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Published March 14, 2025 at 4:28 AM EDT

Senate to vote on GOP spending bill as government shutdown deadline looms, Trump to give speech at DOJ about law and order, judges order federal agencies to reinstate thousands of fired workers.

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Leila Fadel is a host of Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.

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