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Up First podcast from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. With just days to spare,

congressional Republicans are hoping a new stopgap bill will keep the government open past a Friday

deadline. NPR's Claudio Grosolos reports it's not clear that the party keep the government open past a Friday deadline. MPR's Claudio Gorsalis

reports it's not clear that the party has the votes to avoid a government shutdown. The Republican

stopgap spending plan will keep much of the government funded at 2024 levels, which

GOP leaders hope will get fiscal conservatives to join the rest of their party to vote yes.

However, it's unclear the party has the votes to pass the partisan measure on their own.

The GOP has little room for error this week to get the legislation to President Trump's desk

ahead of a Friday night government shutdown deadline.

The plan will force spending cuts this year for

some entities and put other funding efforts at risk by the end of the year. That's caused alarm

among Democrats who say they won't help Republicans pass the measure this time.

Claude Riesel, NPR News. The Supreme Court is declining to halt climate change lawsuits.

Some states have fought against the fossil fuel industry.

NPR's Michael Copley reports a group of Republican attorneys general had asked the court to intervene.

Lawsuits in various state courts allege the fossil fuel industry misled the public about the dangers its products posed to the Earth's climate.

They're aimed at

forcing companies to help pay for damages from more extreme storms, heat waves, and rising sea

levels. A group of Republican attorneys general had argued the lawsuits threaten other states' sovereignty

and the future of the U.S. energy industry. The American Petroleum Institute, an industry group,

said it's disappointed by the Supreme

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