NPR News: 09-30-2025 9PM EDT
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What happens as the federal government nears a shutdown and who is affected?
The federal government is careening towards a shutdown in three hours after Congress failed to negotiate a deal. As NPR's Barbara Sprunt reports, the Senate took up two competing measures to fund the government temporarily— Both failed.
At 12.01 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, the government will officially be shut down. Essential services will continue, but hundreds of thousands of federal workers will be furloughed without pay. A memo from the White House's budget arm suggests that agencies could be laying off workers as well. This comes after congressional leaders met with President Trump Monday in the Oval Office to try to negotiate a deal. No compromise was reached. Republicans needed some Senate Democrats to vote alongside them to temporarily fund the government. But Democrats insisted a stopgap deal also had to extend health care subsidies, which expire at the end of the year. Barbara Sprint, NPR News, the Capitol.
A federal judge in Boston has ruled that the Trump administration is violating the First Amendment by targeting pro-Palestinian protesters for deportation. As NPR's Adrian Florido reports, it's one of the major free speech cases of Trump's second term.
Judge William Young wrote that officials in the departments of state and homeland security have been misusing the powers of their offices to target non-citizen pro-Palestinians for deportation because of their protected political speech. The lawsuit was brought by academics who argued during a nine-day trial this summer. that the Trump administration's policy to try to deport students like Mahmoud Khalil, Rumesa Ozturk, and others was meant to silence criticism of Israel. In his ruling, Judge Young wrote that non-citizens legally in the U.S. enjoy the same free speech rights as citizens. He said he'll soon hold a hearing to decide how to try to force the government to stop violating those rights.
Adrian Fledivo, NPR News.
Why did Senate stopgap funding measures fail and what were Democrats demanding?
A Mexican man who was among three people shot at a Dallas immigration field office last week has died. He's the second person killed in the attack. The family of 32-year-old Miguel Angel Garcia Hernandez says he died after being removed from life support. The Trump administration is launching a website for prescription drugs called TrumpRx. The site would facilitate sales directly to consumers at a discount. NPR's Sidney Lupkin has more.
President Trump announced a deal with Pfizer to sell its drugs directly to consumers. The medicines will be available through a website operated by the federal government called TrumpRx.
The announcement came as part of the president's push to get lower drug prices for Americans.
He aims to bring them in line with what other developed countries pay. The deal also includes discounts for Medicaid and a pledge from Pfizer to sell new drugs at the same price in the U.S. and other developed countries. Trump says similar deals with other drug makers are in the works. Sydney Lepkin, NPR News.
Stocks closed up slightly today. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. A woman who was knocked unconscious and arrested by two Northern California sheriff's deputies has reached a $17 million settlement with the county. The incident took place when Nakia Porter stopped to change drivers during a family trip in 2020. Body cameras worn by the deputies recorded them pulling guns on her before slapping her to the pavement while handcuffing her along a rural road in the town of Dixon, California. More Minnesota turkey growers are turning to laser technology to reduce the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza. Minnesota Public Radio's Dana Ferguson reports.
The legislature approved $400,000 over two years to help producers buy the lasers. Projectors are affixed to the top of Minnesota's commercial turkey barns, and the infrared beams keep migratory ducks and geese away without hurting them.
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