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This message comes from Carvana. Why spend time wondering what your car is worth? Instantly track its value on Carvana Value Tracker, answer a few quick questions and stay up to speed on your car's value. Track your car's value@carvana.com Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump has signed an executive order saying video sharing app TikTok can continue operating in the U.S. president Biden signed a bill last year calling for TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell it its assets or face a nationwide ban. Trump's order declares that a proposed deal to sell the company meets national security concerns laid out by the law. Much is still unknown about the actual arrangement, but Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping, quote, gave us the go ahead to proceed with the deal five days before federal agencies run out of money. A Trump administration memo threatening mass layoffs is increasing the prospects of a shutdown. NPR's Deirdre Walsh reports.
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The Office of Management and Budget released a memo indicating if the government shuts down next week, it will fire some federal workers instead of putting them on unpaid leave. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says OMB has already been engaging in what he called mass firings throughout the year and Democrats will continue to pursue legal challenges. His message to OMB chief Russ Vote was get lost.
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We will not be intimidated by these threats coming from the most extreme parts of the Trump administration.
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President Trump called Democrats demands to address health care costs as part of a funding deal on Sirius and says they will be blamed for a shutdown. There are no talks and no clear path to avoid a shutdown that could start October 1st. Deirdre Welch, NPR News, the Capitol.
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Federal officials have identified the man who shot and killed a detainee and injured two others at an ICE facility in Dallas yesterday as 29 year old Joshua Yang. Authorities say he acted alone and left detailed notes stating he intended to shoot and terrorize ICE agents. He died of an apparently self inflicted gunshot wound. The head of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, delivered a short address by video to the United Nations General assembly today. The US denied visas to the Palestinian leader and about 80 other members of his government, meaning he could not give his address in person. NPR's Emily Fang reports.
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Abbas applauded France, the UK and other Western countries symbolic recognition of the state of Palestine. And he criticized Jewish settler attacks on Palestinians in the west bank, much of which Abbas government governs and which is considered the heart of any future Palestinian state. Abbas and other Palestinian officials could not travel to New York, however, because since the end of July, the Trump administration has sanctioned the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Liberation Organization, alleging they support terrorism. Abbas used his video address to call for an end to Israel's war in Gaza and for a future Palestinian state free of Hamas. Emily Fang, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
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US Stock indexes stumbled for the third straight day and giving up more of the big gains made so far this year. The S&P 500 fell 0.5%. This is NPR News from Washington. A Paris court has sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy. He was found guilty of attempting to finance his 20002007 campaign with funds from Libya. Sarkozy is 70 years old and will go to prison even if he appeals. He denounced today's ruling as a scandalous injustice. Officials in Mississippi are worried about the state's babies. The state recently declared a public health crisis around infant mortalities. NPR's Acadia Riddle reports.
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One significant factor in the crisis here lack of insurance. The state has not expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care act the way other states have. Obstetric lakeisha Richardson says without insurance, her patients often get to hurt when it's too late. They're showing up with severe preeclampsia and they're not stable for transfer. But also they're showing up in in ways or things with preterm labor or complicated medical diagnosis that we could have prevented. Richardson is part of a public health team working to reduce infant deaths throughout the state. Katie Riddle, NPR News.
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The Mississippi Delta crabs, worms and fish are thriving on discarded World War II explosives in the Baltic Sea, thought to be tox toxic to marine life. At a former weapons dump site off the coast of Germany, scientists found more creatures living on top of warheads than in surrounding seabed. Researchers filmed networks of anemones, starfish and other underwater life. They hope to calculate how much contamination was absorbed by sea life. The work is detailed in the Journal of Communications, Earth and Environment. I'm Ryland Barton. This is NPR News from Washington. Listen to this podcast sponsor, free on Amazon Music with a Prime membership or any podcast app, by subscribing to NPR News Now +@plus.NPR.org that's plus.NPR.org.