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Senators are reconvening Monday to vote on temporarily funding the government, but both parties seem unlikely to bend in their demands.
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Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been furloughed because of the government shutdown. NPR's Morning Edition spoke with three of them about their experiences.
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Maryland Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen says the law doesn't give President Trump more power to fire people during a shutdown and White House plans to do so are "vindictive." -
A federal judge blocked the deployment of the National Guard in Oregon, Hamas, Israel and the U.S. will work toward finalizing a peace deal in Egypt Monday, the Supreme Court starts its new term.
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CBS' parent company is buying The Free Press and installing Bari Weiss, its contrarian founder, as editor in chief of CBS News. -
Women have an evolutionary advantage when it comes to living longer. They outlive men by about five years. This gender gap is true for many mammals, but a new study shows how human males could narrow it. -
The Supreme Court term promises to be hugely consequential and focused in large part on how much power the Constitution gives to the president. -
Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad documented Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip after the Hamas Oct. 7 attacks. Her diary is now a book called "The Eyes of Gaza."
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Several clashes happened over the weekend between protesters and federal agents in Chicago. It comes as the Trump administration and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker fight over National Guard deployments.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Robinson Meyer of the climate and energy site Heatmap News why electricity bills are rising faster than inflation.
