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--:-- Rylan Barton: Congress finished the day without ending the government shutdown. Republicans were once again unable to get enough Democratic support to pass their short-term spending bill.
--:-- Elena Moore: The bill needs at least 60 votes to pass, but the GOP-backed motion has come up short twice, 55 to 45. The divide is largely along party lines, with most Democrats vowing to oppose the measure unless it addresses soon-to-be-expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies.
--:-- Elena Moore: Republicans have rejected that. Some say they're open to discussing that issue, but only after the government reopens.
--:-- Elena Moore: Moving forward, no votes are expected Thursday, an observation of Yom Kippur. But Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters conversations between lawmakers will continue.
--:-- Elena Moore: I'm Elena Moore, NPR News, The Capital.
--:-- Jennifer Ludden: The government shutdown won't touch federal benefits like Medicare and Social Security, but NPR Jennifer Ludden reports that nutrition assistance for pregnant women and new parents could be hit.
--:-- Jennifer Ludden: The program WIC helps nearly 7 million people access healthy foods but the National WIC Association estimates money for it will run out in about two weeks.
--:-- Jennifer Ludden: After that, states will have to close the gap if their budgets allow.
--:-- Lucia Graves: If the shutdown drags out, the WIC Association says local clinics may have to triage prioritizing pregnant or breastfeeding women and turning away preschool-aged children.
--:-- Lucia Graves: The prices of milk, the prices of eggs, the price of bread, all these things are like astronomical. So it would be a huge hit to us.
--:-- Jennifer Ludden: I'm Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Washington.
--:-- Kat Lonsdorf: The mayor of Memphis says that National Guard troops are not in the city yet. President Trump's federal intervention there will include more than a dozen federal agencies.
--:-- Kat Lonsdorf: Speaking at a town hall, Mayor Paul Young told residents there's still a lot he doesn't know about the federal operation.
--:-- Kat Lonsdorf: He said a number of agencies, including the FBI, DEA, ATF, and U.S. Marshals, are operating in Memphis right now.
--:-- Kat Lonsdorf: The National Guard is not one of them yet.
--:-- Kat Lonsdorf: We know that at some point they will come.
--:-- Kat Lonsdorf: Memphis Police Chief C Davis said troops are expected in the next two weeks adding that there are still a lot of unknowns about the deployment.
--:-- Kat Lonsdorf: Everybody wants to know how many National Guard are coming. We don't know.
--:-- Kat Lonsdorf: U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says 53 people were arrested in the first 48 hours of the operation, which is expected to have a slow rollout and lasts for weeks, maybe months.
--:-- Kat Lonsdorf: I'm Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Memphis.
--:-- Rylan Barton: New Mexico lawmakers are pushing to shore up safety net funding in a special legislative session in response to President Trump's spending and tax cuts.
--:-- Rylan Barton: The state has one of the highest rates of Medicaid and federal food assistance enrollment.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Stocks closed up today.
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--:-- Rylan Barton: The U.S. military has begun drawing down its mission against the Islamic State in Iraq.
--:-- Rylan Barton: American forces will leave some bases where troops have been stationed during a two-decade-long military presence in the country.
--:-- Rylan Barton: The drawdown comes just months after the Trump administration withdrew about 600 troops from Syria.
--:-- Rylan Barton: The Islamic State still carries out deadly attacks in both countries.
--:-- Rylan Barton: A federal bank's repsy judge has rejected an effort by Alex Jones to stop the sale of his InfoWars company.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Proceeds will go to families of Sandy Hook school shooting victims who sued and won nearly a billion after Jones said they were lying about their kids being among those killed
--:-- Tovia Smith: In a fiery debate in federal bankruptcy court Jones lawyers tried to stop a Texas state court from seizing and selling off InfoWars brand and property.
--:-- Tovia Smith: They tried to persuade the bankruptcy judge it should be handled by him, but the judge disagreed since InfoWars itself is not in bankruptcy.
--:-- Tovia Smith: That means a state-appointed receiver can now proceed to put Infowars up for sale.
--:-- Tovia Smith: One of the family's lawyers welcomed the decision saying, quote, Jones's days of dodging justice are numbered.
--:-- Tovia Smith: The satirical news site The Onion has expressed interest in buying Infowars but did not respond to a request for comment after this latest ruling.
--:-- Tovia Smith: I'm Tovia Smith, NPR News.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Coffee Browned Maxwell House is downsizing to Maxwell Apartment for a limited one-year lease.
--:-- Rylan Barton: The company says it's rebranding to meet the needs of consumers in America where more than a third of people rent their homes instead of owning.
--:-- Rylan Barton: I'm Rylan Barton. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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