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--:-- Windsor Johnston: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: Congress is up against the clock to avoid a government shutdown at midnight. A White House meeting on Monday with top House and Senate leaders ended without a bipartisan compromise.
--:-- Chuck Schumer: We've made to the president some proposals. Our Republican leaders will have to talk to them about them, but ultimately he's the decision maker.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says the next move is up to Republicans.
--:-- Mike Johnson: In a short-term, nonpartisan continuing resolution, it's only 24 pages in length. Leader Thune has a copy if you want to see the exhibit. There's nothing partisan in here. No policy writers, none of our big party preferences.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: House Speaker Mike Johnson is backing a short-term funding measure that he says will give lawmakers more time to negotiate.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: If no deal is reached by midnight many federal workers will be furloughed and others could be fired. It will be the first government shutdown since 2018.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: President Trump has unveiled what he calls a comprehensive plan to end the war in Gaza and promote broader peace in the region. Israel has accepted the plan.
--:-- Michelle Kaliman: NPR's Michelle Kaliman reports Trump says he's now waiting on Hamas.
--:-- Michelle Kaliman: The 20-point plan calls for the release of all hostages within 72 hours and says Gaza will be a, quote, de-radicalized terror-free zone.
--:-- Michelle Kaliman: The U.N. and international aid groups will be able to bring in food and humanitarian goods into Gaza, which will be run by a new transitional authority.
--:-- Michelle Kaliman: President Trump says the people of Israel want this war to end. They say two things. Please get the hostages back and please end the war. They've had it.
--:-- Michelle Kaliman: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the plan achieves Israel's war aims, a Gaza that won't be run by Hamas or the Palestinian Authority.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: Paid leave ends today for some of the federal workers who accepted the Trump administration's buyout offer.
--:-- Andrea Hsu: NPR's Andrea Hsu reports. Between January and April roughly 150 federal employees agreed to resign from their jobs in exchange for pay and benefits through at least September.
--:-- Andrea Hsu: A number of them told NPR they did not want to quit their jobs but did so out of fear that they would be laid off or forced to relocate if they stayed.
--:-- Andrea Hsu: While some of them have found new jobs right away, others are struggling to even land interviews.
--:-- Andrea Hsu: In the Washington, D.C. area, the market is flooded with former federal employees, and the situation could soon get worse if there's a government shutdown.
--:-- Andrea Hsu: The White House says a funding lapse could be an opportunity to further slash roles that don't align with the president's priorities.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: Andrea Hsu, NPR News.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: This is NPR News in Washington.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: Prosecutors in New York are urging a federal judge to sentence music mogul Sean Diddy Combs to more than 11 years in prison.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: They filed their sentencing recommendation this morning, along with letters from some of his accusers.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: Combs has remained jailed since he was convicted on prostitution-related charges in July.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: New data show fewer people are traveling out of state for abortions.
--:-- Katia Riddle: NPR's Katia Riddle has more on a report from the Guttmacher Institute.
--:-- Katia Riddle: After the procedure became illegal in some places the number of women who traveled out of state in order to have abortions spiked.
--:-- Katia Riddle: Data from the Guttmacher Institute that an organization that supports abortion rights showed that number doubled.
--:-- Katia Riddle: But now that trend may be reversing. A new report from Guttmacher showed a 5% decline in the number of women traveling out of state for abortions in the first half of 2025.
--:-- Katia Riddle: Experts say that it's become harder to get the procedure at brick-and-mortar facilities.
--:-- Katia Riddle: At the same time, they say, laws that allow people to use telehealth have improved access to abortion medication through the mail, even in states where the procedure is restricted.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: Katie Riddle, NPR News.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: Tropical storm Imelda is picking up strength in the Atlantic and is expected to become a hurricane later today.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: Forecasters warn Imelda may brush Bermuda with high winds and rough seas.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: The U.S. mainland is expected to avoid a direct hit, though coastal areas could see dangerous surf and rip currents.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: This is NPR News in Washington.
