Short term government spending bill runs out in mid February Meanwhile hundreds of thousands of federal workers are heading back to work today N.P.R. s Bracton Booker reports many of them fear another furlough isn t too far off lel Weakland works at the National Park Service in Denver Colorado during the $35.00 day shutdown she missed 2 paychecks and money is really tight financially is still a concern we still feel secure safe so we re just kind of happy to go back but well you know well we have a next 3 weeks ago if lawmakers can t hammer out a deal on the president s us Mexico border wall another shutdown could go into effect Eric Ingram works of the Federal Aviation Administration in Washington he s already planning for the worst in knowing that it s potentially around the corner again thinking ahead of things I can do to potentially offset any of that negativity the stopgap measure that open the government is set to expire on Feb 15th Bracton Booker n.p.r. News Washington the nat
Russian oligarch the Treasury Department says the companies have reduced the stake that Oleg Deripaska holds in them he s an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month Congress voted to try to block the trumpet ministration from lifting the sanctions on the Russian companies a court in China has sentenced a prominent civil rights lawyer to 4 and a half years in prison for subverting state power and P.R. s Rob Schmitz reports for years one twin John defended political activists victims of land seizures and members of the banned religious group following gong all from his office in Beijing then in July 20151 was among the 250 or so lawyers and activists detained in a widespread crackdown on rights lawyers once case stands out for the length of time he s been kept incommunicado 3 and a half years robbing a un rights group to call in Beijing to release him a court in t.n. Gene found long guilty of subversion of state power sensing with 4 and a half years in prison the sen
4 and a half years in prison for subverting state power N.P.R. s Rob Schmitz has more than one trend young defended political activists victims of land seizures and members of the banned religious group following go off from his office in Beijing then in July of 2015 Wong was among the 250 or so lawyers and activists detained in a widespread crackdown on rights lawyers Long s case stands out for the length of time he s been kept incommunicado 3 now for years probably the u.n. Rights group to call in Beijing to release him N.P.R. s Rob Schmitz The opposition leader in Venezuela has declared himself interim president he s calling for new marches this week one wants demonstrators to demand that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro set new elections the u.s. Has recognized as Venezuela s legitimate leader you re listening to n.p.r. . Rescue teams in Southeastern Brazil are carefully walking through mud looking for any survivors from a dam collapse at a mine Friday afternoon at least 58 peo
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