victims have described a culture of abuse in Olympic biathlon dating back to the 1990s. And those who spoke up say they faced retaliation,

forcing them to end their athletic careers. For NPR News, I'm Dan Boyce in Colorado Springs. Stanley says it's recalling millions of its popular travel mugs over complaints about lids falling off, potentially leading to burns if the cups contain hot liquid. Stanleys were calling roughly 2.6 million of the stainless steel mugs because the threads holding the lids in place can shrink. I'm Jack Spear, NPR News in Washington.