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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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What triggered the federal government partial shutdown and how did votes in Congress fall short?
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. The federal government is officially in partial shutdown after Congress failed to reach an agreement on a spending bill. As NPR's Elena Moore reports, the funding negotiations were bitterly divided.
Republicans in the House of Representatives narrowly passed their spending bill earlier this month. So it came down to the Senate, with GOP lawmakers needing at least 60 votes to get the measure through. It ultimately failed by a vote of 55 to 45, with not enough support from Democrats, who have been pushing for Republicans to negotiate on several health care provisions, including an extension for health care subsidies set to expire at the end of the year. So far, GOP leaders have refused to negotiate those changes in this spending bill and instead want to postpone those talks until after a stopgap bill is passed.
Which government services remain running during the partial shutdown and who keeps getting paid?
Elena Moore, NPR News.
Many services are not affected by the partial shutdown, including airline safety and payments for Social Security recipients, veterans and more. Members of Congress will continue to be paid. The Energy Department has instructed some employees to not use about a dozen words and phrases. As NPR's Rebecca Herscher reports, the list includes the term climate change and the word green.
Staff in the agency's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy were sent a list of words to avoid in an email obtained by NPR. The details of the email were first reported by Politico. That office is the largest federal funder of technology for wind, solar, geothermal, and hydroelectric power. The term clean energy is among the banned terms. The Energy Department denies its staff were told to avoid specific terms.
Why did the Energy Department reportedly ban terms like 'climate change' and how did the agency respond?
The agency's press secretary, Ben Dietrich, wrote in an email to NPR, quote, There is no directive at the Energy Department instructing employees to avoid using phrases such as climate change. Rebecca Herscher, NPR News.
Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda may pose no direct threat to the U.S. mainland, but NPR's Giles Snyder reports that damage is still possible along North Carolina's barrier islands.
Powerful waves kicked up by Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda have caused multiple unoccupied homes on North Carolina's outer banks to collapse. The latest in a string of privately owned structures to fall victim to powerful storm-driven waves. In the North Atlantic, Umberto has been dumping heavy rain on Bermuda. The storm is expected to remain well away from the island. Officials here are more worried about Imelda, saying that storm is no passing squall.
NPR's Giles Snyder.
What coastal damage are Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda causing to North Carolina and Bermuda?
A federal judge in Boston says the Trump administration's arrests of immigrant protesters who support Palestinians were illegal. U.S. District Court Judge William Young agreed with several university groups that deportations based on ideology violate the Constitution. Young also accused Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio of misusing their powers to target immigrants. This is NPR. President Trump says the National Institutes of Health will invest in data sharing to boost the use of AI in detecting and treating pediatric cancers.
What did the federal judge rule about arrests of immigrant protesters supporting Palestinians?
As NPR's Yuki Noguchi reports, the move coincides with massive cuts in federal funding for scientific and medical research.
The Trump administration says it's committing an additional $50 million to an NIH program to build on ways to apply AI to fighting cancer. Michael Kratios directs the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Using artificial intelligence, researchers will be able to, for example, build scalable models to predict how a child's body responds to therapies, letting doctors forecast cancer progression and minimize treatment side effects.
How is the U.S. government funding AI for pediatric cancer and what are the broader research funding implications?
The $50 million investment comes on the heels of billions in federal cuts to various health agencies involved with cancer prevention and research.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:13
2
What triggered the federal government partial shutdown and how did votes in Congress fall short?
0:13–1:08
3
Which government services remain running during the partial shutdown and who keeps getting paid?
1:08–1:57
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Why did the Energy Department reportedly ban terms like 'climate change' and how did the agency respond?
1:57–2:48
5
What coastal damage are Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda causing to North Carolina and Bermuda?
2:48–3:27
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What did the federal judge rule about arrests of immigrant protesters supporting Palestinians?
3:27–4:03
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How is the U.S. government funding AI for pediatric cancer and what are the broader research funding implications?
4:03–4:55