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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. The government shutdown continues. A Republican

bill to temporarily fund federal agencies through November 21st again failed in the Senate tonight.

Democrats are holding out, calling for Congress to fund

health insurance subsidies that will expire soon. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is describing

the potential deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago as Trump's invasion. The administration

has portrayed the city as ravaged and lawless. Immigration agents have already been conducting raids and making arrests in immigrant heavy and largely Latino areas.

NPR's Tom Bowman says National Guard troops will begin operations later this week.

There are some protests in Chicago against ICE and its facility, and a woman carrying a weapon was shot Saturday morning by Border

Patrol agents and later taken to custody by the FBI. Border Patrol said while on patrol,

they were rammed by vehicles and boxed in by 10 cars. Now, Pritzker today talked about why

guard troops are not needed that the local police can handle protests and sending in the guard

will only undermine public safety and just inflame the situation. NPR's Tom Bowman reporting,

the Trump administration has named a new official to oversee day-to-day operations at the IRS.

But as NPR's Scott Horsley reports, he already has another job running the Social Security Administration.

Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano will add the new title of CEO at the IRS,

while Treasury Secretary Scott Besson continues to serve as acting IRS commissioner.

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