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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
Chapter 2: What protests are occurring in Shenandoah County against President Trump?
In rural Shenandoah County, Virginia, demonstrators packed a quarter mile of sidewalk for the No Kings rally against President Trump. Randy Behagey with member station WMRA has more.
The No Kings gathering was part of a seven-month streak of weekly protests against the Trump administration. Here's one of the organizers, Dr. Mark Pierce.
The reason we are out here is to give a message that we are not his subjects.
Local resident Joan Griffin has been consistently protesting here.
Chapter 3: How are American farmers affected by the ongoing federal government shutdown?
The fact that they are grabbing people who are even American citizens off the street, the cutting off of funding to universities and the like for research. And then I'm very disturbed by what is the apparent destruction of the federal government.
More than 70 percent of voters in the county cast their ballot for President Donald Trump last year. For NPR News, I'm Randi B. Hagee in Woodstock, Virginia.
And that's part of some 2,500 marches around the country today.
Chapter 4: What is the status of National Guard assistance in Louisiana?
As the federal government shutdown drags on, American farmers are getting increasingly worried about federal payments getting cut off. for everything from disaster insurance to price supports. Empire's Kirk Sigler reports wheat farmers were already dealing with high costs due to inflation and President Trump's tariffs.
Farmers here have been waiting for the Agriculture Secretary's promised aid package to commodity growers who have seen their export markets cut off due to the administration's trade war. So far, no word or specifics, and each day that passes makes financing for next year even less certain. Byron Beeney is with the Northwest Grain Growers Co-op.
Chapter 5: How was a Broadway actors' strike averted over health care issues?
Not just the farmers, but the banks supplying the farmers with the money to operate need some insurance that the farmers are not going to be going broke. During Trump's last trade war in 2018, federal taxpayers spent about $12 billion on relief to farmers affected by retaliatory tariffs from China. Some growers say they still haven't recovered. Kirk Sigler, NPR News, Boise.
Louisiana's governor says he thinks the state will be granted National Guard assistance by the Trump administration. Brooke Thornton from member station WRKF reports troops could be in place by Thanksgiving.
Chapter 6: What record did David Attenborough set with the Daytime Emmy Award?
Governor Jeff Landry made the announcement in an interview with Louisiana First News. The Republican says he wants to help offset a shortage of police officers in cities like New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
And then also use them in other cities that seem to have a very violent crime rate.
Landry's comments come as Democratic governors in Oregon and Illinois continue to fight National Guard deployment. Local officials in New Orleans have argued against the idea, citing a declining crime rate. Landry says he saw the value the Guard provided following the New Year's Day truck attack in the French Quarter. For NPR News, I'm Brooke Thornton in Baton Rouge.
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A strike of Broadway actors and stage managers has been averted after a deal was reached over health care. NPR's Shondalese Duster has more.
The Actors' Equity Association, which represents more than 51,000 actors and stage managers, says a tentative agreement has been reached with the Broadway League, representing theater owners and producers, to extend a health equity fund. The union's executive director, Al Vincent Jr., says that the three-year agreement saves the health fund.
It also makes progress toward, quote, our other priorities, including scheduling and physical therapy access. The Broadway League says the health fund receives millions of dollars each year from Broadway production grosses that add to the total benefits contributions of the health fund. The union says it will bring the deal to its members for ratification.
Broadway musicians are also in talks over wage increases, work rules, and health care. Shondalese Duster, NPR News.
British naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough has become the oldest person to win the Daytime Emmy Award. The 99-year-old broke the record set last year by Dick Van Dyke, who won it at the age of 98. Attenborough won for the documentary Secret Lives of Orangutans, which follows a multi-generational family of apes in Sumatra.
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