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Why is a government shutdown looming after the Senate rejected the stopgap funding bill?
Live from NPR News in Washington DC, I'm Dale Wilman. Just hours after the House approved legislation on largely partisan lines that funds federal agencies through most of November, the Senate failed to advance the bill. And as NPR's Deirdre Walsh reports, the prospect of a government shutdown is now 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 healthcare 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 uh be uh of what happens uh following that.
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, MPR News, the Capitol.
How is the deportation case of journalist Mario Guevara affecting press freedom?
An immigration appeals court has ordered the deportation of an Atlanta based journalist. Mario Guevara has been in detention since June when he was arrested by ICE while covering a no King's Day protest. And Pierre Sergio Martinez Beltran reports.
The Board of Immigration Appeals ruled that Spanish language reporter Mario Guevara could be deported, making his removal to El Salvador imminent. Guevara left El Salvador more than two decades ago, fleeing violence. Since then he's lived in the US, working as a journalist, often livestreaming immigration enforcement operations. When he was arrested in Atlanta, he was charged with failing to disperse, but those charges were later dropped by local prosecutors. Still, He was taken into ICE custody despite having a work permit and a pending green card application. He's been detained at the Immigration Processing Center in Folkestone, Georgia. Guevara's attorneys are seeking emergency relief to keep him in the US.
What is the Trump administration’s argument for requiring biological gender on U.S. passports?
Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Folkestone, Georgia.
The Trump administration Friday asked the Supreme Court to reinstate its policy requiring US travelers to list their biological gender at birth on their passports. A federal judge in June blocked that policy, and a federal appeals court left the ruling in place pending appeal. And Pierre's Nina Totenberg reports.
The Trump administration told the Supreme Court in its brief that private citizens cannot force the government to use inaccurate sex designations on identification documents that fail to reflect the passport holders' biological sex at birth. That is so, said the administration. Especially on documents that are on government property and involve the president's constitutional and statutory power to communicate with foreign governments.
That's NPR's Nina Totenberg.
How did Wall Street perform on the day the Dow and Nasdaq posted gains?
It was a good day on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 172 points. The Nasdaq finished up 160 points. This is NPR News. For the third time, the US military has conducted a fatal strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat. President Trump announced the action in a social media post Friday. He said the strike targeted a vessel affiliated with a designated terrorist organization, and he said three males were killed in the attack.
What are the implications of the latest U.S. military strike and the UN’s move on Iran sanctions?
Two other similar strikes earlier this month killed fourteen people. The UN Security Council has taken another step toward reimposing sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. Russia says the European diplomats have no basis to push for this, but Britain, France, and Germany say returning sanctions is part of the deal they made a decade ago with Iran, MPs Michelle Kelleman reports.
Only four countries China, Russia, Pakistan, and Algeria, voted to permanently lift sanctions on Iran. That resolution failed, setting the stage for the sanctions to snap back later this month. These are sanctions that were suspended under the Iran nuclear deal, the one that the first Trump administration left.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why is a government shutdown looming after the Senate rejected the stopgap funding bill?
0:01–1:06
2
How is the deportation case of journalist Mario Guevara affecting press freedom?
1:06–1:59
3
What is the Trump administration’s argument for requiring biological gender on U.S. passports?
1:59–2:50
4
How did Wall Street perform on the day the Dow and Nasdaq posted gains?
2:50–3:17
5
What are the implications of the latest U.S. military strike and the UN’s move on Iran sanctions?
3:17–4:18
6
Who led the LPGA Arkansas Championship and what were the key moments in the tournament?
4:18–4:39