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--:-- Louise Schiavone: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone. President Trump meets with congressional leaders later today. If government funding legislation is not passed by Congress and signed into law tomorrow night, many government offices will be temporarily shuttered.
--:-- Barbara Sprott: The Trump factor in some ways is unpredictability. We've seen him scrap bipartisan deals and meetings before pretty abruptly. In this case, within the last week, he's blasted the Democratic leaders for what they're demanding and then agreed to a meeting. So the question I have is, is this going to be a meeting where everyone comes willing to compromise and negotiate? Or will they leave and just tell their bases, hey, you know, I tried, but the other side is being unreasonable?
--:-- Louise Schiavone: NPR's Barbara Sprott reports.
--:-- Barbara Sprott: NPR's Barbara Sprunt, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, will address hundreds of admirals and generals at Marine Base Quantico in Virginia tomorrow. 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 warrior ethos, a move that includes toughening physical fitness standards for the troops.
--:-- Tom Bowman: 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.
--:-- Louise Schiavone: Tom Bowman, NPR News.
--:-- Amy Held: Food insecurity is a growing issue in the United States, made worse by rising inflation and cost-of-living increases.
--:-- Amy Held: NPR's Amy Held reports in the D.C. area, sweeping federal job cuts have been stressful. Rada Mathia is CEO of the Capital Area Food Bank.
--:-- Rada Mathia: Food insecurity just remains extremely high at 36 percent of our population. That means limited access to enough good food, and their survey finds it's growing more severe. It goes from not being able to choose the nutritious foods that you might want to eat to actually reducing the size of meals and skipping meals.
--:-- Amy Held: Then there are thousands of federal workers who lost jobs during mass cuts 41 percent of those households are now food insecure. It's part of a national problem that may soon get harder to assess and address.
--:-- Amy Held: The USDA says it's ending its survey after it became politicized. Its last report from January found food insecurity rose by a million households.
--:-- Louise Schiavone: Amy Held, NPR News.
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Meeting at the White House this morning, President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone with Qatar's Prime Minister Al Thani, during which Netanyahu apologized to Al Thani for Israel's missile strike on Hamas targets in Qatar.
--:-- Louise Schiavone: Wall Street, the Dow is down 25.
--:-- Louise Schiavone: This is NPR.
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The defense attorney representing the man accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk today asked a judge for more time to review a mass of evidence in the case before deciding if Kirk's legal team will seek a preliminary hearing.
--:-- Louise Schiavone: The judge has now set the next hearing for October 30th.
--:-- Louise Schiavone: Prosecutors have charged Tyler Robinson with aggravated murder and plan to seek the death penalty.
--:-- Louise Schiavone: Today's hearing was held in Provo, Utah, a few miles away from the scene of the killing.
--:-- Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento: Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl halftime show in February.
--:-- Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento: Bad Bunny's latest album "Debi Tirar Mas Fotos" is a love letter to Puerto Rican culture and history. And it's about to take on its biggest stage yet.
--:-- Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento: In a press release, the NFL, Apple Music, and Roc Nation commended the three-time Grammy winner for elevating Latin music to completely new heights.
--:-- Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento: He has released some of the biggest songs and albums of the past decade, breaking streaming and touring records left and right.
--:-- Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento: The 31-year-old is known for his outspoken political activism. Earlier this summer, he said he did not include the mainland U.S. in his upcoming world tour out of fear that immigration and customs enforcement could target his concerts.
--:-- Louise Schiavone: Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento, NPR News.
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The mayor of New York, Eric Adams, has abandoned his struggling re-election campaign against Democratic Party nominee Zoran Mamdani. Adams' decision could create a potential route to victory for Andrew Cuomo.
--:-- Louise Schiavone: The S&P 500 up 12 points.
--:-- Louise Schiavone: I'm Louise Schiavone, NPR News.
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The Trump administration has moved fast to change U.S. policy, but much of the country is still trying to catch up. Business likes a stable environment, so uncertainty does cause a little bit of pain.
--:-- Louise Schiavone: On the Sunday story from Up First, a road trip across the country to hear how Trump's policies are impacting everyday Americans. Listen now to the Sunday story on the Up First podcast from NPR.
