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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stephens. The government shutdown has ended now that President Trump has signed a bill to reopen it. A standoff over expiring health insurance subsidies was breached when seven Democrats and one Independent sided with Senate Republicans over the weekend. Trump says that the shutdown was attempted extortion by Democrats.
So I just want to tell the American people you should not forget this. When we come up to midterms and other things, don't forget what they've done to our country. I also want to call for a termination to the filibuster so that this can never happen again.
Trump also called for direct-to-consumer government subsidies to help people covered by the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva has been seated in the U.S. House over a month and a half after winning a special election. to fill a seat held by her late father. In her first order of business, Grijalva signed the House petition demanding the full release of government files on late sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein. Six months after the Justice Department canceled millions of dollars in public safety grants, many affected groups are still reeling. NPR's Meg Anderson checked in with some of them.
The grant cancellations affected initiatives like school violence programs, training for police officers, and resources for domestic violence victims. Amy Solomon, a former DOJ official, says the cuts were unprecedented.
When an administration gives a grant to an organization, that is a promise for the full amount. And so organizations... plan, they budget, they hire.
Most of the groups NPR spoke with have had to lay off employees, dip into reserve funds, or shrink the services they offer. They also said the DOJ has not reimbursed them for money already spent or made a decision on appeals. In a statement, the DOJ told NPR the ongoing government shutdown is hindering its ability to do so. Meg Anderson, NPR News.
Foreign ministers from the world's seven richest nations are condemning the escalating violence in Sudan. As NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports, it was one of the many topics discussed on day two of the G7 meeting in Canada.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says over the past couple of days he's heard a lot of concerns about the paramilitary force known as the RSF, which is carrying out sexual violence and other atrocities in areas they control in Sudan.
The fundamental problem we have is that the RSF agrees to things and then never follows through with it. So now what you have is a calamity on your hands.
He says countries need to stop arming the RSF, though he didn't specifically single out the United Arab Emirates. He says the UAE is part of a diplomatic group called the Quad, and the U.S. is working with everyone there to pressure the RSF to stop. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.
You're listening to NPR. The solar storms triggering northern lights have prompted NASA to scrub Blue Origin's mission to Mars. The launch of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket was delayed after NASA engineers became concerned about how the increased radiation would affect the spacecraft. The New Glenn rocket will deliver NASA's two Escapade spacecraft to Mars months after its maiden voyage from Florida 10 months ago. The rocket's upper stage entered orbit, but its first stage booster was lost during landing. Pennsylvania was the first major fossil fuel-producing state to put a price on carbon emissions, but it is now reversing course. From Member Station WESA, Rachel McDevitt has details from Pittsburgh.
As part of a months-delayed budget deal, Pennsylvania Democrats traded away the state's membership in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a cap-and-trade program that limits emissions from power plants. Because of court challenges, the state has never actually participated, even after joining in 2022. Governor Josh Shapiro says Republicans have been using Reggie as an excuse to avoid real debate on clean energy and electricity bills.
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