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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. The partial government shutdown is expected to run through the weekend. But NPR's Claudia Grisales reports that the Senate plans to vote today on already rejected stopgap bills.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he'll put the failed stopgap bills on the floor again to keep up pressure on Democrats. But even Thune is skeptical anything will change. He'll have a fourth chance tomorrow to vote to open up the government. And if that fails, then we'll give him a weekend to think about it. We'll come back and we'll vote again on Monday. Republicans have 53 seats in the Senate, so they'll need support from at least seven Democrats to reach a required 60-vote threshold to overcome a filibuster. But the parties are stuck. Democrats are demanding an extension of expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, and Republicans say that won't happen in a short-term measure. Claudia Grisales, NBR News, the Capitol.
The Trump administration is asking nine schools to adopt certain policies in exchange for preferential treatment and federal funding. From member station GBH, Kirk Carrapeza reports that some university officials are objecting to the proposal.
Under the proposed deal, colleges would have to ban race or gender considerations in admissions and hiring, freeze tuition... and cap international enrollment at 15%. Mikel de Graaf teaches linguistics at MIT, where he's been accused of harassing a Jewish student. He sees the compact as a major escalation of the campus culture wars.
What are the latest updates on the government shutdown?
For me, it's nothing new. Faculty have been quite timid, but I hope they will join the fight before it's too late. MIT confirmed to GBH it has received the memo from the Trump administration, but declined to comment. For NPR News, I'm Kurt Carapazza in Boston.
California Governor Gavin Newsom is threatening to withhold funding to California colleges that sign an agreement supporting the Trump administration's education agenda. Russian President Vladimir Putin says it is Europe's responsibility to end the war in Ukraine. His comments came at a political forum where Putin addressed recent remarks by President Trump. More from NPR's Charles Maynes.
In his remarks, Putin blamed Europe for dragging out the war in Ukraine through its military support for Kyiv and vowed to respond to Europe's militarization amid what he argued were falsely hyped Russian threats. Yet Putin said reports that the U.S. was considering providing American-made Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine would mark a new stage of escalation. Putin also took aim at President Trump's recent comments calling Russia a paper tiger over its failure to subdue its neighbor. In response, Putin said Russia had been fighting the entirety of the NATO alliance and was still making steady advancements in Ukraine. If we are a paper tiger, asked Putin, then what is NATO itself? Charles Baines, NPR News, Moscow.
U.S. futures are flat in after-hours trading on Wall Street. This is NPR. Disgraced hip-hop mogul Sean Diddy Combs is scheduled for sentencing today. On the eve of his sentencing, Combs asked the judge for leniency. Prosecutors say Combs should serve 11 years in prison for his conviction on two prostitution-related counts. Defense attorneys say their client should be freed. Combs has been in custody since his arrest last year. A Russian tanker transporting oil banned under international sanctions has been stopped off the Atlantic coast of France. The story from NPR's Eleanor Beardsley.
Macron spoke from Copenhagen after a two-day EU summit on Russian drone interference in the European airspace. He said drones over the EU must be shot down and the oil tankers stopped. There are around 1,000 boats in this Russian Phantom fleet moving Russian oil, he said, and proceeds from oil sales are financing up to 40% of Russia's war against Ukraine.
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