NPR News: 09-25-2025 6AM EDT
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. The White House says if there's a government shutdown next week, it won't just furlough federal workers, it will permanently lay them off. NPR's Tamara Keith has more.
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.
The FBI is investigating yesterday's deadly shooting at an immigration and customs enforcement facility in Dallas as an attack against ICE law enforcement. No ICE officers were harmed. but one ICE detainee was killed and two others were wounded. Federal officials say the apparent shooter took his own life. Speaking at a rally in North Carolina, Vice President J.D. Vance charged others with creating conditions for the attack.
What are the implications of a potential government shutdown?
Here's what happens when Democrats, like Gavin Newsom did, say that these people are part of an authoritarian government. When the left-wing media lies about what they're doing, when they lie about who they're arresting, when they lie about the actual job of law enforcement, What they're doing is encouraging crazy people to go and commit violence.
House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries denounced the violence, too.
The level of political violence and ideologically motivated violence across the spectrum is far too high in the United States of America right now. We need leadership that brings people together, not national leadership. That tears people apart.
The shooter's motive has not been disclosed. The family of a passenger who was killed in January when a plane collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., is suing the government and the airlines involved. Sixty-seven people were killed in the crash, and PR's Joel Rose has more.
The lawsuit names American Airlines as well as PSA Airlines, the regional carrier that was operating the flight as defendants, along with the federal government. The plaintiff is Rachel Crafton, the wife of Casey Crafton, who died in the midair collision. Her lawyers say they're trying to hold American Airlines, along with the Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Army, accountable for the deadliest U.S. plane crash in decades. In a statement, American Airlines said that it would fight any allegation the airline caused or contributed to the accident. The family members of other victims are expected to file lawsuits of their own. Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.
You're listening to NPR News. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been convicted on one charge in his case of French campaign finance fraud. Sarkozy's conviction is for taking campaign money from then-Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Officials in Denmark could turn to NATO for consultations after the latest mysterious drone swarm last night. Drones buzzed around an airport in northern Denmark last night, forcing it to close. The same thing happened to airports in Copenhagen and in Oslo, Norway this week. Officials say Russian involvement cannot be ruled out. Russia says any allegation like that is unfounded. New research published in the journal The Lancet suggests that cancer deaths could nearly double by the year 2050.
As NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports, more than two-thirds of those deaths are projected to occur in low- and middle-income countries.
To estimate how cancer cases and deaths could grow, the researchers analyzed two decades' worth of data from more than 200 countries and territories.
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