--:-- Amy Held: 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.
--:-- Amy Held: 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.
--:-- Amy Held: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Amy Held. The U.S. is facing its first federal shutdown in almost seven years. Some services could be delayed and most federal workers would not get paid. But this time, President Trump said some could even be fired.
--:-- Amy Held: Senators spoke today ahead of tonight's midnight deadline amid a congressional standoff over expiring health care subsidies and spending.
--:-- Amy Held: Here's Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
--:-- Chuck Schumer: We wanted to give our Republican colleagues a chance. That's why some of us back in March said, OK. But we saw what happened after that. We saw a decimation of healthcare in the BBB.
--:-- Amy Held: Republican Majority Leader John Thune says it's not about helping people pay for health insurance for Democrats. They're on to argue about the substance of a continuing resolution that funds the government for seven weeks at which time they have similar leverage.
--:-- John Thune: It doesn't have anything to do with that. It has everything to do with politics.
--:-- Amy Held: Unsurprisingly, each side accuses the other of shouldering shut blame, but people would blame one party more.
--:-- Amy Held: According to new polling from NPR, PBS News and Marist, NPR's Domenico Montanaro reports.
--:-- Domenico Montanaro: Neither party would get the majority of the blame, but Republicans who control both chambers of Congress would get more of it than Democrats by a 38 to 27 percent margin. Another 31% say they would blame both parties equally.
--:-- Amy Held: Across the political spectrum, people are split on whether it's better to compromise to avoid a shutdown or to stand on principle, even if it means one would occur.
--:-- Domenico Montanaro: Democrats and independents lean toward compromise, while Republicans tend toward standing on principle.
--:-- Amy Held: The survey of more than 1,400 people across the country was conducted over five days last week. It has a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points, meaning results could be three points higher or lower.
--:-- Domenico Montanaro: Domenico Montanaro, NPR News, Washington.
--:-- Amy Held: Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed senior military commanders who came in from all over the world today for a highly unusual meeting outside Washington.
--:-- Amy Held: NPR's Joe Hernandez reports.
--:-- Joe Hernandez: Hegseth has made a warrior ethos central to his view of the military, and he reiterated that message telling top generals and admirals that the newly renamed Department of War had lost its way and become woke.
--:-- Joe Hernandez: He added, "To ensure peace, we must prepare for war."
--:-- Amy Held: Hegseth summoned top U military commanders from around the world for the unusual meeting in Quantico, Virginia, made even more unusual by the presence of President Trump.
--:-- Joe Hernandez: The defense secretary has called for reducing by about 20 percent the number of admirals and generals who stand at more than 800.
--:-- Amy Held: Joe Hernandez, NPR News.
--:-- Amy Held: A federal judge in Boston today ruled the Trump administration is violating the First Amendment by targeting pro-Palestinian protesters for deportation.
--:-- Amy Held: Judge William Young wrote that non-citizens in the U.S. legally enjoy the same free speech rights as citizens, and he will hold a hearing to decide how to try to force the government to stop violating those rights.
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--:-- Amy Held: A frantic race against time in Indonesia where rescuers are trying to get oxygen and water to dozens of students feared trapped in a collapsed school.
--:-- Amy Held: At least three were killed and more than 100 injured when the building came down yesterday in East Java province.
--:-- Amy Held: Officials say the building collapsed during construction.
--:-- Amy Held: Crews are using heavy equipment to try to free victims from the rubble.
--:-- Amy Held: Anti-government protests are taking place in two African nations, Morocco and Madagascar.
--:-- Amy Held: Kate Bartlett reports both demonstrations thousands of miles apart are being led by angry youth angry over government mismanagement.
--:-- Kate Bartlett: From the Indian Ocean to the Sahara, Gen Z is fed up.
--:-- Amy Held: In Madagascar, after thousands took to the streets to protest against water and electricity shortages, the country's president announced he was dissolving the government on Monday.
--:-- Kate Bartlett: The demonstrations started last week, and the UN has condemned what it said was a violent response by the security forces.
--:-- Amy Held: The capital city is under nighttime curfew.
--:-- Kate Bartlett: President André Rajelina hopes sucking his government will show he listened to the protesters, but they've also been calling for his resignation, which he fell short of offering.
--:-- Amy Held: In North Africa, Morocco's youth-led protests are taking place over corruption and an ill-functioning health system.
--:-- Kate Bartlett: They are mainly being organized on TikTok and Discord.
--:-- Amy Held: For NPR News, I'm Kate Bartlett in Johannesburg.
--:-- Amy Held: Eight hours before looming government shutdown at the closing bell on Wall Street, stocks were mixed.
--:-- Amy Held: The Dow down 66 points, the S&P up a fraction of a point.
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