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In Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago are suing the Trump administration over President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops. Officials in the city and the state said say they don't want the troops and that they're not needed. Some of the troops are members of the Texas National Guard. This comes after a federal judge blocked Trump from deploying any National Guard troops to the state of Oregon. This is day six of the federal government shutdown. Lawmakers cannot agree on a short term spending bill. Democrats want Republicans to rescind some of their cuts to federal health care spending before they'll sign on. Republicans want to pass a short term spending bill first. A spending bill has already passed the House, so Speaker Mike Johnson says he is not calling his members back.
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There's nothing for us to negotiate. The House has done its job.
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Meanwhile, the Senate is set to convene today and debate spending plans, but nothing is expected to pass. Despite the shutdown, the U.S. supreme Court opens a new term today. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports. Justices will take up cases ranging from questions of presidential power to LGBTQ rights.
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On the docket are a challenge to Trump's massive tariffs and a challenge to his firing of independent agency directors, an action that contradicts a unanimous Supreme Court decision dating back almost a century. Also before the court is a case that could end what's left of the landmark Voting Rights act and a case that could do away with one of the few remaining laws that limits campaign fundraising. Also likely to end up before the court is the question it didn't decide last year testing whether the president has the power to limit the constitutional provision guaranteeing citizenship to every person born in the United. Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington.
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Italy is urging President Trump to drop large tariffs on pasta imports to the U.S. italy's National Union for Farmers says the tariffs would deal a fatal blow to many Italian pasta makers. NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports. The pasta tariffs also mean higher costs for American consumers.
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The U.S. decision to impose an extra duty of more than 90% comes as the U.S. department of Commerce accuses two major Italian producers of selling pasta at unfairly low prices. Italy's foreign minister has denied this characterisation and says a dedicated task force had been set up to coordinate Italy's response with the European Union, which is running trade policy on behalf of the bloc. The new tariffs would raise the effective rate on most premium Italian pastas to 107%. Calderetti, Italy's influential agribusiness association, has warned that as well as being a fatal blow for some Italian pasta producers, it would double the cost of a plate of pasta for America families. Ruth Sherlock, NPR News, Rome.
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On Wall street, the dow was down 90 points. This is NPR. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has adopted recommendations for vaccines for children and for COVID 19. The CDC says that toddlers should receive the chickenpox vaccination as a separate shot. That's instead of a shot that combines chickenpox with measles, mumps and rubella. Separately, the CDC says that COVID 19 vaccines are now subject to shared decision making with a health care professional. This is to weigh the risks and benefits of getting the jab. It's an extra step compared with past CDC recommendations. The federal agency is adopting recommendations that were made by a panel of outside advisors more than two weeks ago. A prominent medical publisher has retracted a study suggesting apple cider vinegar can help people lose weight. NPR's John Hamilton explains.
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The study was published by the BMJ group in March of 2024. It looked at 120 overweight or obese people in Lebanon. Those who got daily doses of apple cider vinegar for three months reportedly lost about 9% of their initial body weight. News outlets around the world covered the research. Within weeks, though, scientists began posting critiques, saying the results were implausible and marred by errors. Then they took their concerns to the editors of the bmj, Nutrition, Prevention and Health. The paper was retracted in September of this year. Apple cider vinegar remains a popular remedy, though, thanks to endorsements from celebrities including Kim Kardashian, Katy Perry and Dr. Mehmet Oz. John Hamilton, NPR News.
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And I'm Korva Coleman, NPR News, from Washington.
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