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In an interview on the Katie Miller podcast, Musk says he would not lead the Doge project today if he were asked.

He says he'd rather work on his companies, such as EV maker Tesla.

Stocks opened mixed this morning on Wall Street as investors wait for news on interest rates from the Federal Reserve this afternoon.

NPR's Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose about 90 points in early trading.

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The Norwegian Nobel Committee presented the Nobel Peace Prize today to Venezuelan opposition activist Marina Corina Machado.

She was not there to receive it.

Her daughter accepted the prize.

Machado has told the Nobel officials she's on her way to Oslo.

She's been hiding in Venezuela and under a travel ban by Venezuelan officials.

Machado was barred from running in Venezuela's presidential election last year, although she was the choice of her opposition party.

In the U.S., a second round of heavy rain from a storm system known as an atmospheric river is drenching the Pacific Northwest.

NPR's Giles Snyder reports a separate storm is bringing heavy snow and high winds to the Great Lakes region.

The Geminid meteor shower will peak this weekend.

The American Meteor Society says they'll be visible through mid-December, but the best viewing of the meteors will come after dark Saturday night in North America.

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The Department of Justice now has 30 days to make unclassified Epstein files public.

Last night, President Trump signed a bill calling for the release.

NPR's Marie Andrusiewicz reports.