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On the Throughline podcast from npr. Immigration enforcement might be more visible now, but this moment didn't begin with President Trump's second inauguration or even his first, a series from Throughline about how immigration became political and a cash cow. Listen to Throughline in the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Amy held. The U.S. is facing its first federal shutdown in almost seven years. Some services could be delayed and most federal workers would not get paid. But this time, President Trump said some could even be fired. Senators spoke today ahead of tonight's midnight deadline amid a congressional standoff over expiring health care subsidies and spending. Here's Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
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We wanted to give our Republican colleagues a chance. That's why some of us back in March said okay, but we saw what happened after that.
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We saw a decimation of health care in the bbb.
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Republican Majority Leader John Thune says it's not about helping people pay for health insurance For Democrats.
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They're on to argue about the substance of a continuing resolution that funds the government for seven weeks, at which time they'll have similar leverage. It doesn't have anything to do with that. Has everything to do with politics.
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Unsurprisingly, each side accuses the other of shouldering shutdown blame. But but people would blame one party more, according to new polling from NPR PBS News and Marist. NPR's Domenico Montanaro reports.
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Neither party would get the majority of the blame, but Republicans who control both chambers of Congress would get more of it than Democrats by a 38 to 27% margin. Another 31% say they would blame both parties equally. Across the political spectrum, people are split on whether it's better to compromise to avoid a shutdown or to stand on principle, even if it means one would occur. Democrats and independents lean toward compromise, while Republicans tend to towards standing on principle. The survey of more than 1400 people across the country was conducted over five days last week. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points, meaning results could be 3 points higher or lower. Domenico Montanaro, NPR News, Washington.
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Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed senior military commanders who came in from all over the world today for a highly unusual meeting outside Washington. NPR's Joe Hernandez reports.