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Dale Willman
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. Senators are working through the weekend for the first time since the government shutdown began more than a month ago. They're hoping to find a way to end the impasse keeping workers at home. Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says his party is ready to get government working again.
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Chuck Schumer
Democrats are ready to clear the way to quickly pass a government funding bill that includes health care affordability. Leader Thune just needs to add a clean one year extension of the ACA tax credits to the CR so that we can immediately address rising health care.
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Dale Willman
Costs, a measure proposing that was rejected by Republicans on Friday. A federal judge in Oregon has permanently blocked the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard in response to protests against ICE agents in Portland. Oregon Public Broadcasting's Conrad Wilson has more.
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Conrad Wilson
In a 106 page ruling, U.S. district Court Judge Karen Immerget found President Trump did not have a lawful basis to federalize the National Guard. She also said her ruling did not mean the president can never deploy soldiers in Oregon or anywhere else, quote, if conditions on the ground justify the Guard intervention. The ruling follows a three day trial over Trump's decision to send troops to protests outside a U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland earlier this fall. Immigrant concluded there was some violence in June, but local law enforcement could handle it in the months since, the judge said demonstrations have been predominantly peaceful. For NPR News, I'm Conrad Wilson in Portland.
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Dale Willman
The FBI is now warning local law enforcement agencies about about people impersonating immigration agents in order to commit violent crimes. NPR's Jimena Bustille has our reports.
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Jimena Bustillo
The FBI warned of at least five documented instances where people in New York, North Carolina and Florida impersonated Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. They then threatened immigrants, committed kidnappings and assault. Immigrant advocates have warned about the potential for abuse with agents who wear masks and plain clothes, making it easier to impersonate them. The Homeland Security Department has previously said that it is a crime to impersonate a federal officer. Ximena Bustillo, NPR News, Washington.
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Dale Willman
The Israeli military says Hamas returned the remains of another Israeli captive on Friday. If it's confirmed to be one of the hostages, that will mean just five more bodies remain in Gaza before the latest handover. Hamas had returned the bodies of 22 hostages since the start of the latest ceasefire that began on October 10th. As part of that agreement, Israel has released the bodies of 285 Palestinians. Only 84 of them have been identified. Stocks closed mixed on Wall Street Friday. The S&P 500 edged up slightly by more than 1/10 of a percent, while the Nasdaq dropped 0.2% on the day. The Dow Jones industrials, meanwhile, was up by 0.16%. The week, though, was down across the board. It was the first first weekly loss in the past month. You're listening to NPR News. Russian citizens will no longer be able to get visas that allow them multiple entries to the European Union. Terry Schultz reports that the action was taken despite criticism from human rights activists in Russia.
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Terry Schultz
The EU's 27 member states agreed that more security is warranted for Russians. So now visa applicants will need to go through thorough vetting for each requested visit instead of receiving multiple entry permission. European Commission spokesperson Marcus Lammert.
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Marcus Lammert
This is in view of the increase, increased security risks stemming from Russia's unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine, including the weaponization of migration, acts of sabotage and the potential misuse of visas.
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Terry Schultz
Exceptions will be made for human rights activists, journalists and others whose motives can be verified. Foreign policy chief Kaia Kalis wrote on X that traveling to the EU is a privilege and not a given, adding that starting a war and expecting to move freely in Europe is hard to justify. For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz in Brussels.
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Dale Willman
A reduction in air traffic control staffing led to the cancellation of more than 1,000 flights across the US on Friday, and more canceled flights are expected in the coming days. But so far, officials say the problems are much less than anticipated. The ongoing government shutdown is being blamed for the problem. Air traffic controllers are not being paid during the shutdown, which has caused a spike in sick time among employees. Scientist James Watson has died. He shared a Nobel Prize in 1962 for helping discover the double helix shape of the DNA molecule. He was 97 years old. Watson also helped guide efforts to map the human genome, but he was later condemned for racist remarks. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.
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