Live from NPR News, I'm Janine Hurst. A winter storm warning is in effect for New York City,

as it braces for what could be its biggest snowfall in years.

MPIRS-S-Raeventry reports the state's governor has declared a state of emergency for some counties.

The city is expecting somewhere around 7 to 8 inches of snow, and according to the

National Weather Service, at the height of the storm, peak snowfall rates could be 1 to 2

inches per hour. That's because this storm is front-loaded, meaning that most of the snow

will happen in the first 5 to 7 hours. This makes things particularly challenging on what is a

busy travel weekend. New York City

Mayor Eric Adams said that city agencies have been coordinating and are prepared for the winter

weather system while they continue to monitor conditions closely. The city has issued a travel

advisory and the Department of Sanitation is pre-deploying hundreds of salt spreaders to treat roadways with plows at the ready.

Sarah Ventry, NPR News, New York.

The White House says more than 300,000 federal employees will be out of a job by year's end.

And Pierre's Andrea Shue reports that's more than double the average of the past five years.

This year, the Trump administration shuttered offices,

fired tens of thousands of people, and paid far more to quit. President Trump says he's

ridding the country of waste, fraud, and abuse. But Max Steyer, president of the nonprofit

partnership for public service, says Trump is turning the government into one that serves the

private interests of those in power,

not the public good. I think we are in a battle of narrative. I think that if you look at the facts

and if you look at the impact of the actions of this administration, this is a horror show.

In a statement, the White House told NPR, Trump's only motivation is, quote,

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