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What are the impacts of the government shutdown on American workers?
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. Half a million Americans will soon miss their first full paycheck as the government shutdown drags on. And millions are about to find out how much more they'll have to pay to keep their health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Wisconsin U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin is among Democrats worried about how their constituents are coping.
I'm already hearing from Wisconsinites who are seeing doubling, tripling, quadrupling of their costs. As my Republican colleagues start hearing from their constituents, this hopefully will elevate as an urgent issue for them.
Baldwin says President Trump's tax cut and spending bill contains the largest reduction in decades in funding for food assistance to low-income Americans. Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry says SNAP recipients in his state will not receive cash assistance next month. That story from Mel Bridges with Member Station WRKF in Baton Rouge.
Roughly 800,000 people here, or about one in five, receive SNAP benefits. With SNAP benefits running out, more people have to rely on food banks. Mike Manning, president and CEO of the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank, says they're still trying to figure out how they're going to keep up.
Once the SNAP benefits go away and people can no longer use their SNAP cards, it's going to be a real challenge because we're going to see people coming to us for help. And we're already very limited in the amount of food we have available.
Governor Landry, a Republican, blames the lack of funding on Senate Democrats. Each party accuses the other of using the pain caused by the shutdown for political leverage.
How are rising healthcare costs affecting Americans under the Affordable Care Act?
For NPR News, I'm Mel Bridges in Baton Rouge.
President Trump says Washington and Ottawa have terminated their talks on trade and tariffs. As Dan Karpinchuk reports, Trump is upset over an anti-tariff television commercial.
Trump says the ad from the Ontario government shows Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs is fake. On his Truth Social platform, Trump said he is calling off trade talks with Canada because of the ad which he attributed to Canada. He also posted that tariffs are important to the national security and economy of the U.S. and based on their egregious behavior, all trade negotiations with Canada are hereby terminated. Ontario spent $75 million to broadcast the anti-tariff ad, focusing on Republican voters. It featured former President Ronald Reagan speaking in 1987, saying in the long term, tariffs do not work. The ad has been airing on all major U.S. networks. So far, there's been no reaction from Ottawa to Trump's declaration.
For NPR News, I'm Dan Karpinchuk in Toronto.
President Trump plans to visit Japan and South Korea next week to promote investments in U.S. manufacturing and other projects. Together, Tokyo and Seoul have pledged to invest about $900 billion in the U.S. in hopes that Trump will lower tariffs on their exports. U.S. futures are flat in after-hours trading on Wall Street following Thursday's gains. You're listening to NPR. The FBI has announced criminal charges alleging sports betting and rigged poker games involving the NBA and mafia groups. Among over 30 people arrested, Portland Trailblazers head coach Chauncey Billups is accused of rigging poker games run by organized crime. The indictment also names Miami Heat point guard Terry Rozier. who was cleared of wrongdoing last year, and former Toronto Raptors center Jonte Porter, who the MPA has banned for life.
Last year, Porter admitted betting on his team's games and sharing information with other gamblers. Doctors have long known that antidepressants come with side effects for cardiovascular and metabolic health, but a major analysis from British researchers combines data from over 150 drug trials that to compare the side effects of dozens of antidepressants.
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