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Live from NPR News in Washington, on Krova Coleman, the Republican-led House is expected to take up a spending measure today to end the federal government shutdown. NPS Claudio Grasales reports that GOP leaders are confident they have the votes to get the bill to President Trump tonight. The House Rules Committee met for more than seven hours overnight to send the plan to the floor for a final vote this evening. This comes days after a group of Senate Democrats broke ranks with their party to help Republicans approve the deal. It funds most of the government, at least through January. But House Democrats are furious, saying their party didn't make good on their promise to reopen the government in exchange for extending health care subsidies. Now Senate Democrats are set to negotiate a plan with Republicans to address spiking Affordable Care Act premiums. If not, they warn they'll hold Republicans to account at the next government's shutdown deadline of January 30th. Visales, NPR News. Furloughed federal employees are waiting to see the outcome of congressional action on the shutdown.

From the Gulf State's newsroom, Elise Gregg, spoke to one furloughed worker who has been volunteering. For Joyce Robinson, a veteran and civilian employee with the National Guard, staying busy while she's away from her job isn't an option. We have not been working for the last 40 days, and I just felt like giving my time back doing something that's rewarding to me, made me feel like I was at work. She's been volunteering with Mississippi Food Network, which has helped support those who haven't received SNAP benefits this month.

In the meantime, she's trying to make ends meet herself. It's not like I don't have any food in the house. It's just, you know, the unknown, not knowing that I haven't received a check in 40 days. She's optimistic about coming back to work soon, though. For NPR News, I'm Elise Gregg in Jackson. House Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to administer the oath of office to Democratic Congresswoman elect Adelita Grijalva of Arizona later this afternoon.

She won election 50 days ago, but the Speaker sent the House home amid the shutdown and would not swear Grijalva into office. She could be the last and decisive vote in the House to petition for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. A maker of organic baby formula by heart is recalling all of its products sold across the country. There's been a growing outbreak of botul. among infants. The illness has been linked to some of Byhart's baby formula. Dr. Stephen Abrams is with the University of Texas at Austin. He has been tracking the cases from the botulism outbreak. Some of those cases have been potentially linked to the use of one particular infant formula,

and this is being investigated, and the formula has been recalled. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found 15 cases of botulism in babies in the U.S. The babies have been hospitalized. This is NPR. A new study reveals who is doing most of the talking on podcasts. Researchers at the University of Southern California say that it is mostly men. NPR's Anastasi at Seulkus has more. Nearly a third of all Americans now listen to or watch podcasts every week, but more often than not, it's men's voices that they're hearing.

Researchers at the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative have found that in the 100, popular podcasts of 2024, nearly two-thirds were hosted by men, and nearly three-quarters of all guests were male, too. The researchers say that's a far greater gender inequity than in similar research they've done in the movie, TV, and music industries. Women are particularly underrepresented in business, tech, sports, fitness, and comedy podcasts. The researchers also found that over 77% of the top 100 hosts were white, leaving a lot of communities out of the conversation. Anastasi Aze Lucas and Pierre News, New York. The United Nations Climate Conference continues in Brazil today.

The United States has not sent a delegation to COP 30, but two U.S. governors are there, Gavin Newsom of California, and Michelle Lujan Gresham of New Mexico. They're participating in panel discussions. The funeral for renowned primatologist Jane Goodall will be held today in Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Goodall died last month at the age of 91. The services will be live-streamed starting at 11 a.m. Eastern Time. This is NPR.