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--:-- Noor Rahm: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Noor Rahm. The government's fiscal year ends Tuesday, and Congress has not passed the bills necessary to pay for government programs.
--:-- Ron Elving: In recent years, lawmakers would agree to pass a continuing resolution that would continue spending at last year's levels for a short time to prevent a government shutdown and to allow for more negotiation. That's what President Trump wants this year, but congressional Democrats won't agree to that unless there's an agreement to extend health care subsidies, which are due to expire this year.
--:-- Noor Rahm: NPR's Ron Elving has more. Both sides at least seem to have decided to have the shutdown. Trump because he thinks it will empower him to do as he wishes and strengthen his standing with voters. A Democrat seemed resigned to a shutdown because anything more cooperative would make them look weak or, worse yet, make them look like enablers for Trump. So they chosen to take a stand over health care spending.
--:-- Ron Elving: NPR Ron Elving The government is canceling the visa of Colombia left president The State Department announced the move after Gustavo Petro urged U soldiers to disobey President Trump.
--:-- John Otis: John Otis has more. Colombian President Gustavo Petro was in the U.S. for the U.N. General Assembly, where he had already angered the Trump administration by calling for a criminal inquiry into U.S. airstrikes on alleged drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean. Then, speaking at a pro-Palestinian street rally in New York, Petro turned his attention to American army troops. Disobey the orders of Trump, Petro said. Obey the orders of humanity.
--:-- Noor Rahm: Hours later, the State Department called his remarks reckless and incendiary and said it was revoking the Colombian president's visa. For NPR News, I'm John Otis in Bogota, Colombia.
--:-- Debbie Elliott: Americans are concerned about crime but don't broadly support President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to police U.S. cities. This is the finding of a new NPR Ipsos and Folsom poll.
--:-- Noor Rahm: NPR's Debbie Elliott reports. The poll shows that 7 in 10 Americans say the level of crime and violence in American cities is at an unacceptable level Crime is down significantly from pandemic highs but Ipsos Vice President Mallory Newell says public perception is still that crime rates are up.
--:-- Debbie Elliott: While the American public largely agrees that crime has increased in the U.S. and in major cities, they don't broadly support the actions taken in the name of stopping crime, like calling in the National Guard. But Newell says there's a significant partisan divide, with about eight in 10 Republicans supporting Trump's crime-fighting tactics and almost the same number of Democrats opposing.
--:-- Noor Rahm: This is NPR News in Washington. Oregon Governor Tina Kotex says there is no national security threat in Portland. She was responding to President Trump's statement on social media today that he's directed the Defense Department to send troops to Portland to protect immigration facilities.
--:-- Laura Hackett: Exactly a year after Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina with lethal floods and landslides, the city of Asheville has its own way to seek healing. Blue Ridge Public Radio Laura Hackett reports Librarian Erin Parcells is standing on a bridge with a red megaphone overlooking the same river that leveled Asheville River Arts District a year ago.
--:-- Erin Parcells: [Speaking through a megaphone] I'm here to lead a primal scream on behalf of the local library The scream was a meaningful way to mark all that Asheville has been through, says first-time screamer Francie Gens.
--:-- Francie Gens: I think we need to get it out and we need to feel it and we We need to be together and know that we're all feeling this and let it resound and be heard. The idea came from Chicago, which has a weekly Scream Club. In Asheville, where the city faces years of home, road, and water repairs, locals hope to make it a monthly occurrence.
--:-- Laura Hackett: For NPR News, I'm Laura Hackett in Asheville, North Carolina.
--:-- Noor Rahm: It's fall festival season in many parts of the country. In West Virginia, organizers are combining the usual music, arts, and crafts with a roadkill cook-off. Squirrel chili and venison stew are on the menu. The West Virginia tourism people call it a celebration of regional flavors and resourcefulness that intrigues and satisfies.
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