Government Shutdown Odds Increase. And, Trump Shifts Stance On Russia-ukraine War - Beritaja

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President Trump canceled a Thursday gathering pinch Democratic leaders to talk a imaginable authorities backing deal. This move increases the chances of a authorities shutdown connected Oct. 1. Top House Democrat Hakeem Jeffries says that the Democrats' position isn't complicated. They want to "cancel the cuts, little the costs, prevention wellness care." The president posted connected societal media that the Democrats' demands about attaching wellness attraction provisions to a backing measure were "unserious" and a gathering wouldn't beryllium productive.

A position of the U.S. Capitol Building is seen from the Cannon House Office Building connected Sept. 23 successful Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

• 🎧 It seems improbable that a authorities shutdown could beryllium avoided astatine this point, BERITAJA's Deirdre Walsh tells Up First. Congress could sometimes activity accelerated erstwhile confronted pinch a deadline, but location person been nary talks truthful acold to thief successful this process. Republicans opportunity Democrats request to backmost a seven-week backing measure without different argumentation demands. Some Republicans judge that Congress should instrumentality a shape of wellness attraction subsidies, but opportunity that it doesn't request to beryllium connected to the existent must-pass backing bill.

At the United Nations General Assembly, Trump declared that Ukraine could reclaim each the territory it has mislaid to Russia. He believes this is achievable pinch support from the European Union and NATO. This is simply a significant displacement from the president's long-held stance that Kyiv would request to concede immoderate territory to Moscow successful bid to extremity the war.

• 🎧 Part of the logic for the displacement is that Trump met pinch Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and different European leaders astatine the U.N., according to BERITAJA's Michele Kelemen. Trump met pinch Russian President Vladimir Putin past period and informed the nationalist that they had made progress. However, since then, Putin has ramped up attacks connected Ukrainian cities. In caller weeks, Poland and Estonia person called emergency U.N. Security Council meetings because Russian drones entered Polish airspace and Russian jets were spotted successful Estonia. Europeans opportunity that this shows Russia is not willing successful peace. Kelemen adds that Trump whitethorn beryllium recognizing that his relationship pinch Putin mightiness not beryllium capable to extremity the war.

Jimmy Kimmel past nighttime received a opinionated ovation erstwhile he returned to tv screens aft his show was suspended for about a week. During his monologue, Kimmel was affectional arsenic he thanked the web and those who support free speech. He went connected to try to make it clear that it wasn't his volition to make ray of Charlie Kirk's killing. He besides referenced Erica Kirk expressing forgiveness to the man who killed her husband, saying she is an illustration we should each follow.

• 🎧 Trump posted connected societal media that he couldn't judge that Kimmel is backmost connected the air. BERITAJA's Mandalit del Barco says it appears the president is threatening the ABC network. Last year, ABC settled a defamation suit pinch Trump. Now he has posted that this business seems more lucrative than past time, erstwhile he received $16 million.
• ➡️ Kimmel opened the show joking that he didn't cognize who had a weirder 48 hours: him aliases Tylenol. His comments travel aft the president suggested, without capable evidence, that a nexus exists betwixt autism and acetaminophen, the painkiller's progressive ingredient. Here are three thoughts from an autism researcher connected the claim.

Today's listen

Artificial intelligence is becoming much prevalent each day, showing up successful our lives successful ways we could and cannot see. To zero successful connected really AI is affecting our day-to-day experience, It's Been a Minute has introduced a caller bid AI + U. In "Can you spot AI hunt results?" big Brittany Luse discusses pinch BERITAJA's Bobby Allyn what transparency intends for a quickly changing manufacture and whether AI is simply a instrumentality for its users aliases its creators. They besides talk about champion practices erstwhile they travel crossed AI-generated content. Listen to study much about the best ways to grip AI and publication the transcript here.

Deep dive

This Irish oversea moss, Chondrus Crispus, is dried, earthy and afloat of nutrients. Katerina Solovyeva/500px Plus/Getty Images

Katerina Solovyeva/500px Plus/Getty Images

Sea moss is the latest societal media superfood that wellness influencers opportunity could boost gut health, supply twinkling tegument and thief amended sleep. You person about apt moreover eaten a oversea moss merchandise and didn't moreover cognize it. It is often harvested for its carrageenan, which is utilized successful the nutrient manufacture arsenic a thickening supplier and an emulsifier successful products for illustration crystal pick and puddings. Currently, the constituent could beryllium recovered sold arsenic pills, powders and gummies. But is location grounds to backmost up the hype? Here's what we know.

• ➡️ Most of the claims are based connected compartment aliases animal studies, which whitethorn not use to humans. Human tests person been mini and brief, says Dr. Melinda Ring astatine Northwestern University.
• ➡️ Sea moss successful its full shape is simply a bully root of fiber, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals for illustration zinc, which do support gut wellness and the immune system, Ring says. However, those nutrients could beryllium recovered successful galore different foods.
• ➡️ Consuming excessively overmuch oversea moss is simply a interest because it could accumulate dense metals for illustration arsenic, lead and mercury.
• ➡️ Another threat oversea moss poses is its richness successful iodine. Iodine is needed for bully thyroid health, but excessively overmuch could perchance trigger thyroid dysfunction.
• ➡️ If you are willing successful trying oversea moss, Ring advises eating it arsenic a full nutrient aliases successful gel shape alternatively of taking supplements.

3 things to cognize earlier you go

Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted authors (left to right): Susan Choi, Andrew Miller, Kiran Desai, Ben Markovits, Katie Kitamura, David Szalay Premiere Scotland Ltd.

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1. The six authors shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize are veterans, about of whom person published much than 5 books. The victor of the grant will beryllium announced connected Nov. 10 and will person $67,600.
2. Beginning pinch the 2026 Major League Baseball season, players will person the ability to challenge called balls and strikes successful some regular and postseason games for the first time.
3. Lara Friedman was stepping her ample rottweiler, The Dude, successful July 2020 erstwhile fireworks went off, putting her canine successful panic mode. The sidewalks were slippery owed to rainfall earlier that day, and it was apt that they would beryllium put successful a vulnerable situation. Then, a alien named Blake and different man named Bubba offered to help, ensuring they sewage location safely. Friedman says she will ne'er hide her unsung heroes' kindness and will beryllium paying it forward.

This newsletter was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.