Hey there, it's Shemita here.
Just want to let you know after today's show,
our team is taking a good long end of the year break.
We are human.
We need to recharge and we'll be back for the first full week in January.
Okay, let's do the news.
Good morning.
It's Friday, December 20th.
I'm Shemitah Basu.
This is Apple News Today.
On today's show, how some women in Afghanistan are risking their lives to protest Taliban rule.
Why releasing a holiday blockbuster is still tricky business.
And the summer camp where wannabe Santas go to train.
But first, it's been a rollercoaster couple of days for lawmakers trying to avert a government shutdown before the holidays
after a bill negotiated by Republican Speaker Mike Johnson was effectively killed by President elect Donald Trump
before it even came to the floor on Wednesday.
GOP, with no apparent backup plan, scrambled yesterday to pass an extension of current funding.
The new Trump approved bill cut out a good chunk of provisions that were included in the previous version,
but kept money for farmers, about $10 billion and $100 billion in disaster aid.
The bill made it to the floor, but not any farther.