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Support for NPR and the following message come from the Kreske Foundation with Pathbreakers, a podcast about transforming communities through innovation, from revolutionizing higher education to supporting artists who are driving change. Pathbreakers is available on podcast platforms. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. The U.S. House Rules Committee has wrapped up work on amendments to a bill that would end the longest shutdown in U.S. government history. A full House vote is set for Wednesday. The U.S. Senate passed the measure late Monday with the help of seven Democrats and one independent who sided with Republicans. But House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffrey says Democrats are still demanding the restoration of health insurance tax subsidies in exchange for their votes to end the shutdown. Our strong expectation is that Democrats will be strongly opposed. Many have issued statements. The New Dem Coalition, that's the largest caucus within the House Democratic.

caucus opposed to this Republican spending bill because it fails to address the health care crisis that Republicans have created. Senate Majority Leader John Thune says he will hold to vote by mid-December on extending health care tax subsidies. The Supreme Court is postponing its order to restore full snap benefits for two days. The delay is to allow more time for final passage of a short-term spending bill. President Trump's pardons of a former lawyer Rudy Giuliani and others accused of trying to overturn the election in 2020 do not apply to a criminal case in Georgia. But W.A.B.E's Alex Helmick reports that the Georgia case is still in limbo. The massive RICO case originally brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fawney Willis still does not have a prosecuting attorney.

That's after a Georgia court removed Willis because her relationship with a special prosecutor created an appearance of impropriety. The prosecuting attorney's counsel of Georgia has to name. her replacement by November 14th or the indictments are dismissed. In a statement, the council's executive director, Pete Scandalakis, said Trump's pardons only apply to federal charges, not state, and his office is working on their assigned task without being influenced by outside actions. For NPR News, I'm Alex Hummick in Atlanta. Annual climate talks began this week in Brazil, and the U.S. has not sent an official delegation. But NPR's Alejandra Burundah reports that the U.S. is not totally absent.

Mayors and governors from across the country are attending the meeting, known as COP 30, including California Governor Gavin Newsom, who said the Trump administration has retreated from many of the country's climate goals. But that position doesn't represent the whole country. I'm here because I don't want the United States of America to be a footnote at this conference. He says there are many states and cities still prioritizing climate. California is a stable and reliable partner in low-carbon green growth and will remain. a stable and reliable partner in low-carbon green growth. That message was echoed at another COP30 event with New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and representatives from cities like Savannah, Georgia.

Alejandro Buruna, NPR News. You're listening to NPR. The FDA says infant formula maker, By Heart Media, By Heart, Inc, that is, is expanding its voluntary recall amid an investigation and to an outbreak of infant botulism. Bihart is now recalling all of its products nationwide following reports that since August, at least 15 babies in a dozen states, became ill after consuming the formula. No deaths have been linked to the product.

Buy Heart sells roughly 200,000 cans of infant formula online and in stores each month. Thousands of people gathered in Central Israel on Tuesday for the funeral of a soldier whose body was held in Gaza for over 11 years. Hamas returned the body last weekend as part of a U.S. brokered ceasefire. NPR's Ite Stern has more from Tel Aviv. Hadar Goldin was killed during an Israeli military operation in Gaza in 2014. His family waged a long public campaign to bring home his body.

On Tuesday, it was finally buried in central Israel. His twin brother, Tsul Goldin, said in his eulogy, that Hamas hostage-taking is designed to, quote, break Israel's society. The bodies of four hostages remain in Gaza, three Israelis and one Thai national. On Monday, President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, met in Israel with Prime Minister

Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the next phase of the ceasefire. It ties turn, NPR News, Tel Aviv. On Asia-Pacific markets, shares are mostly higher. You're listening. to NPR News. This message comes from WISE, the app for using money around the globe. When you manage your money with WISE,

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