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Hannah Jewell
The Senate took a key step toward ending the government shutdown. That's where we're starting the seven from the Washington Post, I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Monday, November 10th. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. It has been 41 days since the federal government ran out of funding and shut down. Last night, the Senate took one step toward getting it back open. A group of Senate Democrats joined Republicans to advance an agreement. It would reopen the government through January 30 and would fund certain things for a full year. Here's Senate Majority Leader John Thune on the Senate floor yesterday.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune / Senator Chuck Schumer
From the truly precarious situation we are in with regard to air travel to the fact that our staffs have been working without pay for a full 40 days now, all of us, Republicans and Democrats who support this bill know that the time to act is now.
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Hannah Jewell
The deal that has been advanced would not extend Affordable Care act subsidies, which are set to expire at the end of the year. Those subsidies have been a key sticking point during the shutdown. Instead, Thune committed to holding a separate vote on them next month after the government reopens. That has divided Democrats Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer, who are the top Democrats in the House and Senate respectively, both came out against the deal. Here's Schumer yesterday saying he would not support the agreement, known as the cr.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune / Senator Chuck Schumer
I must vote no. This health care crisis is so severe, so urgent, so devastating for families back home that I cannot in good faith support this CR that it fails, that fails to address the health care crisis.
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Hannah Jewell
Still, seven Democratic senators broke ranks and one independent who caucuses with Democrats, Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire was one of them. She said letting the shutdown go on longer would only mean more harm for families in New Hampshire and all across the country. Yesterday's vote was only the first of many that will be necessary to pass the agreement in the Senate. Then it would still have to pass the House. And that is its own kettle of fish. Two top leaders at the BBC resigned over edited clips of President Donald Trump. That's our second story. Just ahead of the presidential election last year, Britain's public broadcaster aired a documentary called A Second Chance. This week, a British newspaper published a whistleblower report about that documentary from a former BBC editorial standards advisor. It alleged that the documentary misleadingly edited clips of President Trump's speech on January 6, 2021. The report said the editing had made it seem like Trump explicitly called for violence at the US Capitol yesterday. BBC Director General Tim Davy and BBC News CEO Deborah Turnus resigned over the controversy. The Trump administration called the incident an example of why Americans are turning to alternative media sources. And the upheaval comes as Trump has dramatically escalated pressure on U.S. news organizations. He has filed defamation suits against outlets and imposed unprecedented government restrictions on media access. Number three, the Department of Justice has lost thousands of experienced attorneys this year. The DOJ has not escaped President Trump's efforts to reshape the federal government. Since Trump returned to office, thousands of staffers have quit the agency, been fired or taken a buyout. Now officials are struggling to replace them. According to people familiar with hirings in the department, the process has been snarled by a lack of qualified candidates, bureaucratic delays and hiring freezes. Meanwhile, the number of recent graduates from top ranked law schools who are applying for jobs at the Justice Department has plenty of plummeted. Sources told the Post that those who are applying tend to be more conservative and align ideologically with the president. Number four About a thousand people attended a conference celebrating the rise of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Over the weekend, Children's Health Defense held a conference in Austin, Texas, that's an anti vaccine organization founded by Kennedy before he became health secretary. Attendees said they want to keep up the momentum of the Make America Healthy Again movement while Kennedy is still in charge of the nation's health policy. Kennedy did not attend the conference, but his former top political advisor was there, along with physicians and activists whose views have been discredited by mainstream science. Kennedy's wife, Cheryl Hines was also there. One of the key goals of conference participants is to eliminate school vaccine mandates in a state by state campaign. On offer for attendees were infant onesies displaying the words unvaxxed, unafraid and hats that said RFK Jr was right about everything. Sold out on Saturday. Anti vaccine advocates have gained a greater following amid a post pandemic backlash to vaccine requirements. Number five, A critical part of the economy isn't hiring. Small businesses are crucial economic engines in their communities. Collectively, they employ more than 40% of the US workforce. But they tend to experience financial shocks more acutely than their bigger corporate peers and many are pulling back on spending. That's because they're contending with multiple pressure points like inflation and the government shutdown and fears of a potential recession. The uncertainty felt by business owners is also being felt by consumers. Many would be customers are cutting back on the kind of spending that drives sales and that is troubling news for small businesses. Foreign sports are drawing big bets and the potential for corruption. That's number six. The betting industry is booming in the US and around the world, major sportsbooks are expanding their menus to include smaller sports like table tennis, darts and even surfing. As a result, big money bettors are converging on small money sports. That has left a widening pool of players vulnerable to match fixers. It has also fueled an uptick in bets flagged as suspicious and sparked a flurry of painstaking investigations that often end with uncertain conclusions. The risk of corruption is heightened in sports, where salaries and prize funds are lower than what match fixers can offer. The Post investigated this issue, reviewing suspicious betting records and interviewing athletes, regulators, sportsbook managers and league officials. To dive deeper into this story today, check out the link in our newsletter. Find that, as always, in our show Notes and at number seven a 15 minute walk could could boost your longevity this is not the first time lately I have told you to get up and get those steps in. Just last week I told you about a study that suggested taking 3,000 to 5,000 steps per day may help slow cognitive decline. If that wasn't enough to get you out of your chair, here's another one. A large scale study found that walking for at least 10 or 15 minutes at a time might do more for your health and longevity than spreading your steps out into shorter walks throughout the day. Middle aged and older people in the study who did these longer walks had a lower likelihood of developing heart disease. And let's be very honest with ourselves, 15 minutes is not that long. That's just one listen through of this podcast followed by most of Stairway to Heaven. What could be easier? Go get those steps. Alright, you're all caught up. This is a big week for our team. The seven podcast turns three this week. Three years old, we're going to preschool, having big feelings and refusing to eat our vegetables. Thank you for starting your morning with us for the last 700 episodes. Or if you're new here, welcome. Subscribe and follow us wherever you listen to podcasts so you can get the day's top seven stories waiting for you every morning. Hello, I'm Hannah Jewell. I'll meet you back here tomorrow.
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