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--:-- Ryland Barton: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The country is heading towards a government shutdown unless a funding deal can be struck by the end of tomorrow. Congressional leaders from both parties met with President Trump today.
--:-- Chuck Schumer: Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says there are still large differences over health care and Trump's power to claw back funding. I think for the first time the president heard our objections and heard why we needed a bipartisan bill.
--:-- John Thune: Senate Republican Leader John Thune called Democrats' efforts a hostage-taking. The Republicans are united. House Republicans, Senate Republicans, President Trump.
--:-- Ryland Barton: The House has passed a clean funding resolution to fund the government until November the 21st. It's clean, it is bipartisan, and it is short term.
--:-- Ryland Barton: During the last shutdown standoff earlier this year, Schumer and a small group of Democrats broke ranks to let the funding bill advance to a final vote The Democratic leader has faced fierce backlash for the decision
--:-- Ryland Barton: After the meeting Trump posted a racist fake video to his Truth Social account It features an AI-generated voiceover of Democratic leader Schumer complaining about Democrats' political woes and depicts House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wearing a sombrero and mustache while mariachi music plays in the background.
--:-- Ryland Barton: Look, guys, there's no way to sugarcoat it. Nobody likes Democrats anymore. In the video, Schumer's fake voiceover goes on to say that no one supports Democrats because of, quote, woke trans BS. It goes on to say that, quote, if we give all these illegal aliens free health care, we might be able to get them on our side so they can vote for us, unquote.
--:-- Hakeem Jeffries: After the video, Jeffries posted on X that, quote, bigotry will get you nowhere and we are not backing down.
--:-- Ryland Barton: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will address hundreds of admirals and generals at Marine Base Quantico in Virginia on Tuesday. President Trump will also be there.
--:-- Tom Bowman: Secretary Hegseth and his staff have said little about the reason for ordering senior officers from around the world to attend the morning meeting. Sources tell NPR Hegseth is expected to talk about homeland defense and tell the admirals and generals about the ongoing plan to restore what he calls a worry or ethos a move that includes toughening physical fitness standards for the troops Hegseth has repeatedly said the military is too woke and focused on diversity He has fired multiple senior officers citing these reasons or suggesting they got their jobs because of diversity.
--:-- Tom Bowman: Hegseth has also said the military is top-heavy with senior officers and wants to cut their numbers by 20 percent.
--:-- Ryland Barton: Wall Street ticked higher today as technology stocks recovered some of their losses from late last week. The S&P 500 added 0.3 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 68 points, or 0.1 percent. And the Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.5 percent.
--:-- Ryland Barton: This is NPR News from Washington.
--:-- Ryland Barton: Google's video platform YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by President Trump. Trump sued when his account was suspended following the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. It's the latest tech company settlement with Trump.
--:-- Ryland Barton: In January, Meta agreed to pay $25 million to settle a lawsuit over his 2021 suspension from Facebook.
--:-- Ryland Barton: The death toll from a mass shooting and arson at a Michigan church on Sunday remains at four people. Eight others were injured As Mission Public Sarah Swick reports federal and state law enforcement are still combing through the church remains Thomas Jacob Sanford drove a pickup truck into morning services at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Chapel in Grand Blank, Michigan, Sunday morning.
--:-- Sarah Swick: He shot at worshipers while also setting the church ablaze. Sanford was shot and killed by responding officers.
--:-- William Rennie: William Rennie is the Grand Blank Township police chief. He says the fire largely destroyed the church. We have not completed searching the church, but as we know, everyone has been accounted for.
--:-- Sarah Swick: Authorities would not comment on Sanford's potential motive. Sanford was a 40-year-old Marine veteran who served in Iraq. Police say he had a criminal record for burglary and drunk driving.
--:-- Ryland Barton: For NPR News, I'm Sarah Swick.
--:-- Ryland Barton: The Washington Post reports that journalist Lally Weymouth has died. Weymouth belonged to the Graham family that owned the Washington Post for 80 years. She secured interviews with foreign leaders as well as dictators like Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi.
--:-- Ryland Barton: Her daughter says she died of pancreatic cancer. She was 82 years old.
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