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Ryland Barton (0:18)
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The federal government is careening towards a shutdown in three hours after Congress failed to negotiate a deal. As NPR's Barbara Sprunt reports, the Senate took up two competing measures to temporarily and both failed.
Barbara Sprunt (0:33)
At 12:01am Eastern Time on Wednesday, the government will officially be shut down. Essential services will continue, but hundreds of thousands of federal workers will be furloughed without pay. A memo from the White House's budget arm suggests that agencies could be laying off workers as well. This comes after congressional leaders met with President Trump Monday in the Oval Office to try to negotiate a deal. No compromise was reached. Republicans needed some Senate Democrats to vote alongside them to temporarily fund the government, but Democrats Democrats insisted a stopgap deal also had to extend health care subsidies, which expire at the end of the year. Barbara Sprunt, NPR News, the Capitol.
Ryland Barton (1:12)
A federal judge in Boston has ruled that the Trump administration is violating the First Amendment by targeting pro Palestinian protesters for deportation. As NPR's Adrian Florido reports, it's one of the major free speech cases of Trump's second term.
Adrian Florido (1:26)
Judge William Young wrote that officials in the Departments of State and Homeland Security have been misusing the powers of their offices to target non citizen pro Palestinians for deportation because of their protected political speech. The lawsuit was brought by academics who argued during a nine day trial this summer that the Trump administration's policy to try to deport students like Mahmoud Khalil, Rumeisa Ozturk and others was meant to silence criticism of Israel. In his ruling, Judge Young wrote that non citizens legally in the US Enjoy the same free speech rights as citizens. He said he'll soon hold a hearing to decide how to try to force the government to stop violating those rights. Adrian, Florida, NPR News.
Ryland Barton (2:06)
A Mexican man who is among three people shot at a Dallas immigration field office last week has died. He's the second person killed in the attack. The family of 3232 year old Miguel Angel Garcia Hernandez says he died after being removed from life support. The Trump administration is launching a website for prescription drugs called Trump Rx. The site would facilitate sales directly to consumers at a discount. NPR's Sydney Lupkin has more.