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Korva Coleman
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. President elect Donald Trump's choice to serve as head of the Drug Enforcement Administration is withdrawing his nomination. NPR's Brian Mann reports. Chad Chronister is a county sheriff in Florida.
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Brian Mann
Trump tapped Sheriff Chronister to lead a massive drug fighting organization with field offices and agents around the globe. But the nominee had little experience managing a complex organization like the dea. Now Chronister has withdrawn from consideration, writing on social media, quote, as the gravity of this very important responsibility set in, I've concluded that I must respectfully withdraw. As sheriff of Hillsborough county, which includes the city of Tampa, he angered some Floridians by enforcing Covid era lockdown rules. Trump also saw his first nominee for U.S. attorney General, Matt Gaetz, step aside after a sex scandal appeared to cost him support among Republican lawmakers. Brian Mann, NPR News, Washington.
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Korva Coleman
Another strong, wintry storm system is plowing into the US From Canada. It could bring blizzard like conditions to areas from Michigan to Maine. National Weather Service meteorologist Brian Mitchell says that includes gusty winds.
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Brian Mitchell
It's going to be a quick burst of snow and the temperature is going to drop fairly quick. Visibility will be low and, you know, winds gusting up to 45 miles an hour at times. So it's going to be bad briefly, but it's going to be, you know, hazardous travel conditions certainly with that.
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Korva Coleman
Parts of western New York State near Buffalo have gotten nearly 5ft of snow already. Forecasters say up to 20 more inches of snow could now fall. There are protests underway in South Korean cities, including the capital Seoul. This comes after South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol withdrew his order yesterday for a declaration of martial law. The South Korean parliament unanimously voted against his declaration, and Yoon pulled back the order. Now the lawmakers are moving to impeach him. Protesters aren't waiting. They're demanding Yoon's immediate resignation. Investigators say that Russia's president and top Kremlin officials approved sending more than 300 Ukrainian children into forced Russian foster care and adoptions. NPR's Joanna Kakissis reports. The Yale Humanitarian Research Lab says there's evidence of more war crimes.
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Joanna Kakissis
The International Criminal Court has already issued a warrant for the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin on alleged war crimes for his role in the deportation of Ukrainian children Nathaniel Raymond, executive director of the Humanitarian Lab, says Russian foster parents or guardians can apply for Russian citizenship on behalf of Ukrainian children in their custody.
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This is extremely important because now it basically creates a method by which their Ukrainian identity can be erased.
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Joanna Kakissis
The researchers confirmed dozens of the children have already been assigned Russian citizenship. Joanna Kisses, NPR News.
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Korva Coleman
K. You're listening to NPR News. Congress is facing a deadline. It has until December 20 to pass a spending bill or the federal government will partially shut down. Reuters news agency says House Speaker Mike Johnson is considering another stopgap spending bill. The Associated Press has called the last race for the House of Representatives. Democrat Adam Gray has defeated incumbent Republican Congressman John duarte for California's 13th congressional district. It's south of San Francisco. This race was very close, and Gray won by only about 200 votes. This means Democrats will have 215 seats in the incoming U.S. house. Republicans will keep the majority with 220 seats. The vote comes as analysts say a record number of women will be seated as state legislators next year. Kelly Dittmar directs research for the center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.
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Kelly Dittmar
Women will be about a third of state legislators, and so that's still underrepresentation. And this year in particular, the number of women candidates and nominees was down from 2022. Part of that may be there were just fewer opportunities. Also, it wasn't a big year, a wave year for Democrats. That's usually a sign that women won't fare as well because women are much more likely to be Democratic candidates and nominees.
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Korva Coleman
She spoke to NPR's Morning Edition. First lady Jill Biden is on an overseas trip. She'll conclude her visit on Saturday in Paris. That's where the first lady will attend the reopening ceremonies for Notre Dame Cathedral, badly damaged by fire five years ago. President Elect Trump has also announced he'll attend the event, too. This is NPR News.
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