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What are the chances of a U.S. government shutdown after the House and Senate funding votes?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Sang. Hours after the US House approved legislation on largely partisan lines it funds federal agencies through November twenty first. The US Senate failed to advance the bill, and Pierre's director Walsh reports the prospects of a shutdown
are increasing. The Senate failed to get the sixty votes needed to advance a stopgap funding bill. Two Republicans and all but one Democrat oppose the bill the House had just approved. An alternative democratic proposal also failed. House Speaker Mike Johnson says the Democrats' push to add an extension of health care subsidies to the package was a non starter. And says they should be blamed if the government shuts down.
If they choose to vote against this clean, completely nonpartisan CR, then they will be choosing to shut the government down and they will owe the consequences of be uh of what happens uh following that.
Why is the CDC panel considering delaying the first hepatitis B vaccine dose for newborns?
Both the House and Senate are scheduled to be on recess next week. Unless the two chambers agree on a funding deal, a shutdown could start on October first. Deirdre Walsh and PR News, the Capitol. The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel that advises the government on vaccines will delay its vote on hepatitis B vaccinations following heated debate during a two day meeting. The members of this group were selected by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy junior who has long questioned the safety and effectiveness of vaccines. Elaine Chen is a reporter for our partners at Staff the Health
and Medicine publication. The current schedule for hepatitis B is that the first dose is given to newborns at birth in the hospital, but the group was considering recommending that this first dose be delayed to one month. And for specifically for children born to mothers who test negative for hepatitis B.
How are Israeli airstrikes affecting civilians in Gaza City and what is the UN response?
Um and many experts that we talked to were very concerned with this. Lane
Chen speaking with NPR. Now to Gaza City where staff at the main war say at least fifty Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks over the past twenty four hours. Israeli forces are also operating in the south. And Pierzanis Baba reports the military says four soldiers were killed yesterday in Gaza but offered no further details.
That's the sound of Israeli warplanes bombing Gaza City with at least 16 missiles back to back. The intense bombardments came without warning. Israel has ordered all of Gaza City's residents to leave south as its troops make a push for the center. But hundreds of thousands of people remain.
What did President Trump announce about hosting Turkish President Erdoğan for trade talks?
Many say they have no place to go. Others do not have the thousands of dollars it costs to move south, and some families fled but returned. And to Gaza City, citing inhumane conditions in the south. The offensive on Gaza City comes as fourteen countries at the UN Security Council voted in support for an immediate ceasefire. Anasbaba and Pierre News Gaza City.
On social media, President Trump says he'll be hosting Turkish President Rajab Tyb Erdogan at the White House next Thursday to talk about trade and military deals. This is NPR News. In Florida, prosecutors are presenting their final witness today in the case against Ryan Ruth, the man charged with trying to assassinate then candidate Donald Trump last year. Here's NPR's Greg Allen.
What evidence is being presented in the Florida trial of Ryan Ruth, the alleged Trump assassin?
FBI Supervisory Special Agent Kimberly McGreevy spent hours on the stand detailing data from cell phones and surveillance cameras. The evidence, she says, shows that Ryan Ruth was in Palm Beach County from mid-August until September 15th when he was arrested, in her words, stalking the former president. She showed evidence that Ruth made repeated visits to Trump's golf course in West Palm Beach. McGreevy also detailed Ruth's alleged purchase of the SKS style rifle. seized at the golf course by federal agents and his attempt to buy a more powerful weapon, a fifty caliber rifle. Acting as his own lawyer, Ruth is scheduled to begin his defense case Monday.
A top South Korean official says his country will not yet deliver on the investments it pledged to the US until it is satisfied a dispute over visas is resolved, and Pierre's Anthony Kuhn reports.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What are the chances of a U.S. government shutdown after the House and Senate funding votes?
0:01–0:52
2
Why is the CDC panel considering delaying the first hepatitis B vaccine dose for newborns?
0:52–1:45
3
How are Israeli airstrikes affecting civilians in Gaza City and what is the UN response?
1:45–2:28
4
What did President Trump announce about hosting Turkish President Erdoğan for trade talks?
2:28–3:11
5
What evidence is being presented in the Florida trial of Ryan Ruth, the alleged Trump assassin?
3:11–4:15
6
How is the visa dispute between South Korea and the U.S. influencing pending Korean investments?
4:15–4:38