Venezuela Escalation, Shutdown Layoffs Paused, Military Pay

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2025-10-16

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President Trump escalates pressure on Venezuela, authorizing covert CIA operations and striking suspected drug boats. A federal judge pauses the Trump administration’s shutdown layoffs, at least for now. And active-duty troops get paid after a last-minute fix, but military families still feel the strain as the shutdown drags on. Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Dana Farrington, Emily Kopp, Andrew Sussman, Mohamad ElBardicy and Alice Woelfle It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Milton Guevara.We get engineering support from Zac Coleman. And our technical director is Stacey Abbott. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • President Trump talks of striking Venezuela over the drug trade.

  • We've almost totally stopped it by sea, now we'll stop it by land.

  • That was as he said he authorized covert CIA operations in the country,

  • so is it about drugs or regime change?

  • I'm Stephens Keep with Leila Faddle, and this is up first from NPR News.

  • The president started mass layoffs during the government shutdown.

  • Now, a federal judge has stopped him at least temporarily.

  • Did the president overstep his authority?

  • And troops got their paychecks this week after the White House got involved.

  • Seeing that come through was a big relief.

  • As a family, we have four kids.

  • It's a concern for us, and so it was kind of nerve-wracking.

  • But many military families are still struggling amidst the government shutdown.

  • We'll tell you why.

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  • your day.

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