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--:-- Shea Stevens: President Trump has signed a bill to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. As NPR's Franco Ordonez reports, Trump called for ending the filibuster, which he said would prevent another shutdown.
--:-- Franco Ordonez: President Trump signed the bill in a late-night ceremony from the White House where he continued to blame the Democrats for the shutdown. This was an easy extension, but they didn't want to do it the easy way. They had to do it the hard way. They look very bad, the Democrats do.
--:-- Franco Ordonez: The package funds most of the government through the end of January, but also includes three years of funding for some other programs, including agriculture and military. The legislation also includes a provision that would reverse layoffs of federal workers that were made during the shutdown and ensure retroactive pay for those who were furloughed.
--:-- Franco Ordonez: And Trump again pressed to end the Senate filibuster rule that requires 60 votes to bring legislation to the floor.
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--:-- Shea Stevens: The House Oversight Committee has released thousands more pages of documents on late sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein. Republicans say the information they released provides more context. As Stephen Fowler reports, Democrats are highlighting three emails from Epstein to Donald Trump.
--:-- Stephen Fowler: Those three email changes that Democrats initially released, There's also another dozen or so pages they've highlighted online. They include the disgraced financier Epstein discussing Trump. In 2011, Epstein emailed Ghislaine Maxwell, his associate who has been convicted on trafficking charges, called Trump the, quote, dog that hasn't barked, and says Trump spent hours at his house with one of the alleged sex trafficking victims.
--:-- Stephen Fowler: There's a 2015 thread with author Michael Wolff that saw Wolff suggest Epstein could get, quote, valuable PR and political currency if Trump denied being on Epstein's plane or at his house, and a 2019 exchange that saw Epstein say that, quote, of course Trump knew about the girls as he asked Elaine to stop. That email does not elaborate further.
--:-- Stephen Fowler: reporting.
--:-- Shea Stevens: Britain is withholding some intelligence from the Pentagon amid deadly U.S. attacks on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean. More from NPR's Quill Lawrence.
--:-- Quill Lawrence: Intelligence sharing between the U and Britain has a storied history going back to World War II and that relationship continues But according to an official who is not authorized to speak publicly the U has begun denying certain intelligence requests out of concern over U.S. military actions in the Caribbean because they do not align with British foreign policy.
--:-- Quill Lawrence: The White House declined to comment. This was first reported by CNN, and in response, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on social media that his government will stop sharing intelligence with the U.S. until the strikes on the boats stop.
--:-- Quill Lawrence: The Trump administration claims the military has the right to kill even unarmed drug smugglers on suspicion because it has labeled them terrorist enemy combatants.
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--:-- Shea Stevens: A federal appeals court is weighing arguments over the suspension of Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood. Under a law passed in July, the government will not reimburse organizations that provide abortions. It remains in effect pending the outcome of appeals.
--:-- Shea Stevens: Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider, says that the law is unconstitutional.
--:-- Shea Stevens: U.S. Catholic bishops have approved restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender people at Catholic health care facilities. They've also released a statement on immigration during their annual meeting. Ella Aleha Herzler of Religion News Service has the story.
--:-- Ella Aleha Herzler: At the meeting of the U Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore Chicago Cardinal Blaise Cupich pushed the bishops to make their stance on immigration clear How can we say to the people who are suffering from this moment that we stand with you if we don't clearly say that we are opposed to the indiscriminate deportation of people?
--:-- Ella Aleha Herzler: The bishops also restricted gender-affirming care at Catholic health care facilities. Maxwell Kuzma, a lifelong Catholic and trans man, says that clashes with Catholic values. To restrict gender-affirming care is like a pretty strong rebuttal of how Jesus actually acted towards the people who were most marginalized and who were sick.
--:-- Ella Aleha Herzler: The meeting concludes on Thursday. For NPR News, I'm Aleja Herzler-McCain.
--:-- Shea Stevens: U.S. futures are slightly lower in after-hours trading on Wall Street following Wednesday's mixed close. the Dow Jones Industrials gained 326 points. On Asia-Pacific, market shares are mixed down a fraction in Hong Kong. This is NPR News.
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