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Dale Willman
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. President elect Donald Trump is giving a public show of support for his choice to lead the Pentagon. Pete Hegseth has been facing questions over allegations of excessive drinking as well as sexual assault complaints. Speaking with NBC in an interview that will be aired on Sunday, Trump acknowledged the challenge ahead.
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Donald Trump
Looks like Pete is doing well now. I mean, people were a little bit concerned. He's a young guy with a tremendous track record. Actually, he went to Princeton and went to Harvard. He was a good student at both. But he loves the military and I think people are starting to see it, so will be working on his nomination along with a lot of others.
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Dale Willman
Trump also called Heg Seth on Friday a winner in a post on social media, the investigation into the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson continues as NPR's Selena Simmons Duffin reports the news of the attack triggered a groundswell of negative patient stories on social media.
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Yolanda Wilson
Yolanda Wilson of St. Louis, Missouri, is one of the patients who shared a health insurance gone wrong story on social media this week. My surgery was denied about two days before it was scheduled to happen. She did get the surgery approved in the nick of time, but the whole experience was highly stressful. Wilson, who is a professor of healthcare ethics, says she's not celebrating that a man was killed, though certainly some people on social media are. She says the outpouring of stories like hers shows that a lot of people have suffered privately with the health care system and needed a chance to commiserate collectively. This became that moment like something was struck in this moment, health policy research going back decades shows the American healthcare system is uniquely maddening. Selena Simmons Duffin, NPR News.
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Dale Willman
In Syria, a senior rebel commander is urging military officers from the Syrian military to defect as armed insurgents near the city of Homs in their lightning advance against government troops. NPR's Ruth Sherlock has more.
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Hassan Abdulrani
In a video address, Syrian rebel commander Hassan Abdulrani urges Syrian military officers to give up the fight and defect the Syrian regime. His message comes as opposition rebels capture two further towns just north of Homs in central Syria. It's part of a sweeping assault that has seen the rebel groups seize large swathes of Syria in less than a week in an attack that now threatens the viability of President Bashar al Assad's regime. In southern Syria, separate Rebel forces made gains in Dera province. Jordan says it's closed its border with Syria there after rebels fired at Syrian army positions at the border crossing. The United nations says the escalation in fighting has displaced some 280,000 Syrians in just over a week. Ruth Sherlock, NPR News.
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Dale Willman
America's job market rebounded last month by adding 227,000 workers to company payrolls. That number was much higher than the 36,000 jobs added to the economy in October. Friday's report showed unemployment rate moving up slightly. You're listening to NPR News. Food recalls fell sharply during the pandemic, but recently they've been on the rise again. NPR's Bill Chappell has the FDA says.
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Bill Chappell
More than 1900 food and cosmetic products were recalled in the recent fiscal year, the most since 2019. This summer, a Gallup survey found Americans confidence in the government's ability to ensure a safe food supply was at a record low. Food science experts say that when deadly outbreaks like the one linked to Boar's Head Deli meats do occur, advanced tools help find what went wrong. But consumer advocates say U.S. agencies need systemic change to better prevent problems. They also say responsibilities are spread across too many agencies, from the FDA to the Agriculture Department. Bill Chappell, NPR News.
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Dale Willman
With a unanimous vote, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. has upheld a federal law that could lead to a ban on the social video app TikTok as soon as next month. The justices ruled Friday that the law, which requires TikTok to end its ties with its China based parent company or be banned from the U.S. by the middle of January, is constitutional. TikTok says it will appeal that ruling to the U.S. supreme Court. Google says it's going to file a court challenge against a ruling by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. That ruling has ordered federal supervision of Google Payment Corporation. That's Google's payment division. The agency cited almost 300 complaints against Google Payment. Many of those complaints included reports of fraud scams and even unauthorized transactions. I'm Dale Willman, and you're listening to NPR News.
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