The News Roundup For October 31, 2025
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Now, Republicans are considering ending the Senate filibuster to reopen the government.
The Supreme Court requested more information as it heard arguments about whether President Donald Trump is within his rights to deploy the National Guard to Chicago.
Two prosecutors who went after January 6 rioters were put on leave this week for filing a sentencing memo in the case of a man who showed up armed outside of the Obama residence.
Amidst a brutal trade dispute, President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping sat down for a face-to-face meeting in South Korea.
Despite recent Israeli strikes killing more than 100 people in Gaza, the Trump Administration says the ceasefire with Hamas is still on.
Following a snub by President Trump and a successful nuclear weapons test, intelligence officials say Russian President Vladimir Putin is showing no signs of seeking a compromise to end the war Ukraine.
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| 0:00.0 | Families around the world aren't having as many kids as they used to. |
| 0:04.4 | Researchers say the average woman is having half as many children now than they did in the 1970s. |
| 0:09.8 | I love having only one child. |
| 0:12.0 | On the Sunday story from Up First, why are so many families making this choice and what exactly does it mean for our future? |
| 0:19.6 | Listen now to the Sunday Story on the Up First podcast from NPR. |
| 0:24.1 | Hey, it's Todd, your host for this edition of The News Roundup. |
| 0:27.5 | Just a quick heads up before we start the show. |
| 0:29.6 | The news is constantly changing and things might have changed by the time you hear this episode. |
| 0:35.4 | Stay up to date with the news by listening to your local NPR member station and by visiting npr.org for all the latest. Thanks for |
| 0:43.0 | listening. Enjoy the show. |
| 0:48.2 | You're listening to the 1A podcast. I'm Todd Zwillick, and this is the news roundup. |
| 0:58.1 | 42 million. That might be the number of the week. That's about how many people in America rely on supplemental nutrition assistance to get enough to eat. |
| 1:08.8 | Those benefits, also called SNAP, are set to expire tomorrow |
| 1:12.7 | because of the government shutdown. This is now dragged on for more than four weeks, and it's gone |
| 1:18.7 | well beyond talking points. Real people and real services are getting hurt from federal workers |
| 1:24.7 | making cutbacks to stay afloat without pay to thousands of flights delayed |
| 1:29.1 | and critical programs that support early education and food getting cut off. |
| 1:34.9 | We'll uncover it all plus other big news of the week, including a rate cut from the Fed, |
| 1:39.9 | a court battle over National Guard deployment, and a a shakeup of the Trump administration's |
| 1:44.7 | immigration roundups because Trump officials think ICE isn't aggressive enough. Our panel is here. |
| 1:51.6 | Wendy Benjaminson, Washington Senior Editor for Bloomberg News. Hi, Wendy. Hi, thanks for having me. |
| 1:57.1 | Great to have you again as well. Arthur Delaney is here at the table with me, senior reporter for |
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