--:-- Corva Coleman: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.
--:-- Corva Coleman: The Republican-led House is expected to take up a spending measure today to end the federal government shutdown.
--:-- Claudia Grisales: NPS Claudia Grisales reports GOP leaders are confident they have the votes to get the bill to President Trump tonight.
--:-- Claudia Grisales: The House Rules Committee met for more than seven hours overnight to send the plan to the floor for a final vote this evening.
--:-- Claudia Grisales: This comes days after a group of Senate Democrats broke ranks with their party to help Republicans approve the deal.
--:-- Claudia Grisales: It funds most of the government, at least through January.
--:-- Claudia Grisales: But House Democrats are furious, saying their party didn't make good on their promise to reopen the government in exchange for extending health care subsidies.
--:-- Claudia Grisales: Now, Senate Democrats are set to negotiate a plan with Republicans to address spiking Affordable Care Act premiums.
--:-- Claudia Grisales: If not, they warn they hold Republicans to account at the next government shutdown deadline of January 30th.
--:-- Claudia Vizales: Claudia Vizales, NPR News.
--:-- Claudia Vizales: Furloughed federal employees are waiting to see the outcome of congressional action on the shutdown.
--:-- Elise Gregg: From the Gulf States newsroom, Elise Gregg spoke to one furloughed worker who has been volunteering.
--:-- Elise Gregg: For Joyce Robinson, a veteran and civilian employee with the National Guard, staying busy while she's away from her job isn't an option.
--:-- Elise Gregg: We have not been working for the last 40 days, and I just felt like giving my time back, doing something that's rewarding to me, made me feel like I was at work.
--:-- Elise Gregg: She's been volunteering with Mississippi Food Network, which has helped support those who haven't received SNAP benefits this month.
--:-- Elise Gregg: In the meantime, she's trying to make ends meet herself.
--:-- Elise Gregg: It's not like I don't have any food in the house. It's just, not knowing that I haven't received a check in 40 days.
--:-- Elise Gregg: She's optimistic about coming back to work soon, though.
--:-- Elise Gregg: For NPR News, I'm Elise Gregg in Jackson.
--:-- Corva Coleman: House Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to administer the oath of office to Democratic Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva of Arizona later this afternoon.
--:-- Corva Coleman: She won election 50 days ago, but the Speaker sent the House home amid the shutdown and would not swear Grijalva into office.
--:-- Corva Coleman: She could be the last and decisive vote in the House to petition for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
--:-- Corva Coleman: A maker of organic baby formula By Heart is recalling all of its products sold across the country.
--:-- Corva Coleman: There's been a growing outbreak of botulism among infants.
--:-- Corva Coleman: The illness has been linked to some of By Heart's baby formula.
--:-- Dr. Stephen Abrams: Dr. Stephen Abrams is with the University of Texas at Austin.
--:-- Dr. Stephen Abrams: He has been tracking the cases from the botulism outbreak.
--:-- Dr. Stephen Abrams: Some of those cases have been potentially linked to the use of one particular infant formula.
--:-- Dr. Stephen Abrams: And this is being investigated in the form of what has been recalled.
--:-- Corva Coleman: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found 15 cases of botulism in babies in the U.S.
--:-- Corva Coleman: The babies have been hospitalized.
--:-- Corva Coleman: This is NPR.
--:-- Anastasia Sioulkas: A new study reveals who is doing most of the talking on podcasts.
--:-- Anastasia Sioulkas: Researchers at the University of Southern California say that it is mostly men.
--:-- Anastasia Sioulkas: NPR's Anastasia Sioulkas has more.
--:-- Anastasia Sioulkas: Nearly a third of all Americans now listen to or watch podcasts every week, but more often than not, it's men's voices that they're hearing.
--:-- Anastasia Sioulkas: Researchers at the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative have found that in the 100 most popular podcasts of 2024 nearly two were hosted by men and nearly three of all guests were male too.
--:-- Anastasia Sioulkas: The researchers say that a far greater gender inequity than in similar research they done in the movie TV and music industries.
--:-- Anastasia Sioulkas: Women are particularly underrepresented in business, tech, sports, fitness, and comedy podcasts.
--:-- Anastasia Sioulkas: The researchers also found that over 77 percent of the top 100 hosts were white, leaving a lot of communities out of the conversation.
--:-- Corva Coleman: The United Nations Climate Conference continues in Brazil today.
--:-- Corva Coleman: The United States has not sent a delegation to COP30, but two U.S. governors are there, Gavin Newsom of California and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.
--:-- Corva Coleman: They're participating in panel discussions.
--:-- Corva Coleman: The funeral for renowned primatologist Jane Goodall will be held today in Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
--:-- Corva Coleman: Goodall died last month at the age of 91.
--:-- Corva Coleman: The services will be live-streamed starting at 11 a.m. Eastern Time.
--:-- Corva Coleman: This is NPR.
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