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--:-- Shade Stevens: President Trump says he is turning his attention to affordability now that the government shutdown is over. As NPR's Danber Keith reports, polls show voters are concerned about the economy and the cost of living.
--:-- Danber Keith: A senior administration official not authorized to speak on the record tells NPR Trump will soon travel around the country with a message that while some things have improved, there's still more work to do to help people feeling economic strain. And that was part of Trump's messaging at the White House.
--:-- Danber Keith: My administration and our partners in Congress will continue our work to lower the cost of living, restore public safety, grow our economy, and make America affordable again for all Americans.
--:-- Danber Keith: Again, costs are way down. Inflation has been persistent so far this year which has voters in a foul mood about the economy.
--:-- Tamara Keith: NPR News FAA officials are not saying when they will lift the temporary flight reductions at dozens of major airports across the country. As NPR's Joe Rose reports, many air traffic controllers took on other jobs to tide them over during the government shutdown.
--:-- Joe Rose: Over this past weekend, the FAA reported staffing shortages at dozens of facilities at once, leading to some of the worst delays of the entire shutdown. This week, the number of staffing shortages declined sharply to just a handful over the past few days, and that gave regulators some confidence that more controllers are coming to work.
--:-- Joe Rose: But they say they will not lift these reductions completely until the safety data improves.
--:-- Hansi Luang: The Nevada Supreme Court has revived a case against six so-called fake electors. As NPR's Hansi Luang reports, the six Nevada Republicans face criminal charges, stemming from efforts to reverse President Trump's 2020 election loss.
--:-- Hansi Luang: The Nevada Supreme Court ruled the state attorney general's office chose the correct venue to bring this case, which a lower state court had previously thrown out.
--:-- Hansi Luang: The ruling means that six Nevadans, including the chair of the state's Republican Party, are still accused of offering to state and federal officials a forged certificate that claimed President Trump had won Nevada's electoral votes in 2020. It was one of the documents that became part of a scheme to try to overturn those election results.
--:-- Hansi Luang: This week Trump pardoned the six Nevada Republicans for federal crimes related to that scheme but they are still liable for any state crimes.
--:-- Aaron Ford: In a statement Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford a Democrat says quote the 2020 fake electors cannot evade accountability in Nevada for their unlawful actions, unquote.
--:-- Jackie Northam: The Justice Department is suing California Secretary of State and Governor Gavin Newsom over the state's new voter-approved redistricting plan. DOJ says the plan mandates racially gerrymandered congressional districts, Newsom says that the aim is to create more Democratic seats in response to the Texas redistricting that added five likely Republican seats in the U.S. House.
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--:-- Shade Stevens: Several dozen people were sickened in the Oklahoma city of Weatherford Thursday when a tanker truck leaked ammonia gas outside of a hotel. The leak created a cloud of gas in the parking lot and prompted local officials to advise residents to stay indoors for hours.
--:-- Shade Stevens: A missing worker has been found in a flooded West Virginia coal mine where he became trapped several days ago. Foreman Steve Liskam was found after the water receded enough for a crew to safely enter and retrieve his remains The tragedy occurred at a mine that situated about 50 miles east of Charleston
--:-- Jackie Northam: The State Department is designating four European groups as terrorist organizations As NPR Jackie Northam reports it part of the Trump administration's effort to combat left-wing extremist groups.
--:-- Jackie Northam: Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the four groups from Germany, Italy, and Greece are part of the Antifa movement, which opposes fascism. Rubio calls the four organizations, quote, violent Antifa groups, and says these types of organizations ascribe to revolutionary anarchist or Marxist ideologies, including anti-Americanism.
--:-- Jackie Northam: He said one group in particular, the German-based Antifa Ost, carried out numerous attacks against those it perceives as fascists.
--:-- Jackie Northam: The move to designate the European groups as terrorists comes after President Trump in September designated the Antifa movement here in the U.S. as a terrorist organization. He cites acts of violence by some protesters as justification for cracking down on left-wing demonstrations in various cities.
--:-- Shade Stevens: This is NPR.
