--:-- Jesse Thorne: I'm Jesse Thorne.
--:-- Jason Mantzoukas: What advice did your guidance counselor give you?
--:-- Jason Mantzoukas: Nothing much. I feel like the guidance counselor told me what I feel like teachers have been telling me for a long time, which was essentially, why don't you try?
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--:-- Deirdre Walsh: The Senate could vote later today on a bipartisan funding deal to end the government shutdown.
--:-- Deirdre Walsh: NPR's Deirdre Walsh reports the bill also needs to clear the House.
--:-- John Thune: Senate Majority Leader John Thune says the new package extends spending levels through the end of January, but it also includes several full-year funding bills impacting key programs.
--:-- John Thune: Year-long funding for SNAP, for WIC, for veterans, for essential farm programs, and for a number of other critical priorities will be met.
--:-- Mike Johnson: House Speaker Mike Johnson has advised lawmakers to return to Washington.
--:-- Deirdre Walsh: And if the Senate acts quickly, the House could take up the deal as early as Wednesday.
--:-- Deirdre Walsh: Most House and Senate Democratic leaders panned the deal because it does not address expiring health care subsidies.
--:-- Deirdre Walsh: But Democrats who helped craft it say they did get a commitment for a Senate vote on health care legislation by mid-January.
--:-- Host (Rylan Barton): Deirdre Walsh and NPR News The Capitol.
--:-- Danielle Kurtzleben: President Trump says he wants to issue what he's calling dividends from tariff revenue but as NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports, the Treasury Secretary says there's no formal proposal yet.
--:-- Scott Besant: President Trump on social media has twice in recent days suggested the payments for low and middle-income people.
--:-- Scott Besant: However, on ABC's This Week on Sunday, Treasury Secretary Scott Besant said the money may not take the form of payments, but could simply include tax cuts already passed into law.
--:-- Scott Besant: It could be just the tax decreases that we are seeing on the president's agenda. You know, no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security, deductibility of auto loans.
--:-- Host (Rylan Barton): NPR asked the White House for any specifics on a plan.
--:-- Host (Rylan Barton): An official not authorized to speak on the record said, quote, the administration is committed to putting this money to good use for the American people.
--:-- Danielle Kurtzleben: NPR News.
--:-- Host (Rylan Barton): Trump's ability to unilaterally levy tariffs is being challenged before the Supreme Court.
--:-- Host (Rylan Barton): He argues a ruling against him would devastate the economy.
--:-- Kat Lonsdorf: A small group of National Guard members in Ohio is questioning President Trump's deployments to various U.S. cities.
--:-- Kat Lonsdorf: They spoke to NPR on the condition of anonymity.
--:-- Kat Lonsdorf: NPR met with three of them to talk about how they're feeling, what they would do if they were required to go on one of Trump's deployments, and if they had thought about ending their military careers.
--:-- Kat Lonsdorf: The Trump administration has said the deployments are necessary for law and order.
--:-- Kat Lonsdorf: Federal judges and local governments have disagreed.
--:-- Kat Lonsdorf: These three feel deeply uncomfortable with the possible direction they could be headed.
--:-- Host (Rylan Barton): NPR News, Ohio.
--:-- Host (Rylan Barton): Major U.S. stock indexes closed up today.
--:-- Host (Rylan Barton): You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
--:-- Host (Rylan Barton): Major League Baseball says its authorized gambling operators will cap the amount that can be bet on individual pitches at $200 and exclude them from parlay-style bets.
--:-- Host (Rylan Barton): The move comes a day after two Cleveland Guardians pitchers were indicted and accused of rigging pitches at the behest of gamblers.
--:-- Host (Rylan Barton): MLB says the sportsbook operators that agreed to the limits represent more than 98 percent of the betting market in the country.
--:-- Andrew Limbong: The novel Flesh by David Soloy has won this year's Booker Prize.
--:-- Andrew Limbong: The award goes to the best English language book published in the UK.
--:-- Andrew Limbong: As NPR Andrew Limbong reports prize judges said they had never read anything quite like it.
--:-- Andrew Limbong: The novel follows a Hungarian man named Isvan from his teen years through old age.
--:-- Andrew Limbong: He's not the most emotive character but that all covers up a tumultuous life.
--:-- Andrew Limbong: The Booker Prize judges praised author David Soloy's sparse use of language.
--:-- Roddy Doyle: In a statement, Prize Chair Roddy Doyle said, Every word matters. The spaces between the words matter.
--:-- Andrew Limbong: Soloy is the first Hungarian-British author to win the award.
--:-- Andrew Limbong: He was shortlisted for the prize back in 2016 for his book All That Man Is.
--:-- Andrew Limbong: Flash beat out five other novels for the win, including Katie Kittemore's Audition and Susan Choi's Flashlight.
--:-- Andrew Limbong: Winners of the Booker Prize received 50,000 British pounds and, usually, a hefty bump in sales.
--:-- Host (Rylan Barton): Andrew Limbong and Perinews.
--:-- Host (Rylan Barton): The Black Hat, worn by Margaret Hamilton as The Wicked Witch of the West and The Wizard of Oz, will be auctioned in December.
--:-- Host (Rylan Barton): A book signed by Judy Garland with autographs from the main cast and Toto's Pawprints.
--:-- Host (Rylan Barton): Two versions of Dorothy's slippers will also be available in the sale by Heritage Auctions.
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--:-- Host (Rylan Barton): I'm going to keep it real. I have no idea what this story is about.
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