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--:-- Shea Stevens: The U.S. government has officially shut down, hours after Congress failed to pass two last-ditch proposals to continue federal funding past midnight Eastern time.
--:-- Tamara Keith: President Trump says it may present an opportunity to cut more federal jobs and programs, as NPR's Tamara Keith reports.
--:-- Tamara Keith: White House staff put a video on loop in the press briefing room, with old clips of congressional Democrats talking about what a bad idea government shutdowns are.
--:-- Tamara Keith: President Trump said the last thing he'd want to do is shut it down. But a lot of good can come down from shutdowns. We can get rid of a lot of things that we didn't want. And they'd be Democrat things, but they want open borders. They want men playing in women's sports. They want transgender for everybody. They never stop.
--:-- Tamara Keith: The White House has also threatened mass firings of federal workers Democrats are pressing the White House and Republicans to negotiate with them on health care
--:-- Tamara Keith: Tamara Keith NPR News the White House Food and health inspections are to continue during the shutdown, along with payments to Social Security recipients and veterans. Medicare and Medicaid services will also continue, but some payments to health care providers may be delayed.
--:-- Shea Stevens: In New York, Governor Kathy Hochul is condemning federal ICE agents for what she described as an assault on U.S. civilians and journalists at a courthouse in Manhattan.
--:-- Brian Mann: Video posted online by photojournalist Stephanie Keith appears to show masked federal ICE agents cursing and aggressively shoving civilians and journalists out of an elevator at an immigration court in lower Manhattan.
--:-- Brian Mann: The video shows one man, identified as a journalist, being taken away by first responders on a stretcher.
--:-- Brian Mann: Governor Hochul, a Democrat, condemned the behavior by ICE agents. Hochul wrote on social media, quote, the abuse of law-abiding immigrants and the reporters telling their stories must end.
--:-- Brian Mann: In a statement, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin defends the ICE agents' actions, saying the incident occurred after they were, quote, swarmed by agitators and members of the press.
--:-- Brian Mann: Brian Mann, NPR News, New York.
--:-- Shea Stevens: Hurricanes Umberto and Imelda may pose no direct threat to the U mainland but NPR Giles Snyder reports that damage is still possible along North Carolina barrier islands
--:-- Giles Snyder: Powerful waves kicked up by Hurricanes Umberto and Imelda have caused multiple unoccupied homes on North Carolina's outer banks to collapse.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The latest in a string are privately owned structures to fall victim to powerful storm-driven waves.
--:-- Giles Snyder: In the North Atlantic, Umberto has been dumping heavy rain on Bermuda. The storm is expected to remain well away from the island.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Officials are more worried about Imelda, saying that storm is no passing squall.
--:-- Shea Stevens: U.S. futures are lower in after-hours trading on Wall Street.
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--:-- Shea Stevens: A federal judge in Boston says the Trump administration's arrest of immigrant protesters who support Palestinians was illegal.
--:-- Shea Stevens: U.S. District Judge William Young agreed with several university groups that deportations based on ideology violates the Constitution and American values.
--:-- Shea Stevens: Young also accused Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio of misusing their powers to target immigrants.
--:-- Shea Stevens: Madagascar's president says he's dissolving the country government after days of protests
--:-- Michael Kaloki: As Michael Koloki reports the U estimates 22 two people have been killed in clashes with others injured
--:-- Michael Kaloki: Madagascar President Andrei Rajoylina in a statement said that the country prime minister Christian Nse and other government officials would remain in office temporarily until a new government is formed.
--:-- Michael Kaloki: Protesters also called for Rajoylina to step down, but he gave no indication he would resign.
--:-- Michael Kaloki: The president did say he wanted to create space for dialogue with the country's young people.
--:-- Michael Kaloki: For several days, protests have been witnessed in cities across Madagascar, with demonstrators denouncing the government and calling for an end to frequent water and power cuts.
--:-- Michael Kaloki: In some regions, police engaged protesters in running battles, with reports of looting of retail stores and banks in various localities.
--:-- Shea Stevens: For NPR News, I'm Michael Kaloki in Nairobi.
--:-- Shea Stevens: An offshore earthquake of magnitude 6.9 has jolted the central Philippine province.
--:-- Shea Stevens: At least 31 people have been reported dead.
--:-- Shea Stevens: The quake also injured scores others and sent residents scrambling out of their homes into darkness as the shaking cut off power in the region.
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