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What does the White House warn will happen if government funding lapses on October 1?
The White House says a government shutdown on October 1st would lead to the permanent layoffs of federal employees. The announcement coming after President Trump canceled a planned meeting with Democratic congressional leaders. More from NPR's Tamara Keith.
President Trump says he wants congressional Democrats to agree to a short-term bill keeping government funding at current levels. If they don't, there's now a threat of consequences. In a memo to agency heads obtained by NPR, the White House Office of Management and Budget says that if there is a shutdown... They expect agencies to issue reduction in force notices to employees working on projects that are not consistent with the president's priorities. This would be a significant shift from past government shutdowns when employees were only temporarily furloughed. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called it an attempt at intimidation. Tamara Keith, NPR News.
According to CBS, an ICE official has identified the gunman in the fatal shooting outside of a Dallas immigration detention facility as 29-year-old Joshua John. Police say the shooter fired into a van, killing one detainee and injuring two others before taking his own life.
Why did President Trump cancel a meeting with congressional Democrats and what does he want instead?
Vice President J.D. Vance addressed the matter during a stop near Raleigh, North Carolina, as heard here on WSOC.
There's some evidence that we have that's not yet public, but we know this person was politically motivated. They were politically motivated to go after law enforcement. They were politically motivated to go after people who are enforcing our border.
Vance has called the shooting a consequence of anti-law enforcement rhetoric. The Justice Department is urging the Supreme Court to end protections against racial discrimination in the redrawing of election maps. NPR's Hansi Lawong reports that the court could soon determine the future of the landmark law.
In a friend of the court brief for a lawsuit over Louisiana's map of congressional districts, the Justice Department argues the Voting Rights Act's longstanding legal protections against racial discrimination and redistricting are no longer constitutional. The DOJ's filing comes months after it started stepping away from multiple voting rights lawsuits that were first brought during former President Joe Biden's administration. A series of rulings by the Supreme Court's conservative majority have already weakened the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Now many of the law's advocates fear that the rare second round of oral arguments the court has ordered for this Louisiana case on October 15th could be setting up a decision that ends key remaining protections for minority voters.
Anzela Wong, NPR News.
Relatives of one of the people killed in a mid-air collision. near Washington, D.C. last January, is suing the government and the airlines involved. An American Airlines jet carrying 67 people collided with an Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport. There were no survivors. The plaintiffs are blaming both American and the Federal Aviation Administration for the crash. You're listening to NPR. Some 6.3 million viewers tuned in Tuesday night to watch the return of Jimmy Kimmel Live. The host was suspended over comments that angered supporters of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Kimmel's show remains off the air and about a quarter of the local ABC affiliates owned by Nexstar and Sinclair Broadcasting.
Harvesting and coastal development along the California coast have nearly depleted the Olympia oyster population, once an important food source for Native Americans and gold rushers. Jill Replogle reports on one effort to bring them back.
Every two weeks, Craig Shopner pulls up strings of discarded oyster shells from restaurants hanging off of his dock in Huntington Harbor. He checks to see whether any baby oysters have latched on.
Yeah, I don't see any oysters yet.
Chopner and some 80 of his neighbors around the harbor have been caring for these shell strings since the spring.
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