--:-- Shea Stevens: This message comes from Live Right, publishers of Jill Lepore's We the People, a bold new history of the U.S. Constitution. Congressman Jamie Raskin writes that Lepore has thrown us a lifeline. We the People, available now.
--:-- Shea Stevens: The White House and members of Congress are bracing for a government shutdown at midnight Tuesday. A meeting between President Trump and congressional leaders Monday did not bring the two major parties any closer to a deal.
--:-- Daniel Kurtzleben: Health care is a main reason Democrats oppose Republicans' plan to fund the government. Vance had this to say. So if they want to talk about how to fix American health care policy, let's do it. The speaker would love to do it. The Senate majority leader would love to do it. Let's work on it together.
--:-- Daniel Kurtzleben: Democrats want to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies that run out at the end of the year and repeal Republicans' recent Medicaid cuts. The Congressional Budget Office estimates those cuts could result in millions more being uninsured.
--:-- Daniel Kurtzleben: Earlier this month, House Republicans passed a resolution to fund the government through November 21st. That measure failed in the Senate where Republicans hold a 53 majority They need 60 votes to pass the legislation.
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--:-- Shea Stevens: YouTube has agreed to pay $1 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit brought by Donald Trump. As NPR's Bobby Allen reports, several social media sites banned Trump after the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.
--:-- Bobby Allen: The settlement documents say most of the money Google is paying will go toward the construction of a Mar-a-Lago-style ballroom in the White House. YouTube's payout follows similar settlements over Trump's suspensions from Instagram, Facebook, and X, formerly Twitter.
--:-- Bobby Allen: Free speech experts question the suit since First Amendment cases tend to involve government censoring speech, not private companies. The White House and Google declined to comment.
--:-- Shea Stevens: It comes days after YouTube reinstated accounts suspended over spreading COVID and election misinformation, including podcaster Dan Bongino, who is now the FBI's deputy director. Bobby Allen, NPR News.
--:-- Shea Stevens: President Trump is promoting a 20-point plan that calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and releasing all remaining hostages. Trump, appearing alongside Benjamin Netanyahu, says the Israeli prime minister is supporting the plan and that he hopes Hamas will do the same.
--:-- President Trump: If Hamas rejects the deal, which is always possible, they're the only one left. Everyone else has accepted it. But I have a feeling that we going to have a positive answer.
--:-- President Trump: But if not, as you know, Bibi, you have more full backing to do what you would have to do. Everyone understands that the ultimate result must be the elimination of any danger posed in the region. And the danger is caused by Hamas.
--:-- President Trump: Trump's mid-ease plan calls for the destruction of all Hamas infrastructure and a post-war Gaza that is not governed by Hamas or the Palestinian Authority.
--:-- Shea Stevens: Hundreds of U.S. military leaders from around the world are gathered in Virginia for a meeting Tuesday with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The reason for the meeting is unclear.
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--:-- Shea Stevens: Vermont U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has released a report showing that pharmaceutical companies have increased prices for almost 700 prescription drugs this year. Sanders says prices for 87 medications have gone up since President Trump sent letters to 17 companies asking them to cut prescription prices by up to 1,500 percent within 60 days.
--:-- Senator Bernie Sanders: He says Eaton Pharmaceuticals did the opposite. The report shows Eaton imposed a 1,500 percent price increase on a drug that used to treat a rare disorder that causes a buildup of copper in the organs.
--:-- Shea Stevens: Authorities in Michigan say they still trying to determine a motive for Sunday deadly shooting and fire at a house of worship Four people were killed in the attack. NPR's Jason DeRose has more from LeBlanc, from Grand Blanc, Michigan.
--:-- Jason DeRose: The FBI says it's investigating the attack as a targeted act of violence. But while the rhetoric from the White House has been that this was a specifically anti-Mormon attack, authorities here are not willing to say that yet.
--:-- Jason DeRose: Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is also cautioning people not to jump to conclusions. It might be a familiar pain, but it hurts all the same. Every time, we cannot keep living our lives like this.
--:-- Jason DeRose: Authorities have identified Marine veteran Thomas Jacob Sanford as the shooter who also rammed his car into the church.
--:-- Shea Stevens: Jason DeRose, NPR News, Grand Blank, Michigan.
--:-- Shea Stevens: U.S. futures are flat and after hours trading on Wall Street following Monday's games. On Asia-Pacific market, shares are mixed down a fraction in Hong Kong. This is NPR News.
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