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--:-- Corva Coleman: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.
--:-- Corva Coleman: California Congresswoman and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced she's not going to seek re-election. Pelosi is 85 years old. She was the first and only woman to serve as Speaker of the House, second in line to the presidency.
--:-- Corva Coleman: Pelosi has represented the San Francisco area for nearly 40 years.
--:-- Corva Coleman: Less than a day after California voters approved a new congressional map to favor Democrats, Republicans have filed a lawsuit. The suit named Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom as a defendant.
--:-- Carrie Klein: From member station KVPR, Carrie Klein reports.
--:-- Carrie Klein: The federal complaint argues the redrawn district map passed by voters violates the Constitution. Specifically the 14th and 15th Amendments.
--:-- Carrie Klein: Plaintiffs allege district lines were redrawn in favor of Hispanic voters, which they claim is illegal because Hispanics are not a minority in California.
--:-- Carrie Klein: Lead plaintiff is David Tongipaugh, a Republican state assembly member in Fresno County.
--:-- David Tongipaugh: This whole process was a sham. And with this lawsuit, we will make sure that we will expose it and we will hold those accountable.
--:-- Carrie Klein: Plaintiffs are asking a panel of judges to issue an injunction, preventing the new map from going into effect.
--:-- Carrie Klein: The case could make its way to the Supreme Court.
--:-- Carrie Klein: For NPR News, I'm Carrie Klein in Fresno.
--:-- Corva Coleman: The federal government shutdown is now in its 37th day, the longest shutdown in U.S. history.
--:-- Corva Coleman: It's interrupted the federal food assistance program known as SNAP.
--:-- Carrie Klein: Meanwhile, volunteers are turning out across the country helping people in need find food.
--:-- Janessa Casper: Janessa Casper co-owns a family restaurant in St. Paul, Minnesota. They're offering free meals to children whose families are not getting food assistance.
--:-- Janessa Casper: We want to show our kids, like, this is what you do for people, right? We have seven kids between our two families, and you just want to instill that in your kids and your family and say this is what you do for the world, if you can.
--:-- Corva Coleman: The Trump administration will pay half the amount of a typical monthly SNAP benefit during November.
--:-- Lauren Freyer: NPR's Lauren Freyer reports from Tel Aviv.
--:-- Lauren Freyer: Hamas' armed wing says it recovered this body in eastern Gaza City and transferred it to the Red Cross overnight.
--:-- Lauren Freyer: Forensic tests now show it's the body of a Tanzanian agriculture student who had been working at an Israeli kibbutz near Gaza on October 7, 2023.
--:-- Lauren Freyer: The Israeli prime minister's office says he was killed in the attack that day by Hamas-led militants, who then took his body into Gaza.
--:-- Lauren Freyer: Under the terms of this ceasefire, Israel releases the bodies of 15 Palestinians in exchange for each Israeli body that's returned.
--:-- Lauren Freyer: But since this deceased hostage is not Israeli, there will be no reciprocal handover this time.
--:-- Lauren Freyer: Six bodies remain to be transferred from Gaza, five Israelis and one foreigner.
--:-- Corva Coleman: Kentucky officials have increased the death toll to 12 people from Tuesday's UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville.
--:-- Corva Coleman: Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has declared a state of emergency and mobilized the National Guard to help.
--:-- Corva Coleman: Polls are showing a majority of Americans object to President Trump's decision to demolish the East Wing of the White House.
--:-- Corva Coleman: This is to add a grand ballroom.
--:-- Frank Langford: NPR's Frank Langford reports.
--:-- Frank Langford: A YouGov poll found half of Americans are against the ballroom while a third support it.
--:-- Frank Langford: A Washington Post poll found 56% oppose it while only 28 back the plans.
--:-- William Johnson: William Johnson came to the site to try to see where the East Wing had been.
--:-- William Johnson: He objects to the way President Trump ordered it leveled with no outside consultation.
--:-- William Johnson: If you connect the dots, there's a lot of hubris. We forget about what our representatives want. The administration does what they feel, so there's no accountability.
--:-- Corva Coleman: Trump says the ballroom is sorely needed so that the White House will not have to rely on tents to celebrate visits by foreign leaders.
--:-- Corva Coleman: The ballroom is being funded by private donations.
--:-- Corva Coleman: French auditors are calling on the Louvre Museum in Paris to speed up security modifications.
--:-- Corva Coleman: This comes after burglars stole millions of dollars in historical jewels in a brazen daytime robbery.
--:-- Corva Coleman: The French officials say the museum began a security audit years ago, but the recommended upgrades to the Louvre Museum will not be completed until the year 2032.
--:-- Corva Coleman: On Wall Street, and pre-market trading, Dow futures are higher.
--:-- Corva Coleman: I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News in Washington.
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