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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. President-elect Donald Trump and VP-elect J.D. Vance are attacking a bipartisan measure aimed at preventing a government shutdown after midnight Friday. President-elect Trump basically telling House Speaker Mike Johnson to blow up the agreement and threatening any Republican lawmakers who break ranks.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, however, was quick to note if there is a government shutdown, Republicans will be to blame.
House Republicans... will now own any harm that is visited upon the American people that results from a government shutdown or worse. An agreement is an agreement. It was bipartisan. And there was nothing more to say.
Trump, along with entrepreneur Elon Musk, who co-chairs a government efficiency advisory committee, claimed the stopgap spending bill is a giveaway to Democrats. The White House said a government shutdown would endanger government services and hurt communities recovering from disasters.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency in response to the ongoing spread of bird flu and dairy cattle, the declaration a sign of growing concern over the situation in California. NPR's Will Stone has more.
More than 300 dairy herds have tested positive in California in the last 30 days alone. The governor said that cases detected in dairy cows on farms in Southern California showed the need for expanded monitoring and a more coordinated statewide response.
There's no evidence of ongoing human-to-human spread in California or the rest of the country, but scientists warn that uncontrolled spread in dairy cattle heightens the risk of spillover into humans, which could give the virus a chance to acquire dangerous mutations. The state of emergency in California comes on the heels of another worrying development, the first severe illness in a U.S.
resident linked to bird flu. That was reported in a Louisiana resident who tested positive after being exposed to sick birds. Will Stone, NPR News.
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