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--:-- [Lakshmi Singh speaking]
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. On day 38 of the government shutdown, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told Republicans Democrats would back a GOP measure to reopen the government if they agree to a one-year extension of health insurance tax credits.
--:-- [Chuck Schumer speaking]
--:-- Chuck Schumer: Democrats would like to see an end to this shutdown, and we want to respect Leader Thune's desire not to negotiate on ACA until after the government reopens. Therefore, we'd like to offer a simple proposal that would reopen the government and extend the ACA premium tax credits simultaneously.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Schumer on the Senate floor today The chamber has held 14 failed votes on reopening the government Senate Majority Leader John Thune has said the GOP Senate would vote on a Republican bill to pay federal workers during the shutdown So far they have been unable to overcome Democratic opposition.
--:-- [President Trump speaking]
--:-- President Trump: I am totally in favor of terminating the filibuster, and we would be back to work within 10 minutes after that vote took place and lots of other good things would happen. And it doesn't make any sense that a Republican would not want to do that.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The president at the White House, where he was hosting Hungarian leader Viktor Orban. President Trump says his administration is considering sparing the government of his close ally, Orban, from U.S. sanctions on Russian oil.
--:-- President Trump: We're looking at it because it's very difficult for him to get the oil and gas from other areas. As you know, they don't have the advantage of having sea. It's a great country. It's a big country. But they don't have sea. They don't have the ports. But the U.S. targeted Russian oil to pressure President Vladimir Putin of Russia to end its war with Ukraine.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Airlines are offering fewer flights beginning today because of the ongoing shutdown of the federal government. NPR Joel Rose says the Federal Aviation Administration ordered a reduced flight capacity to ensure safety amid staffing shortages at airports United Delta and American have begun canceling hundreds of flights
--:-- [Joel Rose speaking]
--:-- Joel Rose: The FAA officially released a list of 40 major airports that will be affected by the reductions, including airline hubs in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, and elsewhere.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: David Kinselman, the senior vice president at United, told NPR's All Things Considered that the airline will adjust.
--:-- [David Kinselman speaking]
--:-- David Kinselman: We have service disruptions frequently in the airline business, so we've got a good playbook.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The FAA has already been delaying flights at some airports because of staffing shortages among air traffic controllers. Those controllers are required to work without pay during the shutdown, but some have taken on second jobs and many are calling out sick.
--:-- Joel Rose: At last check on Wall Street, the Dow was up 27 points at 46,939. The S&P was down slightly. The Nasdaq was off 95 points.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: From Washington, this is NPR News.
--:-- [Jackson Sinnenberg speaking]
--:-- Jackson Sinnenberg: In response to widespread disruptions to America's federal workers, some community organizations are stepping up. Remember station WAMU, I'm Jackson Sinnenberg reporting on how one school district in the Washington, D.C. area is helping.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Arlington is the first Virginia suburb you hit west out of D and home to the Pentagon It a hotbed for federal employees That why the superintendent of Arlington Public Schools asked the district to come up with ideas to help families One solution? Serve dinner at three schools while the shutdown lasts.
--:-- [Arlington Public Schools' Frank Bellavia speaking]
--:-- Frank Bellavia: When you think about communities, you think about the schools that are there, and these really are the backbones of the community. So us being here and doing this, me, is nothing different.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The school system plans to serve 250 meals at each school every weeknight for 30 days or until the shutdown ends.
--:-- Jackson Sinnenberg: For NPR News, I'm Jackson Sinnenberg in Washington, D.C.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Cornell University has reached an agreement with the administration to restore federal research funding while accepting the administration's interpretation of civil rights laws.
--:-- [Alyssa Nadwarni speaking]
--:-- Alyssa Nadwarni: Part of the deal would require Cornell, an Ivy League school in upstate New York, to pay the government $30 million and also invest $30 million more in agriculture and farming. In April, the government froze millions of dollars in research funding over accusations of racial discrimination and anti-Semitism.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: In addition to reinstating millions in research grants, the agreement says the Trump administration will end open investigations into the school.
--:-- Alyssa Nadwarni: This deal follows similar deals the Trump administration has made with Brown University and Columbia University.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Alyssa Nadwarni, NPR News.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: It's NPR.
