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What are the latest developments as the federal government faces a possible shutdown?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. There are just five more hours until the federal government potentially shuts down after Congress didn't reach a compromise. One short-term effort to fund the government has failed tonight. and another appears to be headed that way. Democrats want more funding for health care, but GOP Senate Leader John Thune says now is not the time.
And as I've said before, we're happy to sit down with them and talk about the concerns they have, the issues they have with, for example, the premium tax credits. But you've got to do that. You can't do that in the context of a hostage situation.
Oregon Democratic Senator Ron Wyden says Republican leaders refuse to consider Democrats' requests for compromise.
We want to work with people. We've been trying to work with people. We understand the consequences of what happens, but we've got to be met halfway.
The Trump administration is blaming Democrats for the likely shutdown in messaging to federal employees. On the Department of Housing and Urban Development website, a red banner warns, quote, the radical left are going to shut down the government and inflict massive pain on the American people. Unions representing federal employees have sued the Trump administration over its threats to fire federal employees if there's a government shutdown. NPR's Andrea Hsu reports.
The lawsuit stems from a memo that the White House Office of Management and Budget sent to federal agencies last week. It told agencies to consider sending layoff notices to federal employees working on programs or activities that aren't consistent with the president's priorities in the event of a government shutdown. The two unions behind the lawsuit together represent more than 800,000 federal employees. They argue that the threat of layoffs is, quote, an unlawful abuse of power designed to punish workers and pressure Congress. They've asked a federal court in San Francisco to find that the Office of Management and Budget unlawfully exceeded its authority in issuing the memo and to invalidate actions that come from it.
Andrea Hsu, NPR News.
President Trump says the administration has reached a deal with Harvard over more than a billion dollars in federal funds. NPR's Alyssa Natwerny has more.
Trump told a room full of reporters at the White House the administration's in the final stages of a deal with the Ivy League school.
I guess we reached a deal with Harvard today, so we'll see how that goes. All you have to do is paper it, right, Linda? Yes, sir.
How are Democratic and Republican leaders framing negotiations over funding and health care?
Paper it out.
He's referring there to Education Secretary Linda McMahon. When asked for details, Trump caveated a bit, saying that they were getting, quote, very close to finalizing the terms. He did say Harvard would pay $500 million and fund trade schools in exchange for the reactivation of federal research funding, and so that, quote, their sins are forgiven. Officials at Harvard have not commented on the deal. Alyssa Nadworny, NPR News.
Stocks closed up today. The S&P 500 closed up 27 points to 6,688. This is NPR News in Washington. An offshore earthquake with a magnitude 6.9 collapsed the walls of houses and buildings, killing at least 20 people in the Philippines. The quake cut off power and sent people scrambling out of homes in the darkness. Officials said at least 14 people were killed in the hard-hit city of Bogo, and the death toll is expected to rise. A stage adaptation of the Apple TV Plus series Schmigadoon is headed to Broadway in the spring. The stage version was presented at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. last winter. Jeff London reports.
Schmigadoon is a loving, satirical look at Broadway musicals of the golden era, the 1940s and 50s.
Schmigadoon, where the sun shines bright from July to June.
With script, music, and lyrics by Cinco Paul, the television series starred Keegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong as a modern couple who get trapped in a town where everybody sings.
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