Congress has a midnight deadline to fund the federal government. Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump instructed Republicans to kill a bipartisan plan. Then the House rejected Trump's preferred alternative. Russia's army has lost thousands of soldiers trying to capture a strategic Ukrainian town, and in Syria, the rebel group that toppled former dictator Bashar al-Assad is now is now tasked with building a new government that includes everyone in a divided country. Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter. Today's episode of Up First was edited by Kelsey Snell, Carrie Kahn, Ryland Barton, HJ Mai and Olivia Hampton. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Kaity Kline. We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott, and our technical director is Carleigh Strange. Our executive producer is Kelley Dickens. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Congress has the deadline of tonight to fund the federal government.
Elon Musk and President Elect Trump instructed Republicans to kill a bipartisan plan.
Then the House rejected Trump's preferred alternative.
What now?
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That's Steven Skibe.
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Russia's army has lost thousands of soldiers trying to capture a single Ukrainian town.
Ukraine's army has defended against superior numbers and swarms of drones.
We will listen as one of of those drones is shot down.
Also, a rebel group toppled Syria's government with surprising ease.
Now it's their job to build a new government that includes everyone in a divided country.
How could they do it?
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