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--:-- Dale Willman: Senators are working through the weekend for the first time since the government shutdown began more than a month ago. They're hoping to find a way to end the impasse, keeping workers at home. Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says his party is ready to get government working again.
--:-- Dale Willman: Democrats are ready to clear the way to quickly pass a government funding bill that includes health care affordability. Leader Thune just needs to add a clean one-year extension of the ACA tax credits to the CR so that we can immediately address rising health care costs.
--:-- Dale Willman: A measure proposing that was rejected by Republicans on Friday.
--:-- Conrad Wilson: A federal judge in Oregon has permanently blocked the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard in response to protests against ICE agents in Portland.
--:-- Conrad Wilson: In a 106-page ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Karen Immigate found President Trump did not have a lawful basis to federalize the National Guard.
--:-- Conrad Wilson: She also said her ruling did not mean the president can never deploy soldiers in Oregon or anywhere else, quote, "if conditions on the ground justify the Guard's intervention."
--:-- Conrad Wilson: The ruling follows a three-day trial over Trump's decision to send troops to protests outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland earlier this fall.
--:-- Conrad Wilson: Immigrant concluded there was some violence in June, but local law enforcement could handle it.
--:-- Conrad Wilson: In the months since, the judge said demonstrations had been predominantly peaceful.
--:-- Conrad Wilson: For NPR News, I'm Conrad Wilson in Portland.
--:-- Ximena Bustillo: The FBI is now warning local law enforcement agencies about people impersonating immigration agents in order to commit violent crimes.
--:-- Ximena Bustillo: NPR's Ximena Bustillo has our reports.
--:-- Ximena Bustillo: The FBI warned of at least five documented instances where people in New York, North Carolina, and Florida impersonated immigration and customs enforcement agents.
--:-- Ximena Bustillo: They then threatened immigrants, committed kidnappings, and assault.
--:-- Ximena Bustillo: Immigrant advocates have warned about the potential for abuse with agents who wear masks and plain clothes, making it easier to impersonate them.
--:-- Ximena Bustillo: The Homeland Security Department has previously said that it is a crime to impersonate a federal officer.
--:-- Ximena Bustillo: Jimena Bustillo, NPR News, Washington.
--:-- Host: The Israeli military says Hamas returned the remains of another Israeli captive on Friday.
--:-- Host: If it confirmed to be one of the hostages that will mean just five more bodies remain in Gaza.
--:-- Host: Before the latest handover Hamas had returned the bodies of 22 hostages since the start of the latest ceasefire that began on October 10th.
--:-- Host: As part of that agreement, Israel has released the bodies of 285 Palestinians.
--:-- Host: Only 84 of them have been identified.
--:-- Host: Stocks closed mixed on Wall Street Friday.
--:-- Host: The S&P 500 edged up slightly by more than one-tenth of a percent, while the Nasdaq dropped two-tenths of a percent on the day.
--:-- Host: The Dow Jones Industrials, meanwhile, was up by 0.16%.
--:-- Host: The week, though, was down across the board.
--:-- Host: It was the first weekly loss in the past month.
--:-- Host: You're listening to NPR News.
--:-- Terry Schultz: Russian citizens will no longer be able to get visas that allow them multiple entries to the European Union.
--:-- Terry Schultz: Terry Schultz reports that the action was taken despite criticism from human rights activists in Russia.
--:-- Terry Schultz: The EU's 27 member states agreed that more security is warranted for Russians, so now visa applicants will need to go through thorough vetting for each requested visit instead of receiving multiple entry permission.
--:-- Terry Schultz: European Commission spokesperson Marcus Lammert.
--:-- Marcus Lammert: This is in view of the increased security risk stemming from Russia's unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine, including the weaponization of migration acts of sabotage and the potential misuse of visas.
--:-- Marcus Lammert: Exceptions will be made for human rights activists, journalists, and others whose motives can be verified.
--:-- Terry Schultz: Foreign policy chief Kaya Kalas wrote on X that traveling to the EU is a privilege and not a given, adding that starting a war and expecting to move freely in Europe is hard to justify.
--:-- Terry Schultz: For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz in Brussels.
--:-- Host: A reduction in air traffic control staffing led to the cancellation of more than 1,000 flights across the U.S. on Friday, and more canceled flights are expected in the coming days.
--:-- Host: But so far, officials say the problems are much less than anticipated.
--:-- Host: The ongoing government shutdown is being blamed for the problem.
--:-- Host: Air traffic controllers are not being paid during the shutdown, which has caused a spike in sick time among employees.
--:-- Host: Scientist James Watson has died.
--:-- Host: He shared a Nobel Prize in 1962 for helping discover the double helix shape of the DNA molecule.
--:-- Host: He was 97 years old.
--:-- Host: Watson also helped guide efforts to map the human genome, but he was later condemned for racist remarks.
--:-- Dale Willman: I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.
