Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stephens. President Trump has signed a stopgap bill to reopen the government hours after the Measure 1 final passage in the U.S. House. NPR's Sam Greenglass has more.
After 43 days, the federal government is on track to reopen for the first time since September 30th. The record-long shutdown has resulted in federal employees going without pay, airport delays, and pauses to food assistance.
Chapter 2: What recent government action did President Trump take regarding the shutdown?
The package, passed Monday by the Senate, will temporarily fund most of the government through January and some specific agencies through next September. It also includes a provision that would ensure federal employees get back pay and rehire those who were laid off during the shutdown.
Most House Democrats voted against the measure because it does not extend the expiring health insurance subsidies they have been pushing to preserve. Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington.
Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader John Thune says he will hold a vote to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies in December. Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva has finally been seated as the newest member of the U.S. House. Grijalva's first official act was signing a bipartisan petition demanding the release of government files on Jeffrey Epstein. NPR's Claudia Grisales reports.
Congresswoman Grijalva provided the final signature needed to force a December vote to release the files tied to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender.
Just this morning, House Democrats released more emails showing that Trump knew more about Epstein's abuses than he previously acknowledged.
Four Republicans joined House Democrats weeks ago to sign on to the petition, which has been led by Kentucky Republican Thomas Massey and House Democrat Ro Khanna. Now, President Trump is working to flip one or more of those Republicans to prevent the release from happening. Claudia Gonzalez, NPR News.
The Food and Drug Administration is creating a new way for approving cutting-edge treatments for for rare diseases. NPR's Rob Stein explains.
In a paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine, two top FDA officials describe what they call a new, quote, plausible mechanism pathway for approving treatments.
Instead of requiring complicated and expensive studies testing an experimental treatment on patients, the FDA says some therapies could be approved based on other criteria that could include evidence that the treatment can help patients by fixing the underlying cause of the disease, like a genetic defect.
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