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Extreme weather disasters like wildfires and floods can devastate communities. On the Sunday story from Up First, we ask, are there places that just aren't safe to live anymore? People are going to die. They will be me and my neighbors, and I don't want that to happen. How we respond to disasters in an era of climate insecurity. Listen now on the Up First podcast from NPR.
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. The judge in Donald Trump's hush money case says the president-elect will face no penalties but has set a date for sentencing. NPR's Amanda Bastille reports that date will be just 10 days before Trump is sworn in as president for a second time.
New York Judge Juan Merchan ordered the sentencing hearing to take place on January 10th. In his order, Merchan said he will not be sentencing Trump to jail, a possibility legal scholars have long said was unlikely. Still, he said that because Trump does not have presidential immunity in this case,
and the jury had delivered its verdict after weighing testimony and evidence, a sentence should be served ahead of Trump's inauguration. Trump's legal team spent months attempting to dismiss the case altogether and argued that he had presidential immunity. Last month, Marchand denied the immunity.
If Trump is not sentenced before inauguration, Marchand says it may have to wait until Trump is out of office. Ximena Bustillo, NPR News, New York.
Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson has won re-election as Speaker of the House. Johnson failed to get the support of one Republican, Thomas Massey of Kentucky. But as NPR's Claudia Grisales reports, once two more GOP lawmakers switched their votes, Johnson had the 218 needed to retain the Speaker's gavel.
Massey, Ralph Norman of South Carolina, and Keith Self of Texas were no's. That triggered a series of negotiations off the floor, extending the time for this first round ballot to more than an hour before Johnson was finally able to flip Self and Norman to yeses, sealing the deal.
And while Johnson prevailed, it shows deep divisions remain within the GOP ranks. Some pressure from President-elect Donald Trump also apparently helped change lawmakers' minds. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries easily was re-elected by Democrats, pledging to work with Republicans on issues ranging from border security to the economy.
People in the city of New Orleans are working through the New Year's Day tragedy of a deadly truck attack in which 14 died and dozens were hurt. Drew Hawkins of the Gulf States Newsroom shares one man's story.
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