Shutdown Economics, U.S.- Colombia Tensions, Louvre Heist Fallout

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🗓️ 21 October 2025

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The economic cost of the government shutdown is mounting, as workers miss paychecks and contracts stall. President Trump’s feud with Colombia is deepening, with threats to cut aid testing a decades-long alliance. And in France, outrage is growing after the Louvre jewel heist, with political backlash and a security crackdown underway.

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0:00.0	With paychecks and contracts frozen, the government shutdown will hit the broader economy.
0:07.2	The risk is that you start to put some of these small businesses into financial stress.
0:12.6	What are the costs of not running the government?
0:14.8	I'm Leila Faudil. That's Michelle Martin, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:20.9	Colombia is recalling its ambassador to the U.S.
0:24.0	after President Trump called the country's president, quote,
0:26.8	an illegal drug leader.
0:29.0	That was in response to Colombia's president,
0:31.2	accusing Trump of murder over U.S. boat attacks in the Caribbean.
0:35.2	And in France, outrageous growing after the Luf Museum was robbed in broad daylight.
0:39.5	No security, no policeman, no camera.
0:43.3	It's a joke.
0:44.3	An international search for the thieves is underway.
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