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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. Another federal employees union is calling on Congress to end the government shutdown. As NPR's Andrea Hsu reports, the union supports the continuing resolution that's been proposed by Republicans.
In a statement, the president of the American Federation of Government Employees, Everett Kelly, calls the shutdown an avoidable crisis that is harming families, communities, and the very institutions that hold our country together.
He called on Congress to pass a clean, continuing resolution, a move Democrats have rejected as part of their effort to force Republicans to negotiate on federal health care subsidies. Kelly wrote there is no winning a government shutdown.
Chapter 2: What is the impact of the government shutdown on federal employees?
Instead, they cost taxpayers billions and erode confidence. But some federal workers have urged Democrats to stand firm. They see the shutdown as a chance for lawmakers to reassert their authority over government spending and push back against the president's agenda. Andrea Hsu, NPR News.
President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, remains on hold. Hundreds of troops in the area have sat idle for nearly a month. But as Oregon Public Broadcasting's Dirk Vander Hart reports, that could soon change.
Trump called in the National Guard to defend a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the city that has been the target of protests. But the deployment has been held up in court. A federal judge barred Trump from sending in troops earlier this month. Then an appeals court ruled last week the deployment was lawful. But that ruling is now on pause.
Judges with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals are weighing whether to give the matter a closer look. They expect to decide by Tuesday evening. Protests at the ICE facility turned briefly destructive in June, prompting a partial closure of the building. Since then, demonstrations have mostly been small and peaceful, though attendance has ticked up since Trump called in the guard.
For NPR News, I'm Dirk Vanderhaart in Portland.
Jamaica is bracing for what could be the biggest storm in the island's history. Hurricane Melissa is a powerful Category 5 storm carrying top winds of of up to 175 miles per hour. As NPR's Michael Levitt reports, it's expected to make landfall Tuesday morning.
Melissa is expected to be slow-moving and brutal, with up to 40 inches of rain predicted in some areas. Flooding and storm surges as high as 13 feet threaten coastal communities, while communities on hillsides face the potential for dangerous mudslides. Peter Lindau is a resident of Norbrook, a suburb in the foothills north of Kingston.
He says he's bracing not just the weather of the storm, but also for what comes after.
I'm expecting that we won't have power for several days. I'm expecting that communication will be compromised for several days. Roads will be blocked. Living will be difficult for a few days.
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