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What are the latest updates on the government shutdown negotiations?
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stephens. President Trump is turning back Democratic demands that he meet with them to end the government shutdown. Negotiations seem to be at a stalemate, as NPR's Giles Snyder reports.
Speaking with reporters in the Oval Office, President Trump said he's willing to meet with top congressional Democrats, but he repeated Republican demands a government reopen first.
I'd love to meet with them. I just want them to open up the country.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says Trump has a responsibility to meet with them before he leaves for Asia later this week.
It's not me, him, or anything political. It's that the people are in crisis. Every day they're getting these... bill, these notifications of how much they're going to pay.
Democrats say millions of Americans will face substantial premium increases if expiring health insurance subsidies under the Affordable Care Act are not extended. Giles Snyder, NPR News.
What is the significance of the Arizona Attorney General's lawsuit against House Speaker Mike Johnson?
The Arizona Attorney General's office is suing House Speaker Mike Johnson for not swearing in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. L.M. Boyd with Arizona Public Media has the story.
The doors remain shut to the El Pueblo Neighborhood Center for a fourth week, where Adelita Grijalva is waiting to gain access and serve local constituents. She says that while Arizona's 7th congressional district awaits representation, voters are struggling to access information they typically get from that office.
I did not want to be in this congressional limbo, but I do think it gives me an opportunity to fight for Arizonans and bring up the issues that I was elected to serve on.
Grialva's father, Congressman Raul Grialva, died in March at age 77 after complications from cancer treatment. For NPR News, I'm LM Boyd in Tucson.
A federal judge is weighing pretrial arguments in the Justice Department's case against New Jersey Congresswoman LaMonica McIvers. U.S. District Judge Jamel Semper has ordered DOJ to take down several social media posts deemed presidential to McIvers and to release all relevant footage of her arrest. MacGyver faces assault charges after she and the mayor of Newark were taken into custody during a protest outside an ICE facility in Newark last May. Vice President J.D. Vance says he's optimistic about the Gaza ceasefire, but says there's a lot of very hard work left to do.
How is the Justice Department's case against Congresswoman LaMonica McIvers unfolding?
Vance has joined U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner in Israel. As NPR's Greg Myhre reports, the Trump administration hopes to avoid some of the pitfalls of past Mideast peace efforts.
Many U.S. presidents have been reluctant to lean on Israeli leaders. Trump is not, and he has leverage. The ceasefire is certainly part of that leverage. And you may recall just four months ago in June, Trump ordered U.S. airstrikes on Iran to help Israel with its own bombing campaign against that country's nuclear facilities.
Greg Myhre in Tel Aviv.
What are the implications of President Trump's decision not to meet with Vladimir Putin?
This is NPR. President Trump's nominee to oversee the Office of Special Counsel has withdrawn himself from consideration. 30-year-old Paul Ingrassia's decision comes after his racist and anti-Semitic text messages were made public. Ingrassia is an attorney and a Trump activist. President Trump is not meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin next week. The change of plans follows Tuesday's phone call between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Russian counterpart. Details from NPR's Charles Maines in Moscow.
Trump has called for both Russia and Ukraine to freeze the war along current battle lines, a proposal that would reward Russia with Ukrainian territory, but also, Trump argues, end the fighting. Yet speaking in Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the plan failed to address the root causes of the conflict and would leave, in his words, Nazis in control of much of Ukraine.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What are the latest updates on the government shutdown negotiations?
0:00–1:11
2
What is the significance of the Arizona Attorney General's lawsuit against House Speaker Mike Johnson?
1:11–2:38
3
How is the Justice Department's case against Congresswoman LaMonica McIvers unfolding?
2:38–3:12
4
What are the implications of President Trump's decision not to meet with Vladimir Putin?
3:12–4:11
5
How does Trump's proposal for a ceasefire affect the conflict in Ukraine?
4:11–4:44
6
What recent environmental incidents are impacting Mexico's oil industry?
4:44–4:53