Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. House Speaker Mike Johnson says he's planning to call lawmakers back to Washington as the Senate prepares to vote on a bill that would temporarily end the government shutdown.
The Senate is moving forward on an amended House CR, a continuing resolution, that will reopen the government until January 30th. Added to that are provisions to fully fund SNAP provisions through the end of the next fiscal year, which is September 2026.
The agreement also includes a future vote on extending Enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, a key Democratic demand.
Chapter 2: What are the latest updates on the government shutdown negotiations?
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffrey says he plans to vote no on the bill.
We're not going to support a partisan Republican spending bill that continues to gut the health care of the American people. And we're going to continue the fight to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits.
The House must still approve the measure before it reaches President Trump's desk. A small group of National Guard members in Ohio is questioning President Trump's deployments to various U.S. cities. They spoke to NPR on the condition of anonymity. NPR's Kat Lonsdorff reports.
A few Guard members in Ohio started an encrypted group chat so they could talk about what was happening with the deployments and process them together.
I really went to like a dark place when they sent the troops to L.A., eventually D.C. and now like Chicago. Like this is just not what any of us signed up for.
NPR met with three of them to talk about how they're feeling, what they would do if they were required to go on one of Trump's deployments and if they had thought about ending their military careers. The Trump administration has said the deployments are necessary for law and order. Federal judges and local governments have disagreed.
These three feel deeply uncomfortable with the possible direction they could be headed. Kat Lonsdorff, NPR News, Ohio.
The U.S. military has struck two more boats in the eastern Pacific, killing at least six people. NPR's Kerry Kahn reports that's according to a social media post by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Defense Secretary Hegseth says the latest attack struck two boats suspected of smuggling drugs. This is the 19th by the U.S. since the military campaign began early September. Hegseth posted two short videos showing two separate boats bombed while traveling along What the defense secretary said is a no-narco-trafficking transit route. Hegseth said those killed were all male narco-terrorists.
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