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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. President-elect Donald Trump's allies, billionaire Elon Musk, and tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy will be on Capitol Hill today. They'll discuss their proposed Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. This is not a department. It is an advisory panel to the president. But there is a doge caucus in the House created by Republicans. House Speaker Mike Johnson says he is seeking the pair's input.
We want to take a blowtorch to the regulatory state. And I think what Elon and Vivek have in mind can help us in that regard. And so I invited them both to come to the Hill because we want to get everybody together that has that same mindset. We'll be inviting all the Senate and House Republicans together to a big...
sort of brainstorming session, because we need to do that early in the process so we can formulate what the actual plans are. He spoke to Fox News. Street protests have continued for a second day across South Korea. Demonstrators are demanding the South down for his failed attempt this week to impose martial law. NPR's Anthony Kuhn is more from Seoul.
Labor unions and civic groups took to the streets of several cities denouncing President Yoon Song-yeol for what they see as his assault on South Korea's democracy. Opposition lawmakers have submitted an impeachment bill in Parliament and will push for a vote on Saturday. They will need a two-thirds majority, which means at least eight ruling party lawmakers will have to join them.
But the ruling party's leader says he'll try to mobilize lawmakers to block the motion. If the motion passes, South Korea's constitutional court will have to rule on it. If the court rules against Yoon, he would then have to step down and would be replaced by the country. French President Emmanuel Macron has accepted the resignation of his Prime Minister Michel Barnier.
The prime minister lost a vote of no confidence yesterday in parliament after lawmakers from the far right and the far left united to oust him. Macron has asked Barnier to stay on in a caretaking role as he seeks a new prime minister. Stocks opened higher this morning as the Commerce Department reported a drop in the nation's trade deficit. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose more than 30 points in early trading.
Exports and imports were both down during the month, but imports fell further. OPEC and its allies are postponing a planned increase in oil production next year in response to weak demand. Retail gasoline prices in the U.S. continue to inch down.
Triple A says the average price of regular gas is now $3.03 a gallon, down 7 cents in the last month. President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate Paul Atkins to head the Securities and Exchange Commission. Atkins is an SEC veteran who's expected to take a light...
touch to market regulation. He's also an advocate for cryptocurrency. The price of Bitcoin topped $100,000 overnight. Scott Horsley, MPR News, Washington. On Wall Street, the Dow is now up more than 40 points. The Nasdaq is up more than 10. This is NPR.
U.S. security officials are urging telecommunications companies to step up their network security. They say there's been a huge hacking campaign backed by China, and it's stolen large amounts of metadata from Americans. It's not clear if the saboteurs... can still access the information, some of the companies warned are Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen.
Ice hockey players are at greater risk of developing the degenerative brain disease known as CTE the longer they play the sport. That's the conclusion of a new study, the first of its size, to look specifically at hockey. NPR's Becky Sullivan reports.
Researchers at Boston University have long studied the brains of former football players to draw conclusions about CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, until now they'd never had enough post-mortem donations from hockey players to do the same for that sport.
The new study looks at 77 brains from deceased hockey players from all levels, from youth to professionals. And like in football, it found an athlete's risk increased the longer their career, says co-author Dr. Jesse Mez. We found that with each additional year... of play, the odds of having CTE increased by 34 percent. Concussions and other hits to the head are common in hockey. The sport has changed rules over the years to reduce the risk. Becky Sullivan in PR News.
European satellites into orbit. They're undertaking a novel experiment When they reach their destination in space, the objects are going to fly in a precise formation. This will help them create an artificial solar eclipse. Now, we won't be able to see this on Earth, but the scientists will be able to use the satellites to study the sun. I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News.
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