Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingley. Congress has given final approval to a rescission of $9 billion in federal funding, previously allocated to foreign aid and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The bill cleared the House early this morning along party lines 216 to 213.

Republican Congressman Steve Scalise of Louisiana says lawmakers have an obligation to stop waste, fraud, and abuse.

$9 billion, I would say, is a good start, and hopefully we do more things like this.

The takeback of little more than a billion dollars from the CPB

ends federal support of NPR, PBS, and their member stations.

The Trump administration says it will provide U.S. immigration and customs enforcement

with the personal data of Medicaid recipients.

As NPR's Hemena Bustillo reports, the information will be

used to help immigration officers track down people who are in the country without legal status.

The disclosure of information about millions of people enrolled in Medicaid is the latest database

that immigration and customs enforcement is using in its efforts to conduct mass deportations.

Immigration advocates argue that the data sharing agreements could prevent people who do qualify

for public benefits from enrolling. People without legal status are not allowed to enroll in Medicaid,

but states are required to offer emergency Medicaid, which is temporary coverage for life-saving services,

regardless of immigration status. The Trump administration has steadily increased the pressure

on federal immigration officers to arrest more people. The latest quota calls for 3,000 arrests per day.

Hemanabustio, NPR News, Washington. A new analysis projects the cost of health insurance will spike next year for

people in the U.S. who buy their own plans. Here's NPR Selena Simmons-Duffin. There's one big

reason why insurance premiums are going up next year. The federal money that had been making

premiums lower expires in December. Those enhanced premium tax credits began

during the pandemic. Cynthia Cox is with KFF, the nonpartisan health research organization

that published the analysis of next year's rates. Individuals on average are going to pay

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