NPR News: 10-16-2025 1PM EDT
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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The Republican-led U.S. Senate did not get enough votes to advance legislation to reopen the government. NPR's Barbara Sprint reports it's the 10th time a vote like this has failed.
The 51 to 45 vote fell short of the 60 votes needed to move forward. Senate Republicans need a handful of Democrats to join them in order to advance the bill. Two Democrats and one independent senator have repeatedly voted alongside Republicans. No new Democrats have joined them since that first vote. As the stalemate continues, Senate Democrats insist Republicans have to negotiate with them in order to get their votes, specifically on the soon-to-expire Affordable Care Act subsidies. Republicans say reopen the government first, negotiate after. Because the Senate doesn't plan to be in legislative session until Monday, it's expected that the funding lapse and negotiation impasse will hit the three-week mark next week.
Barbara Sprint, NPR News, the Capitol.
Political mapmakers and voting rights advocates are watching to see when the U.S. Supreme Court will rule in a case that will shape the future of redistricting. Here's NPR's Hansi Lowong.
For this Louisiana redistricting case, it's not clear if the Supreme Court will break from its usual schedule of releasing major decisions in June. Louisiana officials have asked for ruling by early January. Alana Odoms leads the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, which is representing a group of black voters in this case, and says whenever the court rules, it would determine whether the Voting Rights Act Section 2 could continue to protect against the dilution of racial minority voters' collective power in places where voting is racially polarized.
If Section 2 falls, legislatures could redraw maps whenever it helps them keep power, and communities of color could pay the price or would pay the price.
Depending on how the court rules, Republicans could redraw up to 19 more congressional districts in their favor. Anzi Luang, NPR News.
The U.N. humanitarian chief says there's been a setback in the amount of aid going to Gaza during the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. More from NPR's Aya Batrawi.
The U.N. says its teams in the past 24 hours were only able to collect aid, such as food, medicine and hygiene kits, that had previously been transferred into Gaza. That means the U.N. wasn't able to bring in new aid since at least Tuesday. The UN says a flood of aid is desperately needed in Gaza to reverse starvation and severe malnutrition, particularly among children. The UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher says thousands of trucks of aid should be flowing into Gaza every week and that all land crossings into Gaza must be open. He says the UN has long insisted that withholding aid from civilians in Gaza is not a bargaining chip. Israel's military has not responded to NPR's request for comment. Fletcher also called on Hamas to make strenuous efforts to return all bodies of hostages.
Aya Batraoui, NPR News, Dubai.
U.S. stocks trading lower this hour with the Dow down 173 points, the S&P has lost 28, and the Nasdaq is now off 68 points. From Washington, this is NPR News. President Trump said on social media this morning he had a lengthy conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but didn't give specifics. Trump's preparing to welcome back Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Washington, D.C. tomorrow. Days after securing a ceasefire deal in the Middle East, President Trump is attempting to achieve the same between Russia and Ukraine. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Chicago are now under court order to wear body cameras. Today, U.S. District Judge Sarah Ellis rendered her decision after expressing concern that agents were failing to comply with an earlier order to avoid using violent measures against peaceful protesters and journalists.
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