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What is the current status of the U.S. government shutdown?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly. The government shutdown is nearly four weeks old. It's the second longest on record. NPR's Luke Garrett says paychecks for members of the U.S. military and federal food services are set to stop, with Congress showing few signs of resolving the funding impasse.
The Department of Agriculture says the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, will end food assistance by November 1st. Meanwhile, Treasury Secretary Scott Besson tells ABC News funds are running out to pay the troops.
We're going to be out of money on November 15th, and for a military not to get paid is a disgrace.
Republicans and Democrats can't agree on how to fund the government or whether to extend health care benefits. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries tells CBS News Democrats want to negotiate.
How are international relations affecting U.S. military actions?
There is an urgent need to reopen the government, which is why we continue to demand that Republicans sit at the negotiating table.
President Trump and Republican leaders say they won't negotiate until Democrats first vote to reopen the government. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina says he believes President Trump may soon escalate U.S. airstrikes against Venezuela and Colombia. In recent months, the military has been targeting boats from the two countries suspected of carrying drugs and cartel members in the Caribbean and in the Pacific. Graham says he thinks those airstrikes might soon be expanded to strikes on land.
I think President Trump's made a decision that Maduro, the leader of Venezuela, is an indicted drug trafficker, that it's time for him to go, that Venezuela and Colombia have been safe havens for narco-terrorists for too long.
He was speaking to CBS's Face the Nation. Graham describes such an escalation as a real possibility.
What happened in the Louvre Museum heist investigation?
French authorities continue to question two men suspected of breaking into the Louvre Museum and stealing more than $100 million worth of jewels. The two were arrested over the weekend with the help of a security video and DNA samples, as NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports from Paris.
French media are reporting that the men were under surveillance for several days and are known to police. The Paris prosecutor confirmed one of the men was picked up at Charles de Gaulle Airport about to take a flight to Algeria. French media are also reporting that more than 150 samples of the men's fingerprints and DNA were discovered on items left behind at the scene of the crime. such as a circular saw, a reflective vest, a motorcycle helmet, a jerry can, gloves, a walkie-talkie, and Empress Eugenie's diamond and emerald crown that was dropped. By law, the police can hold the men 96 hours before they must be charged. The other two accomplices and the jewels are still missing. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
This is NPR News from Washington.
How is the trend of fewer children impacting the global economy?
President Trump has arrived in Japan, the latest stop on his current trip to Asia. The president announced U.S. trade agreements with four Southeast Asian nations during his visit to Malaysia, the first stop on his trip. Trump says he hopes to add a trade deal with China. The president is scheduled to hold a summit with China's President Xi Jinping on Thursday. As families in the U.S. and around the world have fewer children, economists say that trend is reshaping parts of the global economy. As NPR's Brian Mann reports, in many places, populations are aging fast and beginning to decline.
Most experts agree the shift to fewer kids is being driven by good things, including education and economic gains for women and plummeting teen pregnancy rates. But there are also challenges.
What is the latest update on the Major League Baseball World Series?
Economists say families in all the countries that drive global GDP, from China to Germany to the U.S., are now having too few children to maintain a stable population and robust workforce. Lant Pritchett is at the London School of Economics.
It's hard to maintain the dynamism of the economy. You can't get people to do all kinds of work, from electricians to plumbers to everything else.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the current status of the U.S. government shutdown?
0:01–0:51
2
How are international relations affecting U.S. military actions?
0:51–1:56
3
What happened in the Louvre Museum heist investigation?
1:56–3:01
4
How is the trend of fewer children impacting the global economy?
3:01–3:47
5
What is the latest update on the Major League Baseball World Series?
3:47–4:39