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What are the White House warnings about a potential government shutdown?
The White House says a government shutdown will trigger mass firings in the federal workforce. President Trump canceled plans to meet with Democratic congressional leaders on Thursday to negotiate terms for a stopgap budget that's needed in less than a week. Democrats on the Hill say they're still willing to negotiate, as NPR's Deepa Shivaram reports.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is responding to the president calling off a meeting with Democratic leaders.
We are here today in the Capitol, ready to get to work, ready to meet with anyone, anytime, anyplace, in order to avoid a painful Republican-caused government shutdown.
Democrats want health care issues addressed in the funding bill, like rolling back the changes to Medicaid that Trump made in his big tax bill that passed earlier this year. But there's no agreement between the two parties. Trump canceled the meeting with Democratic leaders, saying it would be unproductive, and he called Democrats' asks, quote, unserious. Deepa Shivaram, NPR News, the White House.
Investigators are still seeking a motive for the deadly shooting outside of an ICE detention facility in Dallas. The gunman killed at least one person and left two others critically injured before taking his own life. NPR's Sergio Martinez Beltran has more.
The Department of Homeland Security says all of the victims were ICE detainees. Mayra, a Nicaraguan immigrant who was inside the facility when the shooting happened, says it was terrifying. There were like 20 shots, Mayra says. She froze and got scared for her daughter who was waiting for her outside. She asked NPR not use her last name because of her pending immigration case. The alleged shooter was found dead. Their identity has not been revealed, but officials say it was a targeted act of violence. The FBI says shell casings with anti-ICE messages were found by the suspect's body.
Why did President Trump cancel the budget meeting with Democratic leaders?
Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Dallas.
A chanting crowd, blue whistles and other noisemakers outside of Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv Wednesday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed to New York for the UN General Assembly. The demonstrators say they want Netanyahu to agree to a ceasefire and to bring home the remaining hostages held by Hamas since the beginning of the war in Gaza. Yuval Seuer says he's frustrated with the current situation.
Netanyahu stops and blocks every chance to do an agreement and to save our hostages and to stop the war.
The demonstrations were held as several Western nations announced their support for a Palestinian state. U.S. futures are flat and after hours trading on Wall Street, after Wednesday's losses, on Asia-Pacific markets, shares are mostly higher. You're listening to NPR. Three suspects in the 2001 9-11 attacks are seeking reinstatement of a plea offer. Last year, the defendants were told they could avoid the death penalty by entering guilty pleas, but a federal appeals court canceled the offers this past summer. Alleged ringleader Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two others have never been tried. They now hope to have their cases heard in a federal court in Washington. Colorado's largest energy provider has announced a settlement over claims that the utility sparked a deadly wildfire.
Details from Colorado Public Radio's Ishan Thakur.
Xcel Energy and two telecom companies said Wednesday that they reached a settlement agreement in lawsuits related to the 2021 Marshall Fire. That fire is the most destructive in Colorado history. It destroyed more than 1,000 homes and burned over 6,000 acres. Xcel says it expects to pay around $640 million to plaintiffs, which include hundreds of insurers, municipalities, and residents. The settlement comes as jury selection in a trial was slated to start Thursday.
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