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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stephens. Senate Republicans today tried to pass a bill that would fund federal agencies to through November 21st. But NPR's Deirdre Walsh reports that the effort failed.
On the first day of the shutdown, Senate Majority Leader John Thune called on Democrats to back a stopgap funding bill. We are one, just one Senate roll call vote. away from ending this shutdown. The top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer insisted any deal had to extend health care subsidies that are expiring at the end of the year.
It's clear that the way out of this shutdown is to sit down and negotiate with Democrats to address the looming health care crisis that faces tens of millions of American families.
Top leaders aren't talking, but there is a bipartisan Senate group trying to find a path to reopening the government and keeping tax credits to keep health care affordable for middle and working class people. It's unclear how much progress they are making. Deirdre Walsh, NPR News, the Capitol.
U.S. air carriers are bracing for possible delays as a result of the partial shutdown. NPR's Joel Rose reports that the last shutdown strained the aviation system and slowed flights.
Air traffic controllers are required to work through the shutdown, even though they don't get paid until it ends. But more workers than usual called in sick during the last government shutdown, leading to delays in commercial aviation. Air traffic controllers say morale is even lower now because of a staffing shortage and stagnating pay. But the union that represents those controllers is urging them to be professional and not to engage in any kind of job action that could get them or the union in trouble.
How did Senate Republicans try to avert the government shutdown and why did the effort fail?
Unlike the last shutdown, the Federal Aviation Administration plans to keep its Air Traffic Controller Training Academy open. part of its push to meet ambitious hiring goals. Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.
The Trump administration has frozen billions of dollars in infrastructure funding that was earmarked for New York City. NPR's Brian Mann has details.
Russell Vogt, head of the Federal Office of Management and Budget, says roughly $18 billion in New York City infrastructure projects have been frozen. Vogt said the goal is to make sure tax dollars don't go to what he described as unconstitutional DEI principles. But the move comes days after Trump threatened to cut off federal funds to the city over his opposition to Zoran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialist State Assemblyman who leads the mayoral race. In a social media post, Trump said Mamdani, quote, needs the money from me as president in order to fulfill all of his fake communist promises. He won't be getting any of it, so what's the point of voting for him? This is only the latest effort by Trump to intervene in the city's election.
Ryan Mann, NPR News, New York.
An explosion at an apartment high-rise in New York caused a 20-foot-tall chimney to break away from the building and collapse. Today's incident sent tons of debris tumbling to the ground. but there have been no reports of injuries. The cause of the collapse is under investigation. You're listening to NPR. Walmart says it plans to remove synthetic dyes and other food additives from its store brand sold in the U.S. The change, expected by 2027, could affect a thousand products, including power drinks and salty snacks. The announcement comes months after the FDA announced plans to remove petroleum-based dyes from the nation's food supply.
What are Democrats insisting on to end the shutdown and protect health care subsidies?
A harbor seal has about 100 whiskers that can be used to sense water movements left by fish it wants to eat. Ari Daniel explains that understanding how those whiskers work... could help engineers design underwater robots.
Rainbow trout can camouflage their swimming by bending into a C-shape and spinning off two vortex rings in opposite directions.
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