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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. The Republican-led House is on track to vote today on a spending package to end the partial government shutdown. NPR's Claudia Grisales reports it limits funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
Chapter 2: What is the latest update on the government spending package?
The Departments of Defense, Transportation and Health and Human Services and more would be funded through September. But the Department of Homeland Security will get just two weeks of funding so lawmakers can negotiate new immigration law enforcement reforms. Top House Appropriations Democrat Rosa DeLauro told the House Rules Committee that's why she's a yes.
Did we get everything we wanted? Hell no. Did the Republicans get everything they wanted? Hell no.
But not all House Democrats are on the same page. Many argue DHS should be reformed now. The Senate approved the bipartisan plan last week following a rare deal between Senate Democrats and the Trump White House. House Republicans are expected to support President Trump's call to vote yes. Claudia Grizales, NPR News.
President Trump says Republicans should take away control of elections from at least 15 states. He didn't say which ones. Voting is plainly specified in Article I of the Constitution as a right belonging to the states. But Trump spoke yesterday in a podcast with former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino.
Chapter 3: How is the Department of Homeland Security affected by the new funding?
The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that are so crooked and they're counting votes. We have states that I won. that show I didn't win. Now you're going to see something in Georgia where they were able to get with a court order the ballots. You're going to see some interesting things come out.
Last week, FBI agents raided an elections office near Atlanta, Georgia. They seized hundreds of boxes with ballots inside them from the 2020 presidential election. Trump claims he won that national election. He didn't. He claims he won the state of Georgia in 2020. He didn't. Georgia officials say they don't know where those ballots are now.
Stocks opened mixed this morning as Pepsi announced plans to cut prices of popular snack foods. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose about two points in early trading.
Pepsi has heard from shoppers fed up with high grocery prices, some of whom are switching to cheaper store brand products. Pepsi sold fewer bags of Doritos, Cheetos, and Lay's potato chips in its most recent quarter. The company is planning to cut prices by up to 15% to regain market share. Prices of corn chips and guacamole were already falling ahead of this weekend's Super Bowl.
Disney has tapped the head of its theme park division to be its next CEO. Josh DeMauro will take over for Bob Iger at the company's annual meeting next month. Speaking of job changes, the Labor Department was supposed to issue a monthly report on turnover in the job market this morning, but that's been postponed by the government shutdown. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
On Wall Street, the Dow is now up about seven points. The Nasdaq is down more than 200. This is NPR. A federal judge is blocking the Trump administration from ending temporary protections for more than 300,000 Haitians in the U.S., Those TPS protections were scheduled to end today. Faith leaders from across Ohio have gathered in Springfield to show support to Haitian immigrants.
From Member Station WYSO, Catherine Mobley reports.
More than a thousand people crowded into the St. John Missionary Baptist Church for Here We Stand, a faith-led rally. Reverend Kristen Uffel White is a bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio. She fears ending TPS will devastate Springfield.
It will remove the neighbors we depend on. It will hurt local schools and businesses. And yes, it will hurt churches. It will hurt us being who we are called to be.
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Chapter 4: What does President Trump suggest about state control of elections?
President Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro meet at the White House today. They have heavily criticized each other. Trump has suggested Petro could be taken to the U.S., like former Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. Trump and Petro's tension has since eased a little. Musician and talk show host Kelly Clarkson says she is stepping away from her daily show.
She says she's making the decision in order to prioritize her children. But Clarkson says she will continue to write music and perform. She says she will also appear occasionally on the show The Voice. Clarkson's show is now in its seventh season. I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News, from Washington.