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Roughly 1.4 million federal workers are going without pay due to the government shutdown. About half of them are furloughed, while the other half has been deemed essential and is working without pay. -
Thousands of federal workers miss Friday paychecks as government shutdown drags on, more than 30 arrested, including NBA stars, in FBI's illegal gambling probe, Russians play down President Trump's new sanctions.
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Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland introduced a bill that would have paid all federal workers. It didn't pass. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Van Hollen about the stalemate in Congress.
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The FAA's training academy in Oklahoma City is operating in spite of the government shutdown, but air traffic control trainees are still feeling its impact.
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President Trump's pardon for the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance erases one of the government's most significant crackdowns on crypto crime.
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A federal judge in Chicago is weighing whether federal immigration agents have used appropriate force in recent enforcement efforts. NPR reports on a residential building raid that's become a symbol of these new, and harsher tactics.
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President Trump imposed new sanctions on Russia and cancelled a summit with President Putin, hoping to pressure Moscow to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine. But Putin appears not too concerned.
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Life is slowly returning to Gaza City in the ceasefire, even as many worry war could return.
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Federal data shows the price of chewing gum and candy are going up more than eight percent from a year ago. How do the price hikes affect this Halloween season?
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In their fourth feature film collaboration, Yorgos Lanthimos directs actress Emma Stone in "Bugonia." The central question at the heart of the movie: is she or is she not an alien?
