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The government shutdown is expected to run through the weekend as talks in Washington remain gridlocked.

NPR's Claudia Grisisales reports the Senate on Friday

will hold another vote on partisan stopgap bills that have repeatedly failed to win enough support.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he'll put the failed stopgap bills on the floor again

to keep up pressure on Democrats. But even Thune is

skeptical. Anything will change. They'll have a fourth chance tomorrow to vote to open up the

government. And if that fails, then we'll get in the weekend to think about it. We'll come back

and we'll go again on Monday. Republicans have 53 seats in the Senate, so they'll need support from at least seven Democrats

to reach a required 60-vote threshold to overcome a filibuster. But the parties are stuck. Democrats are

demanding an extension of expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, and Republicans say that won't happen in a short-term

measure. Claudia Rizales, NBR News, the Capitol. The Department of Energy has canceled more than $7 billion

in funding for hundreds of projects. NPR's Michael Copley reports. Democrats say the White

House is using the funding cuts to punish its political opponents.

The Energy Department says it terminated funding for projects that don't address the country's energy needs and aren't economically viable. The announcement came hours after the White House Office of Management and Budget Director, Russ Vote, posted on X that the administration was canceling funding for projects

in 16 states, all of which voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in the last election.

DOE hasn't released a list of the projects. Democratic lawmakers called the move an illegal act of

political retribution. The White House referred NPR to the Energy Department for comment.

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