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Throughline Host (0:00)
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.
Ryland Barton (0:24)
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. On the first day of the government shutdown, Senate Republicans tried to pass a bill that would fund Federal agencies through November 21st. NPR's Deirdre Walsh reports. The measure failed.
Deirdre Walsh (0:37)
On the first day of the shutdown, Senate Majority Leader John Thune called on Democrats to back a stopgap funding bill.
John Thune (0:44)
We are one just one Senate roll call vote away from ending this shutdown.
Deirdre Walsh (0:49)
The top Senate Democrat, Chuck Schumer, insisted any deal had to extend health care subsidies that are expiring at the end of the year.
Chuck Schumer (0:56)
It's clear that the way out of this shutdown is to sit down and negotiate with Democrats to address the looming health care crisis that faces tens of millions of American families.
Deirdre Walsh (1:07)
Top leaders aren't talking, but there is a bipartisan Senate group trying to find a path to reopening the government and keeping tax credits to keep health care affordable for middle and working class people. It's unclear how much progress they are making. Deirdre Walsh, NPR News, the Capitol.
Ryland Barton (1:23)
The price of gold hit a new record as uncertainty deepens during the government shutdown. Gold sales can jump when anxious investors seek safe havens for their earlier this year, gold and other metals saw gains as President Trump's tariffs plunged the world into economic uncertainty and the Trump administration's government efficiency effort. Doge hasn't delivered on its promises. That's according to an NPR analysis of Federal data. As NPR's Stephen Fowler reports, agencies ordered.
Stephen Fowler (1:49)
By Doge to drastically slashed her workforce over the last eight months are now hiring back hundreds of workers. Despite Doge's promise that cutting contracts and terminating leases would shrink the federal budget, treasury data show spending has increased by hundreds of billions of dollars. When it first launched this year, Doge's Savings and Efficiency Tracker was full of errors, overstatements and unverifiable claims. That remains true today. The White House declined to answer NVR's questions about these shortcomings, but said President Trump was given a clear mandate to reduce waste, fraud and abuse, and he is delivering on that commitment. Stephen Fowler, NPR News.