Families around the world aren't having as many kids as they used to.
Researchers say the average woman is having half as many children now than they did in the 1970s.
I love having only one child.
On the Sunday Story from Up First,
why are so many families making this choice and what exactly does it mean for our future?
Listen now to the Sunday Story on the Up First podcast from NPR.
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly.
This is day 34 of the government shutdown.
It's one day shy of equalling the longest on record, one that ended in January of 2019.
NPR's Barbara Sprunt says Senate Democrats remain opposed to voting to reopen the government until Republican lawmakers agree to extend health care subsidies set to expire at the end of the year.
Democrats have been really lockstep in this, at least in public.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has been able to keep his caucus together.
The number of people who voted alongside Republicans to fund the government earlier on the eve of the shutdown has remained at three.
There's been a lot of discipline in messaging from the Democrats,
you know, the focus on health care,
talking about how Republicans will own the blame of a shutdown
because they control Congress and the White House.
Republicans in Congress have repeatedly voted to reopen the government,
saying that should be done before negotiating on those healthcare subsidies.
President Trump tells CBS's 60 Minutes He Won't Be Extorted by Democrats to Get the Government Reopened.