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It's the third day of the government shutdown, and so far there's no end in sight.
Senators will take another vote today for the fourth time on partisan stopgap bills that have failed to win enough support to fund the government and end the shutdown.
Democrats say Republicans could have avoided this with concessions on health care.
House Minority Leader Hakim Jeffries.
The overwhelming majority of Democrats are standing firm
because we recognize that the healthcare crisis is not looming,
it is upon us.
Republicans have already enacted the largest cut to Medicaid in American history.
That was part of their one big ugly bill.
Hospitals and nursing homes and community-based health clinics are closing because of Republican malignant action.
Speaking there too, NPR is all things considered.
But President Trump blames Democrats and is threatening to permanently cut thousands of federal jobs.
The White House is asking a handful of colleges to sign a deal that they say will uphold administration priorities on topics ranging from diversity to ideological values in order to get preferential access to federal funds.
NPR's Alyssa Nadwernig has more.