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This week on Consider This, a big few days for the Democratic Party, decisive wins on Election Day, and Nancy Pelosi announces she'll retire next year, what it all can mean in 2026, plus the latest action from the Trump administration to limit the flow of refugees into the U.S. Catch up on the news you've missed in short daily episodes of Consider This. Listen on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. On day 38 of the government shutdown, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told Republicans, Democrats would back a GOP measure to reopen the government if they agree to a one-year extension of health insurance tax credits. Democrats would like to see an end to this shutdown, and we want to respect Leader Thune's desire not to negotiate on ACA until after the government reopens. Therefore, we'd like to offer a simple proposal that would reopen the government and extend. the ACA premium tax credits simultaneously. Schumer on the Senate floor today, the chamber has held 14 failed votes on reopening the government.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has said the GOP-led Senate would vote on a Republican bill to pay federal workers during the shutdown. So far, they have been unable to overcome Democratic opposition. President Trump's pressing Senate Republicans to scrap the filibuster. I am totally in favor of terminating the filibuster, and we would be back to work within 10 minutes after that vote took place, and lots of other good things would happen, and it doesn't make any sense that a Republican would not want to do that. The president at the White House where he was hosting Hungarian leader Victor Orban. President Trump says his administration is considering sparing the government of his close ally, Orban, from U.S. sanctions, on Russian oil. We're looking at it because it's very difficult for him to get the oil and gas from other areas. As you know, they don't have the advantage of having sea.

It's a great country. It's a big country, but they don't have sea. They don't have the ports. But the U.S. targeted Russian oil to pressure President Vladimir Putin of Russia to end its war with Ukraine. Airlines are offering fewer flights beginning today because of the ongoing shutdown of the federal government. NPR's Joel Rose says, the Federal Aviation Administration ordered a reduce flight capacity to ensure safety amid staffing shortages at airports. United, Delta, and American have begun canceling hundreds of flights. The FAA officially released a list of 40 major airports that will be affected by the reductions, including airline hubs in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, and elsewhere. David Kinselman, a senior vice president at United, told NPRs all things considered that the airline will adjust.

We have service disruptions frequently. in the airline business. So we've got a good playbook. The FAA has already been delaying flights at some airports because of staffing shortages among air traffic controllers. Those controllers are required to work without pay during the shutdown, but some have taken on second jobs and many are calling out sick. Joel Rose and PR News, Washington. At last check on Wall Street, the Dow was up 27 points at 46,939. The S&P was down slightly. The NASDAQ was off 95 points. From Washington, this is NPR News. In response to widespread disruptions to America's federal workers, some community organizations

are stepping up from member station WAMU. Jackson-Sinberg reports on how one school district in the Washington, D.C. area is helping. Arlington is the first Virginia suburb you hit west out of D.C. and home to the Pentagon. It's a hotbed for federal employees. That's why the superintendent of Arlington public schools asked the district to come up with ideas to help families. One solution, serve dinner at three schools while the shutdown lasts. Arlington public schools Frank Belavia. When you think about communities, you think about the schools that are there and these really are the backbones of the community. So us being here and doing

this means is nothing different. The school system plans to serve 250 meals at each school every weeknight for 30 days or until the shutdown ends. For MPR news, I'm Jackson-Sinberg in Washington, D.C. Cornell University has reached an agreement with the administration to restore federal research funding while accepting the administration's interpretation of civil rights laws. Here's NPR as a listen to add warning. Part of the deal would require Cornell an Ivy League school in upstate New York to pay the government $30 million and also invest $30 million more in agriculture and farming. In April, the government froze millions of dollars in research funding over accusations of racial discrimination and anti-Semitism. In addition to reinstating millions in research grants, the agreement says the Trump administration will end open investigations into the school. This deal follows similar deals the Trump administration has made with Brown University and Columbia University.

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