Many evacuated residents in Los Angeles returned to find entire neighborhoods wiped out by destructive wildfires, President-elect Donald Trump will attend his criminal sentencing today in Manhattan, and lawyers for TikTok will be arguing their case before the US Supreme Court. Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter. Today's episode of Up First was edited by Gigi Douban, Anna Yukhananov, Kara Platoni, Janaya Williams and Lisa Thompson. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Lilly Quiroz. We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis and our technical director is Carleigh Strange. Our Executive Producer is Kelley Dickens. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
A woman in Altadena, California, spent the night in her car after wildfires destroyed her house burned down.
It's not livable.
Who could live here like this?
Why did fire crews run out of water?
And how much difference did it make?
I'm a Martinez.
That is Steve Inskeep.
And this is up first from NPR News.
President elect Trump will be sentenced today in a Manhattan criminal court.
He was convicted for falsifying business records, hiding payments to an adult film star.
The Supreme Court declined to interfere after the judge the judge said Trump would likely face no punishment anyway.
So how does a felony conviction affect a second term?
The court decided it would at least listen to arguments by owners of TikTok.
Congress set a deadline to sell or shut down.
We'll hear the company's bid today to block the law.
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After the election.
The economy feels like one big huh.
Good thing.