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--:-- Ryland Barton: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The House is debating a bill to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Most Democrats are expected to vote against it.
--:-- Rosa DeLauro: Connecticut Democratic Representative Rosa DeLauro criticized Republican leaders for not further extending Affordable Care Act tax credits, which expire at the end of the year.
--:-- Rosa DeLauro: Speaker Johnson has indicated that he will not deal with it. He has shown no interest in holding a vote on extending the health care subsidies, which would prevent monthly costs from soaring.
--:-- Rosa DeLauro: Republicans have tried to say they will deal with this problem their own way, but they have no plan.
--:-- Ryland Barton: The bill would temporarily fund the government through January with longer funding for some programs like SNAP food assistance. It would also reverse the firings of workers who were let go during the shutdown.
--:-- Ryland Barton: A vote will likely take place later tonight.
--:-- Robert Garcia: House Democrats released emails between Jeffrey Epstein and his confidants suggesting President Trump may have known about Epstein's sexual abuse of underage girls.
--:-- Robert Garcia: In one email, Epstein wrote that Trump spent hours with one of the victims at Epstein's house. And in another, he wrote that Trump knew about the girls.
--:-- Robert Garcia: Democrat Robert Garcia of California tells NPR the public has a right to know what the president knows.
--:-- Robert Garcia: I think that the emails today show clearly that there is a relationship between Donald Trump and Epstein. As far as what Donald Trump knew, what he participated in, I think are real questions.
--:-- Robert Garcia: And I think the thing on everyone's mind, certainly those of us on the committee, is why the cover-up? Why won't the White House release the full Epstein files?
--:-- Robert Garcia: A bipartisan group of lawmakers has signed a petition to allow a vote on a bill that would force the Justice Department to release files relating to Epstein.
--:-- Robert Garcia: That vote could take place in early December.
--:-- Meg Anderson: Six months after the Justice Department canceled millions of dollars in federal grant money geared toward public safety, many affected groups are still reeling.
--:-- Meg Anderson: NPR's Meg Anderson checked in with some of them.
--:-- Amy Solomon: The grant cancellations affected initiatives like school violence programs, training for police officers, and resources for domestic violence victims.
--:-- Amy Solomon: Amy Solomon, a former DOJ official, says the cuts were unprecedented.
--:-- Amy Solomon: When an administration gives a grant to an organization, that's a promise for the full amount. And so organizations plan, they budget, they hire.
--:-- Meg Anderson: Most of the groups NPR spoke with have had to lay off employees, dip into reserve funds, or shrink the services they offer.
--:-- Meg Anderson: They also said the DOJ has not reimbursed them for money already spent or made a decision on appeals.
--:-- Meg Anderson: In a statement, the DOJ told NPR the ongoing government shutdown is hindering its ability to do so.
--:-- Meg Anderson: Meg Anderson, NPR News.
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--:-- Patrick Morrissey: West Virginia's governor says the search for a trapped worker inside a flooded coal mine is still a rescue operation.
--:-- Patrick Morrissey: The search is now in its fifth day.
--:-- Patrick Morrissey: Governor Patrick Morrissey says machines are pumping about 6,000 gallons of water per minute.
--:-- Patrick Morrissey: A mining crew hit an unknown pocket of water Saturday about three-quarters of a mile into the mine east of Charleston.
--:-- Patrick Morrissey: The mine is next to an abandoned one that operated 80 years ago.
--:-- Michelle Kellerman: Foreign ministers in the group of seven have condemned the escalating violence in Sudan.
--:-- Michelle Kellerman: It was one of many topics discussed at a two-day meeting in Canada.
--:-- Marco Rubio: Secretary of State Marco Rubio says over the past couple of days he heard a lot of concerns about the paramilitary force known as the RSF, which is carrying out sexual violence and other atrocities in areas they control in Sudan.
--:-- Marco Rubio: The fundamental problem we have is that the RSF agrees to things and then never follows through with it. So now what you have is a calamity on your hands.
--:-- Marco Rubio: He says countries need to stop arming the RSF.
--:-- Marco Rubio: Though he didn't specifically single out the United Arab Emirates, he says the UAE is part of a diplomatic group called the Quad, and the U.S. is working with everyone there to pressure the RSF to stop.
--:-- Michelle Kellerman: Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.
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