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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. The federal government shutdown is more than one month old. There's no sign Republican and Democratic lawmakers will agree on a spending bill to end it. More than one million federal workers are furloughed. Some are turning to food banks for support. From member station WAMU in Washington, D.C., Jenny Abamu reports from Montgomery County, Marlon. This site has enough food for over 300 families and was set up to give food to federal workers not being paid during the shutdown. Emma Sani is a furloughed federal employee. She has a nine-year-old and a new baby at home.

Not knowing what tomorrow may bring, not knowing when I'll go back to work, when I'll get a paycheck, having a three-week-old, you know, just an extra, you know, burden not getting a paycheck. It's very stressful times. Montgomery County is home to over 50,000 federal workers. Congressman Jamie Raskin, a Democrat who represents much of the county, says constituents are calling his office and asking him to hold out for health care subsidies. For NPR News, I'm Jenny Abameen, Bethesda. The Senate passed legislation yesterday that would overturn President Trump's tariffs on Canada. Four Republicans joined the Democrats in opposing the levees. Virginia Democratic Senator Tim Kaine says instead of slapping U.S.

tariffs on Canada, it would be better to look again at the free trade agreement among North American nations. The right answer to the U.S. Canada relationship on trade is to go back to the table on USMCA, find anything that hasn't worked, anything that can be made better, negotiate and make it better. Earlier this week, the Senate passed a similar resolution that would end President Trump's tariffs on Brazil. The House is not expected to take up these measures. Today's confirmation hearing for U.S. Surgeon General nominee Casey Means has been postponed. A spokesperson for the Senate Health Committee tells Bloomberg News that Means, who is pregnant, has gone into labor.

Members of the Oregon National Guard under President Trump's authority were deployed to a federal immigration facility in Portland, Oregon earlier this month. As Oregon Public Broadcasting's Conrad Wilson reports, it's the first indication National Guard troops were deployed in the state. The revelations came as a federal trial about the president's authority to deploy the National Guard got underway in Portland. According to email summarizing the federal response, nine members of the Oregon National Guard were sent, to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Facility in South Portland in early October. The e-mails show the Guard members began their, quote, First Support Mission on October 4th, and were set to finish at midnight. The same afternoon, while they were at the ICE building,

U.S. District Court Judge Karen Emigott issued a temporary restraining order that blocked the Trump administration from federalizing the Guard. Emigate said she'll consider later whether federal officials acted in contempt of our order. For NPR News, I'm Congress. Fred Wilson in Portland. This is NPR. President Trump is flying back to Washington after spending a week in Asia. His last day featured a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trump spoke positively about their conversation. He says China has agreed to buy millions of dollars in U.S. farm products and take more steps to stop fentanyl from entering the U.S. Trump also says he will visit China in April and that Xi will pay a visit to the U.S. after that. A hurricane warning is up for Bermuda. The National Hurricane Center says the Category 2 hurricane will probably hit the Atlantic Ocean Island later today. Melissa's top sustained winds are at 105 miles per hour.

It was a Category 5 when he hit Jamaica Tuesday. The Paris prosecutor says five more people have been arrested in the theft of jewels from the Louvre Museum. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports seven people are now in custody, but the jewels are missing. The five were detained in separate police operations in Paris and its suburbs. The prosecutor's announcement came hours after she gave a press conference detailing the detention of two men apprehended last weekend. They were caught through DNA left at the scene of the crime. Investigators say the two men, in their 30s with prior criminal records,

have partially admitted to the theft and are being questioned and charged. I want to guard the hope that they will be able. Prosecutor Lorbecu said she held out hope the jewels would be returned to the Louvre and the nation. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris. On Wall Street and pre-market trading, Dow futures are lower. This is NPR.