Today is Wednesday, October 15th. We'll tell you what lawmakers are now doing as the government

shutdown drags on and why the truce in Gaza seems to be getting more fragile. Also, we're talking

about America's bailout for Argentina and another special honor for conservative activist

Charlie Kirk. Plus, what's the one news outlet that's now allowed to keep its Pentagon

press credentials, why consumer

reports is warning about protein powders and shakes, and how chat GPT is expanding to include

more X-rated content. Those stories and even more news coming up.

Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in around 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go.

I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this.

On Capitol Hill, both Republicans and Democrats are racing for a long government shutdown. As we've told you, Democrats say they won't vote to reopen the government

until they can negotiate on health care tax credits that make coverage affordable for many Americans.

They are about to expire.

But Republicans say they won't negotiate until the government reopens.

So the House passed bill to end the government shutdown and extend funding into

next month failed in the Senate again yesterday for the eighth time, with no Democratic senators

changing their votes from the last time. And Republicans need five Democrats to come to their

side if they have any chance of getting it passed. Another vote is scheduled for today, but it's expected to turn out

the same. House Democrats also returned to the nation's capital yesterday, hoping to pressure GOP

leadership to call the rest of the House into session. But House Speaker Mike Johnson says he has no

intention of bringing everyone back together since, quote, I don't have anything to negotiate.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration

is using the opportunity to restructure the federal workforce for good. Already, the White House says it

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