The News Roundup For October 24, 2025
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🗓️ 24 October 2025
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Following a federal court’s approval, the Trump administration is one legal hurdle away from getting the green light to send National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon. And Trump reversed his decision to send troops to San Francisco after a conversation with the city’s mayor.
Plus, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson continues to refuse to swear in newly-elected Arizona congresswoman Adelita Grijalva.
And, in global news, Israel returned the bodies of several hundred Palestinian prisoners this week. And the fragile ceasefire holds between Israel and Hamas holds; despite Israel killing more than 100 Palestinians and injuring at least 230 over the last two weeks.
Donald Trump says a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine has been called off.
And, days before President Trump is set to visit the country, Japan swears in its first-ever female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi.
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| 0:00.0 | This week on Consider This, ICE detained him for three days and he's a U.S. citizen. |
| 0:05.6 | Didn't say what I was charged with. They never told me I was being arrested. I asked for a lawyer. They just completely ignore it. |
| 0:10.9 | What Democratic lawmakers say they will do in response. Plus, fact-checking, the president's claims about left-wing violence, whether it's truly rising. |
| 0:19.4 | This week on Consider This, listen on the NPR app or wherever |
| 0:22.4 | you get your podcasts. Hi, it's Naila, your host for this edition of the News Roundup. Just a quick |
| 0:27.3 | heads up before we start the show. The news is rapidly changing and things may have changed by the |
| 0:32.4 | time you hear this episode. You can stay up to date with all the latest by listening to your local |
| 0:37.3 | NPR member |
| 0:38.0 | station and visiting NPR.org. |
| 0:48.4 | You're listening to the 1A podcast. I'm Naila Boodoo, and it's time for the News Roundup |
| 0:52.3 | coming to you this week from Michigan Public and Ann Arbor. |
| 0:55.5 | In Washington, it was another week of a shuttered government, another week of failed votes in the Senate. |
| 1:01.4 | Neither side is budging. Now, on day 24, more people are feeling the effects of the shutdown across the country. |
| 1:09.6 | Many federal workers missed their first full paycheck today. |
| 1:13.0 | Democrats and Republicans both have blocked bills to see more people paid as the stalemate drags on. |
| 1:19.2 | House Speaker, Mike Johnson, have this to say about the situation. |
| 1:22.5 | The Democrats are in an all-out assault on the truth. They're trying to obscure and distract. |
| 1:27.3 | And you see all the different shiny objects |
| 1:28.9 | they're trying to make everybody look at every day. |
| 1:31.1 | We're not pursuing a political strategy here. |
| 1:33.0 | We're not. |
| 1:33.6 | We're just simply trying to get the government open, |
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