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Live from NPR News. In Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump has signed into law a more than trillion dollar spending measure reopening the federal government after a brief partial shutdown. But Congress only approved money for the Department of Homeland Security through next week as lawmaker negotiate changes to immigration enforcement. NPR's Sam Greenglass reports.
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Congress has 10 days to find a consensus. Republicans and Democrats agree on a few fixes, but appear quite far apart on others. Here's Senate Majority Leader John Thune on.
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The timeline, which I had argued at the time was way too short to allow anything consequential to happen. But that being said, the Democrats insisted on it, so those discussions will get underway. But ultimately that's going to be a conversation between the president of the United States and the Democrats here in the Senate.
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Even if DHS runs out of money next week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement still has an extra $75 billion approved by Congress last summer to use over the next four years. Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington.
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South Carolina officials are reporting 29 new measles cases since last Friday as the nation's largest outbreak in decades continues to spread. NPR's Maria Godoy reports. It's not the only state with an.
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Active outbre with 876 cases so far. South Carolina's measles outbreak is getting a lot of attention, but other states are also battling outbreaks of the extremely contagious disease. In North Carolina, officials are reporting 15 cases of measles since December. Many of them are linked to the South Carolina outbreak, whose epicenter is in Spartanburg county near the state border. Arizona has reported 24 cases this year alone, while officials in Utah say an outbreak that began last year has grown to more than 230 cases. Infectious disease experts say as vaccination rates continue to decline, outbreaks of a disease that was once declared eliminated in the US Are starting to become the new normal. Maria Godoy, NPR News.
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President Trump is demanding $1 billion in damages. From Harvard University, NPR's Alyssa Nadworny reports. It's the latest update on a months long negotiation to reach a deal with the elite school and resolve the administration's claims of anti Semitism on campus.
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Trump's comments come from a post on Truth Social Media following reporting in the New York Times that a Harvard deal would not include cash demands. The White House has made several deals with elite universities in the last year. In a deal with Columbia University, the school agreed to pay more than $200 million to the federal government. In another deal with Brown University, the school agreed to pay $50 million to workforce development training in Rhode island over the next 10 years. Harvard University has not commented on the ongoing negotiations. Alyssa Nadworny, NPR News.
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Air travelers in the US Without a real ID or another acceptable form of identification now have to pay $45 and go through an alternate verification option called Confirm ID. This is NPR News. NASA's long awaited moonshot with astronauts has been delayed until at least March because of leaking hydrogen fuel. Officials say the delay will allow the launch team to conduct another practice countdown before committing four astronauts to humanity's first moonshot in more than half a century. Arizona's Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs says she's cautiously optimistic that Western states are moving towards a deal on managing the Colorado River. From member station kjzz, Alex Hager reports. That's on the heels of a meeting in D.C. that brought together Western governors and federal water leaders.
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The seven states can't agree on how to share the pain of cutbacks to a shrinking water supply. The rules for managing the river expire later this year. Hobbs says they probably won't meet a mid February deadline for a new agreement, but they'll be on the right path by then.
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We were clearly at an impasse. I feel like we're at a place where we can start to move past that now.
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State leaders appear to be moving toward a short term deal for the river. The feds cautioned against a five year deal that would kick the can down the road. But Hobbs says a short deal could serve as a bridge to a longer term agreement. For NPR News, I'm Alex Hager in Phoenix.
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Researchers at Washington State University and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game are using collar cams to study a remote population of grizzly bears on Alaska's north slope. Twelve bears have been equipped with cameras capturing their daily activities like playing, hunting and foraging. The footage shows bears eating caribou carcasses, hunting calves and later shifting to berries and vegetation. These Arctic grizzlies are smaller than their salmon fed counterparts, weighing up to 350 pounds. This is NPR News from Washington.
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Host: Ryland Barton (NPR)
Length: ~5 minutes
This concise news episode delivers updates on major US political, health, and science stories, including the reopening of the federal government after a brief shutdown, a growing measles outbreak, high-profile legal moves involving President Trump and Harvard University, NASA’s delayed moonshot mission, progress on a Colorado River water-sharing deal, and a unique scientific study of Alaskan grizzly bears.
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Senate Leader John Thune (on brief shutdown and negotiations):
"The timeline, which I had argued at the time was way too short to allow anything consequential to happen... that's going to be a conversation between the president of the United States and the Democrats here in the Senate." (01:05)
Maria Godoy (on measles outbreaks):
"...outbreaks of a disease that was once declared eliminated in the US are starting to become the new normal." (02:10)
Gov. Katie Hobbs (on water negotiations):
"We were clearly at an impasse. I feel like we're at a place where we can start to move past that now." (04:10)
This summary covers all major content from the five-minute news episode, with key details, context, and direct quotes for listeners seeking a quick, thorough update.