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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. President-elect Donald Trump and House Republicans have agreed on a short-term spending bill just days out from a potential government shutdown.

As NPR's Elena Moore reports, it comes after Trump urged Republicans to scrap their bipartisan effort.

Leaving an afternoon meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson,

multiple House Republicans told reporters they had reached an agreement and planned to hold a vote tonight.

The New Deal has signed off from Trump, who says in a post on truth social that the agreement

includes funding for disaster relief and lifts the debt limit until 2027. That said, this agreement was reached

amongst Republicans, and it's unclear whether there's Democratic buy-in, which will be necessary

given that party still controls the Senate and the White House. Elina Moore and Pierre News,

the Capitol. This aspect in the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson is back in New York,

facing additional federal charges of murder by firearm and stalking, along with the other charges

laid out in previous indictments in New York and Pennsylvania. Luigi Mangione, taken by helicopter from

Pennsylvania, where he was being held after his arrest. Mangione, through his

lawyers, waived extradition. With the latest charges, the 26-year-old Mangione, who's accused of

gunning down Thompson on New York City Street earlier this month, now faces the possibility of the death

penalty. Thousands of Amazon workers are expected to join strikes around the country. The Teamsters Union is pressing the retail giant to recognize its unionized workers. A note, Amazon is among NPR's financial supporters. The strikes have gotten underway during the holiday shopping rush. NPR's Alina Selyuk has more. Workers at seven Amazon facilities were expected to lead the strike. The Teamsters Union named warehouses and delivery hubs in areas around the cities of Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York,

and San Francisco. The union says it's setting up picket lines at hundreds more Amazon facilities,

though it's not clear how many workers exactly plan to walk off their jobs. It's also not

clear how long the strike will go.

The union only said more than a day. Amazon for now says it's not seeing any impact on operations.

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