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What is the current status of the government shutdown and its impacts?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The government shutdown is in its fourth week. Congressional leaders say they are no closer to an agreement to end it. More than a million federal workers have missed a paycheck. A popular food assistance program is almost out of money. NPR's Sam Greenglass reports.
This shutdown is now the second longest in U.S. history, but both Republicans and Democrats see coming impacts that could compel the other side to back down. Democrats, like House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, think expiring health care subsidies will be harder for Republicans to ignore after November 1st, when open enrollment begins for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans.
Tens of millions of Americans are going to wake up to the reality that their premiums, co-pays and deductibles are about to explode.
That same day, funding for the food assistance program SNAP is expected to run out. And Republicans are warning of flight cancellations and delays if the shutdown persists through Thanksgiving. Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington.
On the sidelines of an economic gathering in Malaysia, American and Chinese negotiators have said they agreed to a framework on a deal addressing tariffs, rare earth minerals and fentanyl. President Trump has said there could also be a final deal on keeping TikTok operating in the U.S.
Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to meet Thursday at a separate economic meeting in South Korea. Kirk Campbell, who served as deputy secretary of state during the Biden administration, raises concerns Trump may give China too much flexibility on key technologies in order to secure a deal in the short term that boosts largely agricultural products.
Many people are concerned that that's not a good deal for us. And that those areas, AI chips, semiconductor capabilities, those are our high card. And the president is actually, I think, contemplating trading that away for short term political benefits that might be good for him in next year's election.
Campbell speaking with NPR's Morning Edition. Foreign carmakers are looking more closely at U.S. suppliers to avoid tariffs. Stephen Basaja of the Gulf States Newsroom reports from an auto industry speed dating event.
Carmakers and suppliers met for rapid-fire five-minute meetings in Huntsville, Alabama, during the Southern Automotive Conference earlier this month. Marlena Melentine represented the Mazda Toyota factory in Alabama.
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