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Rylan Barton: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton.
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Rylan Barton: Despite threats of mass firings from President Trump, some federal workers say they're in favor of holding out in the spending fight that sparked the government shutdown.
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Jenny Abamu: From member station WAMU, Jenny Abamu has more.
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Jenny Abamu: Federal workers showed up alongside Democrats on Capitol Hill to show their support for holding firm on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies.
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Elizabeth Riley: Elizabeth Riley, a USDA employee, says she's no more afraid of losing her job during the shutdown than she was before it.
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Elizabeth Riley: We've been under attack for nine months as federal workers, and this is just another day at work.
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Elizabeth Riley: Although we aren't working, a lot of my colleagues are going to struggle missing a paycheck, but a lot of us also feel that they need to hold the line.
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Jenny Abamu: Democratic lawmakers such as Jamie Raskin in Maryland, whose district hosts over 50,000 federal workers says constituents have been calling and emailing his office saying hold the line.
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Jenny Abamu: For NPR News, I'm Jenny Abamu on Capitol Hill.
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Scott Horsley: President Trump's pick to lead a top government number crunching agency is dropping out.
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Scott Horsley: NPR's Scott Horsley reports.
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Scott Horsley: E and Tony had drawn criticism from across the political spectrum. Trump had nominated E.J. and Tony to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics after abruptly firing the previous BLS chief over a disappointing jobs report.
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Scott Horsley: An aide said Trump was eager to install his own people at the Bureau, which produces some of the government's most closely watched economic data.
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Scott Horsley: But critics complain that Antony was too partisan and too inexperienced to hold such an important post.
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Scott Horsley: Antony spent most of his career at right-wing think tanks. By contrast, the BLS is usually run by nonpartisan technocrats.
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Scott Horsley: The White House says Trump will name a new nominee to run BLS very soon.
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Scott Horsley: The Bureau's monthly reports on jobs and inflation are on hold for now because of the government shutdown.
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Scott Horsley: Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
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Domenico Montanaro: A new NPR-PBS News Marist poll shows more people feel they may have to resort to violence in order to get the country back on track.
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Domenico Montanaro: NPR's Domenico Montanaro reports.
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Domenico Montanaro: Three in ten people say violence may be necessary to fix the country. That's up 11 points from April of last year, and it's driven by some Democrats who now feel this way.
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Domenico Montanaro: Last year, it was just 12 percent of Democrats saying this. Now, that's up to 28 percent. Still, Republicans are even higher at 31 percent.
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Domenico Montanaro: It's important to point out, though, that 70 percent say that violence is not necessary.
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Domenico Montanaro: Three quarters called political violence a major problem.
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Domenico Montanaro: And when other surveys have asked about specific acts of violence, support goes down sharply.
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Domenico Montanaro: Still, that this sentiment is on the rise is an alarming sign of the tension in the country.
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Domenico Montanaro: Domenico Montanaro, NPR News, Washington.
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Announcer: Activists on board a flotilla sailing towards Gaza say that the Israeli Navy has begun intercepting their vessels in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Announcer: The flotilla includes Greta Thunberg and Nelson Mandela's grandson, Mandela Mandela.
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Announcer: Switzerland's glaciers have faced enormous melting this year due to global warming.
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Announcer: Glaciologists say the 3% drop in total volume means that ice mass in the country has declined by one quarter over the last decade.
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Announcer: Switzerland is home to nearly 1,400 glaciers. The gradual melting has implications for water resources across Europe.
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Announcer: Today is International Coffee Day, and for coffee farmers, the Trump administration's tariffs are only the latest setback.
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James Dubeck: NPR's James Dubeck talked to coffee industry experts about the state of the business.
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James Dubeck: Coffee farmers are dealing with a lot. They often live in poverty, migration has caused labor shortages, and many small farmers are aging.
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James Dubeck: Climate change is another looming threat. That means rising temperatures, unpredictable weather, floods, and droughts.
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James Dubeck: One study predicts that half of the world's coffee-growing area could be unusable by 2050.
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James Dubeck: Coffee consultant Sarah Maraki works with farmers. It's a miracle that we still have plants producing coffee. So, this is only going to get worse.
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James Dubeck: Scientists are studying new varieties of coffee that could grow in hotter climates, but it could be many years before they go mainstream.
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James Dubeck: James Dubeck, NPR News.
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Announcer: Elon Musk was the first person to be worth half a trillion dollars earlier today after a surge in Tesla stock.
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Announcer: Forbes currently shows his net worth at $499.1 billion.
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Announcer: Musk could become the world's first trillionaire if he gets a new pay package from Tesla.
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Announcer: Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle, briefly surpassed Musk last month after a surge in Oracle stock.
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Announcer: From Washington, this is NPR News.
