State Of The Shutdown, SCOTUS Tariff Arguments, Chicago ICE Ruling

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🗓️ 6 November 2025

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President Trump calls on Senate Republicans to end the government shutdown by scrapping the filibuster, even as he admits the standoff hurt the party in this week’s elections. The Supreme Court hears arguments on whether Trump overstepped his authority by imposing tariffs under a decades-old emergency powers law. And in Chicago, federal judges side against the administration in immigration enforcement cases, ordering cleaner detention centers and tighter limits on the use of force.

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0:00.0	A. Martinez.
0:02.0	Le la fado.
0:04.0	Le la faddle.
0:05.0	Lay la faddle.
0:06.0	Lay la faddle.
0:07.0	Lay la fadle.
0:08.0	You gotta do that every morning now.
0:09.0	President Trump says the shutdown standoff hurt Republicans in Tuesday's elections.
0:15.0	You read the pollsters, the shutdown was a big factor factor negative for the Republicans.
0:24.1	Democrats say those results show voters don't want them to back down.
0:27.8	I'm A Martinez, that's Lila Fottle, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:36.2	A decade's old law gives the president the power to regulate imports, but does he have the right to tax them?
0:38.3	Even conservative Supreme Court justices are questioning Trump's authority to impose tariffs, a key piece of his economic agenda.
0:43.0	And Chicago is winning so far in court battles against the administration's immigration crackdown
0:48.5	in the city. A federal judge ordered cleaner detention centers and limits on the use of force.
0:54.0	Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day.
1:01.1	This is day 37 of a now record long government shutdown. Yeah. And earlier this week, some Democrats suggested they were searching
1:11.2	for a way out, as Americans felt the intense pain of furloughs, travel delays, and unpaid
1:16.6	snap benefits. But Democratic victories at the ballot box on Tuesday have emboldened many to hold
1:22.5	firm, as President Trump acknowledges that the shutdown hurt Republicans on election night.
1:27.8	NPR, congressional reporter Sam Greenglass is here. So, all right, Sam, let's start with the view
1:33.6	from the White House. You just heard Leila talk about how Trump acknowledges that the shutdown hurt
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