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EPISODE · Nov 12, 2025 · 14 MIN

The shutdown is nearly over. The fight over health care isn’t.

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The deal to reopen the government does not include an extension to Affordable Care Act subsidies, which Democrats had been holding out for. Politico’s Meredith Lee Hill discusses how the fight over health care will carry on after the shutdown ends. World leaders from 194 countries are gathering in Brazil for COP30, this year’s U.N. climate gathering. Elizabeth Kolbert of the New Yorker explains why the conference won’t include any U.S. officials. Canada lost its measles-elimination status as a result of a large outbreak. Stat’s Helen Branswell breaks down what that signals about the broader state of measles prevention. Plus, the world’s largest aircraft carrier arrived near the Caribbean, how paintings by Bob Ross are helping with public-media funding shortages, and the man who executed one of the the worst trades in NBA history is out of a job. Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.

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