Shutdown Day 3, No Jobs Report, Trump Pressures Universities

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🗓️ 3 October 2025

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Senators are set to vote again on competing spending bills to fund the government, with neither side budging and looming consequences of a prolonged shutdown. The shutdown is also blinding businesses and policymakers by halting the release of the closely watched monthly jobs report. And the White House is pressuring top universities to sign an agreement tying federal funding to Trump’s policy demands on free speech, tuition, and diversity.

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0:00.0	The Senate votes for a fourth time on dueling bills to end the shutdown.
0:07.4	Both are likely to fail.
0:08.9	Republicans are sharing memes of Democrats in sombreros.
0:12.0	Do officials feel any urgency to reopen the government?
0:16.4	So sorry.
0:17.0	Do you feel any urgency to say the next line?
0:21.0	Take two, three.
0:22.4	I don't know what's happening, guys, but we're going to have a tough day.
0:25.2	It's all good.
0:28.2	The Senate votes for a fourth time on dueling bills to end the shutdown.
0:32.7	Both are likely to fail, and Republicans are sharing memes of Democrats in sombreros.
0:37.1	Do officials feel any urgency to reopen the government?
0:40.5	I'm Leila Faudil with Stevenske, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:46.8	The people who compile the monthly jobs report were told not to finish the job.
0:52.1	I hope they can resolve this quickly, and we can get back to our normal data releases.
0:58.6	Businesses and policymakers are flying blind, which other economic indicators are affected.
1:04.5	Also, what is the White House demanding from a handful of prominent universities?
1:08.4	The administration asked them to sign a document supporting
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