--:-- Ryland Barton: This message comes from Live Right, publishers of Jill Lepore's We the People, a bold new history of the U.S. Constitution.
--:-- Ryland Barton: Congressman Jamie Raskin writes that Lepore has thrown us a lifeline. We the People, available now.
--:-- Ryland Barton: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton.
--:-- Ryland Barton: The federal government is careening towards a shutdown in three hours after Congress failed to negotiate a deal.
--:-- Barbara Sprunt: As NPR's Barbara Sprunt reports, the Senate took up two competing measures to fund the government temporarily, and both failed.
--:-- Barbara Sprunt: At 12.01 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, the government will officially be shut down.
--:-- Barbara Sprunt: Essential services will continue, but hundreds of thousands of federal workers will be furloughed without pay.
--:-- Barbara Sprunt: A memo from the White House's budget arm suggests that agencies could be laying off workers as well.
--:-- Barbara Sprunt: This comes after congressional leaders met with President Trump Monday in the Oval Office to try to negotiate a deal.
--:-- Barbara Sprunt: No compromise was reached.
--:-- Barbara Sprunt: Republicans needed some Senate Democrats to vote alongside them to temporarily fund the government.
--:-- Barbara Sprunt: But Democrats insisted a stopgap deal also had to extend health care subsidies, which expire at the end of the year.
--:-- Barbara Sprunt: The Capitol.
--:-- Barbara Sprunt: A federal judge in Boston has ruled that the Trump administration is violating the First Amendment by targeting pro-Palestinian protesters for deportation.
--:-- Adrian Florido: As NPR Adrian Florido reports, it's one of the major free speech cases of Trump's second term.
--:-- Adrian Florido: Judge William Young wrote that officials in the Departments of State and Homeland Security have been misusing the powers of their offices to target non-citizen pro-Palestinians for deportation because of their protected political speech.
--:-- Adrian Florido: The lawsuit was brought by academics, who argued during a nine-day trial this summer that the Trump administration's policy to try to deport students like Mahmoud Khalil, Ramesha Ozturk, and others was meant to silence criticism of Israel.
--:-- Adrian Florido: In his ruling, Judge Young wrote that non-citizens legally in the U.S. enjoy the same free speech rights as citizens.
--:-- Adrian Florido: He said he'll soon hold a hearing to decide how to try to force the government to stop violating those rights.
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--:-- Ryland Barton: A Mexican man who was among three people shot at a Dallas immigration field office last week has died.
--:-- Ryland Barton: He's the second person killed in the attack.
--:-- Ryland Barton: The family of 32-year-old Miguel Ángel García Hernández says he died after being removed from life support.
--:-- Ryland Barton: The Trump administration is launching a website for prescription drugs called TrumpRx.
--:-- Sidney Lupkin: The site would facilitate sales directly to consumers at a discount.
--:-- Sidney Lupkin: NPR's Sidney Lupkin has more.
--:-- Sidney Lupkin: President Trump announced a deal with Pfizer to sell its drugs directly to consumers.
--:-- Sidney Lupkin: The medicines will be available through a website operated by the federal government called TrumpRx.
--:-- Sidney Lupkin: The United States has done subsidizing the health care of the rest of the world.
--:-- Sidney Lupkin: It's a big thing.
--:-- Sidney Lupkin: I can't tell you how big this is.
--:-- Sidney Lupkin: The announcement came as part of the president's push to get lower drug prices for Americans.
--:-- Sidney Lupkin: He aims to bring them in line with what other developed countries pay.
--:-- Sidney Lupkin: The deal also includes discounts for Medicaid and a pledge from Pfizer to sell new drugs at the same price in the U.S. and other developed countries.
--:-- Sidney Lupkin: Trump says similar deals with other drug makers are in the works.
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--:-- Ryland Barton: Stocks closed up slightly today.
--:-- Ryland Barton: You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
--:-- Ryland Barton: A woman who was knocked unconscious and arrested by two Northern California sheriff's deputies has reached a $17 million settlement with the county.
--:-- Ryland Barton: The incident took place when Nakia Porter stopped to change drivers during a family trip in 2020.
--:-- Ryland Barton: Body cameras worn by the deputies recorded them pulling guns on her before slapping her to the pavement while handcuffing her along a rural road in the town of Dixon, California.
--:-- Dana Ferguson: More Minnesota turkey growers are turning to laser technology to reduce the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza.
--:-- Dana Ferguson: Minnesota Public Radio Dana Ferguson reports.
--:-- Dana Ferguson: The legislature approved over two years to help producers buy the lasers.
--:-- Dana Ferguson: Projectors are affixed to the top of Minnesota commercial turkey barns and the infrared beams keep migratory ducks and geese away without hurting them.
--:-- Dana Ferguson: The birds don't like the lights, so they steer away.
--:-- Dana Ferguson: That's important because the birds can pass on avian influenza, or bird flu, to commercial flocks.
--:-- Dana Ferguson: Matt Hertering is a turkey grower, and he says the migration season provokes anxiety.
--:-- Dana Ferguson: He's had birds get sick before.
--:-- Dana Ferguson: It terrifies us.
--:-- Dana Ferguson: It's one of those things where every spring and every fall, we live in fear.
--:-- Dana Ferguson: Hertering bought two lasers last year.
--:-- Dana Ferguson: He says they've been effective so far.
--:-- Dana Ferguson: For NPR News, I'm Dana Ferguson in Melrose, Minnesota.
--:-- Ryland Barton: As the Major League Baseball postseason begins, fastballs are getting faster.
--:-- Ryland Barton: The average four-seam fastball for right-handed pitchers has reached 95 miles an hour for the first time.
--:-- Ryland Barton: A study released by the MLB last year concluded that faster pitches are leading to an increase in pitching injuries.
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