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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. The federal government shutdown is over. The House passed short-term spending legislation last night. Democrats had demanded that Republicans restore subsidies for soaring health care premiums under the Affordable Care Act. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries says Republicans don't care that Americans cannot afford health care. The longest shutdown in American history would rather do that than provide health care. that's affordable to working-class Americans, middle-class Americans, and hard-working American taxpayers.

But House Speaker Mike Johnson says the Democrats were wrong to demand changes to health care subsidies in exchange for votes to end the shutdown. They admitted that they were using the American people as leverage in this political game. They knew that it would cause pain, and they did it anyway. The whole exercise was pointless. It was wrong, and it was cruel. Senate Republican leaders say they will allow Democrats to introduce a bill on restoring health care subsidies next month, but even if that bill passes in the Senate, it's not clear Republicans in the House will even consider it.

Stocks open lower as the federal government begins to reopen after a six-week shutdown. NPR Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped about 100 points in early trading. Investors have mostly had to do without official government economic reports during the show. shutdown. The federal workers who typically keep tabs on jobs, prices, and spending were among those furloughed. Now, the shutdown is over, government number crunchers will play catch-up, trying to give workers, businesses, and financial markets a clearer picture of where the economy's been during the last six weeks and where it might be going. Stock and the Walt Disney Company opened down after a mixed quarterly report. Disney theme parks are drawing big crowds and its streaming service

is doing well, but Disney's TV networks and some of its movies have struggled. Asian stocks were mostly up overnight. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington. The Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration is reshaping where migrants, without legal status, live in the U.S. Some are leaving the country, but NPR's Jasmine Garst reports others are moving to other cities and states. A woman who asked to go by her first initial E says she and her family are moving to a small town in Michigan. They've lived in Florida for two decades.

She says they've chosen to move to Michigan because a friend, They're told them. It's quiet here, no rates. I can find you a job. Homeland Security says 1.6 million people have self-deported during the Trump administration. It's hard to say how many have moved internally to escape enforcement, but demographers say migrants have been relocating from big cities to smaller towns for decades. Jasmine Garz, NPR News. On Wall Street, the Dow's down 100 points.

This is NPR. West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrissey says searchers have located the body of a missing coal miner. He had been missing since Saturday. The mine east of Charleston had flooded. Rescue teams had pumped thousands of gallons of water out of the mine in an effort to locate him. A new study finds increased consumption of ultra-processed foods is linked to a significantly greater risk of pre-diabetes in young adults. As MBR's Maria Godoy reports, these foods make up. the majority of what Americans eat.

Prior research has linked overconsumption of ultra-processed foods to type 2 diabetes in adults, but few studies have looked at the health effects among youth. We don't really know what's happening with these young adults. That's Lita Chatsy of the University of Southern California. She and her colleagues wanted to know how the diet choices of young adults influence their risk of chronic disease. So they followed 85 older adolescents with a history of overweight or obesity over four. years. We found something that was shocking to us. Even a small, 10% increase in consumption of ultra-processed foods was linked to a 50% higher risk of having pre-diabetes. That's early stage

high blood sugar that can lead to diabetes down the road. Maria Godoy and PR News. Unionized workers at coffee retailer Starbucks say they're striking today in dozens of cities. They're demanding better pay and working conditions. Today is also Starbucks free red cup. the company says fewer than 4% of its U.S. employees are unionized. I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News.