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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. President Trump is expected to meet with top congressional leaders at the White House today.
What are the top White House meetings and the looming government funding deadline?
Lawmakers are facing a critical deadline on Tuesday to pass a temporary spending bill. NPR's Barbara Sprunt reports if Congress fails to reach a bipartisan compromise, the government could partially shut down at midnight tomorrow.
The meeting is somewhat of a redo. Top Democrats were supposed to meet with President Trump last week to negotiate a path forward and avoid a shutdown, but the president canceled that meeting. The Oval Office meeting today will come hours before the Senate is expected to vote on a House-passed continuing resolution to fund the government through late November. Senate Democrats previously blocked that from advancing. They want to negotiate with Republicans to address expanded Affordable Care Act subsidies that expire at the end of the year.
How are Democrats and Republicans clashing over the stopgap spending bill?
Republicans are pushing to pass the stopgap bill first and then negotiate. Barbara Sprint, NPR News, Washington.
President Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House today. NPR's Emily Fang reports the meeting comes amid increasing pressure to end the war in Gaza.
U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff told reporters that there might be a breakthrough on the plan in the coming days.
What progress and obstacles surround U.S. efforts toward a Gaza ceasefire?
But we reached out to Hamas negotiators who say they have not yet received any kind of written proposal of this plan. And so the question now is, is there enough pressure on the U.S. and Hamas on Israel to overcome fundamental disagreements recently? which have sunk previous ceasefire proposals.
That's NPR's Emily Fang reporting from Tel Aviv. President Trump told Axios on Sunday that negotiations on a possible peace deal are at their final stages. Trump and Netanyahu are expected to hold a joint press conference at the White House following today's meeting. Authorities in Michigan say two bodies have been recovered from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc. They were among at least four people killed Sunday morning when a man drove his pickup truck into the building, then opened fire. Alex McLennan, a member station WDET, has more.
Law officials say Thomas Jacob Sanford, a 40-year-old military veteran, crashed his truck into the church before opening fire on the Mormon congregation and setting the building ablaze.
Why is President Trump meeting Israeli PM Netanyahu and what's expected from their press conference?
Police neutralized Sanford shortly after in a church parking lot. FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Ruben Coleman says the attack is being investigated as a targeted act of violence.
This act of violence has no place in our state or anywhere else in our country.
No motive for the attack has been given. Michigan police say they've responded to a number of bomb threats in the community following the Grand Blank attack. For NPR News, I'm Alex McLennan in Detroit.
What happened in the Grand Blanc church attack and how are authorities responding?
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. A new crime-fighting task force backed by local, federal, and National Guard troops is launching in Memphis this week. In a city known for both high crime and civil rights activism, residents and local leaders are divided over the deployment. Christopher Blank with Member Station WKNO reports.
For Rachel Spriggs and scores of activists who protested the task force over the weekend, federal help has a checkered history in this majority-Black city.
Because here help has meant harm. Here help has meant harassment.
But many locals, including city council members such as Yolanda Cooper-Sutton, say the tough measures are a consequence of previous failed crime interventions. For Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, the solution is a surge of law enforcement from 13 federal agencies and state troopers. The National Guard, he said Friday, will neither be armed nor make arrests.
How are new federal and National Guard deployments stirring debate in Memphis and Portland?
It will work with Memphis police as the department focuses on violent crime.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:25
2
What are the top White House meetings and the looming government funding deadline?
0:25–1:08
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How are Democrats and Republicans clashing over the stopgap spending bill?
1:08–1:32
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What progress and obstacles surround U.S. efforts toward a Gaza ceasefire?
1:32–2:39
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Why is President Trump meeting Israeli PM Netanyahu and what's expected from their press conference?
2:39–3:09
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What happened in the Grand Blanc church attack and how are authorities responding?
3:09–4:11
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How are new federal and National Guard deployments stirring debate in Memphis and Portland?
4:11–4:53