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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. On the first day of the government shutdown,

Senate Republicans tried to pass a bill that would fund federal agencies through November 21st.

NPR's Deirdre Walsh reports the measure failed.

On the first day of the shutdown, Senate Majority Leader John Thune called on Democrats to

back a stopgap funding bill. We are one, just one Senate roll call vote away from ending

the shutdown. The top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer insisted any deal had to extend health care

subsidies that are expiring at the

end of the year. It's clear that the way out of this shutdown is to sit down and negotiate with Democrats

to address the looming health care crisis that faces tens of millions of American families.

Top leaders aren't talking, but there is a bipartisan Senate group trying to find a path to reopening the government and keeping tax credits to keep health care affordable for middle and working class people.

It's unclear how much progress they are making. Deirdre Walsh and PR News, the Capitol.

The price of gold hit a new record as uncertainty deepens during the government shutdown.

Gold sales can jump when anxious investors seek safe havens for their money.

Earlier this year, gold and other metals saw gains as President Trump's tariffs plunge the world into economic uncertainty.

And the Trump administration's government efficiency effort, Doge, hasn't delivered on its promises.

That's according to an NPR analysis of federal data, as NPR's Stephen Fowler reports.

Agencies ordered by Doge to drastically slashed her workforce over the last eight months

are now hiring back hundreds of workers.

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