Congressional spending fight could blow past deadline for shutdown
Government funding runs out at the end of the day tomorrow and Congress seems resigned to dragging the spending fight past the deadline for a shutdown.
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Funding for infant nutrition program at risk
Funding for the WIC program, which serves pregnant mothers and young children, is caught in political crosshairs, as the government shutdown and ongoing budget negotiations threaten full funding.
Former Rep. Jane Harman on Sen. Dianne Feinstein's trailblazing legacy
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with former Congresswoman Jane Harman, who was a longtime friend and colleague to Diane Feinstein, about the late senator's life and legacy.
What's behind the debate to re-authorize PEPFAR, the widely hailed anti-HIV effort?
The program launched by President George W. Bush is credited with saving 25 million lives. Some in Congress want this year's reauthorization tied to language that PEPFAR will not "promote abortion."
Up First briefing: Effects of a shutdown; health workers may strike; Maui conspiracies
What will stay open if the government shuts down? Kaiser Permanente's health care workers near a nationwide walkout. How conspiracy theories spread in the wake of wildfires in Hawaii.
North Carolina governor vetoes bill that would take away his control over election boards
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What a shutdown would mean for student loan borrowers
October loan payments will still be due, but an extended shutdown could impact customer service.
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Deadline for a government shutdown looms. Health care workers at Kaiser Permanente near a nationwide walkout. The parents of the founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX face their own legal troubles.
From California to Capitol Hill, tributes to Dianne Feinstein flood in after her death
Leaders in the House and the Senate paused from the race to avert a government shutdown to remember Feinstein, the California Democrat who was longest-serving woman to ever sit in the U.S. Senate.
Dianne Feinstein, longest serving woman in the Senate, has died at 90
Feinstein suddenly became the mayor of San Francisco when two other officials were assassinated. Later she was elected to the U.S. Senate after male senators grilled Anita Hill in public hearings.