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NPR’s Michel Martin interviews Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire about the state of negotiations in Congress to end the government shutdown.

Frank Bisignano has been tapped to run the IRS, but he’s already in charge of the Social Security Administration. Critics worry one person running two critical agencies is a mistake.

Attorney General Pam Bondi will testify before Congress Tuesday. The hearing comes as concerns the Justice Department is being weaponized to target President Trump’s political adversaries grow.

Some federal workers support the government shutdown, even as President Trump threatens to use this moment to lay off employees and cut funding to programs. (Image credit: Maansi Srivastava)

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration. (Image credit: Jim Vondruska)

Attorney General Pam Bondi is set to testify before a Senate panel Tuesday amid mounting concerns that the DOJ under her leadership is being weaponized to go after President Trump’s perceived enemies. (Image credit: Chip Somodevilla)

The Hopi Tribe received a multimillion-dollar federal grant to install solar panels and battery storage systems for hundreds of homes. But the Trump administration has canceled the funding. (Image credit: Ryan Kellman)

Democrats are pressuring Republicans to extend billions of dollars in federal tax credits that have dramatically lowered premiums and contributed to record-low rates of uninsured Americans. (Image credit: Kevin Dietsch)

Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano was named to the newly created position of CEO of the IRS on Monday, making him the latest member of the Trump administration to be put in charge of multiple federal agencies. (Image credit: Alex Brandon)

Illinois asked a judge to block the Trump administration from federalizing the Illinois National Guard and from sending Guard members from other states. A judge in Oregon blocked deployment there. (Image credit: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images; Vincent Alban/Getty Images; Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Provocative columnist Bari Weiss publicly quit the New York Times in 2020, then cofounded The Free Press as an alternative to legacy media. Here’s what to know as she takes the helm of CBS News. (Image credit: Leigh Vogel)

Maryland Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen says the law doesn’t give President Trump more power to fire people during a shutdown and White House plans to do so are “vindictive.” (Image credit: J. Scott Applewhite)

The federal government is currently shut down. NPR’s network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting services across the country. (Image credit: Andrew Harnik)

The federal government is currently shut down. NPR’s network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting services across the country. (Image credit: Andrew Harnik)

The Census Bureau is looking for temporary workers to carry out next year’s major field test of the 2030 census in six states, as the national head count’s advocates raise concerns about preparations. (Image credit: John Raoux)

A judge issues an order to stop Trump’s latest attempt to deploy the National Guard to Oregon. And, the Supreme Court opens a new term with justices tackling cases testing presidential power. (Image credit: Spencer Platt)

NPR’s Steve Inskeep speaks with Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., about the government shutdown and the ongoing stalemate between Republicans and Democrats.

Facing criticism from all sides, France’s new prime minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned less than 24 hours after naming his government and after less than a month in office, plunging the country into a deep political crisis. (Image credit: Ludovic Marin)

After layoffs, it’s unclear how many people are policing civil rights violations inside the Department of Homeland Security, even as the Trump administration ramps up ICE detention. (Image credit: Giorgio Viera)

The Free Press will become part of Skydance Media.’/> CBS’ parent company will buy The Free Press and install Bari Weiss, its contrarian founder, as editor in chief of CBS News. (Image credit: Noam Galai/Getty Images for The Free Press)

Employees say their out-of-office messages were changed without their consent to include language blaming Democrats for the shutdown. (Image credit: Win McNamee)

The White House said Trump “authorized” the deployment of 300 Illinois National Guard members, after vowing to send troops into Chicago. Meanwhile, Guard members arrived in Oregon from California. (Image credit: Spencer Platt)

The White House is renewing threats to send military force to Chicago. Meanwhile there seems to be no progress in ending the federal government’s shutdown.

North Carolina and Idaho have cut their Medicaid programs to bridge budget gaps, raising fears that providers will stop taking patients and that hospitals will close even before the brunt of a new federal tax-and-budget law takes effect. (Image credit: Aaron Marco)

Syria is holding parliamentary elections on Sunday for the first time since the fall of the country’s longtime autocratic leader, Bashar Assad, who was unseated in a rebel offensive in December. (Image credit: Omar Sanadiki)

National parks across the country face conflicting demands and uncertainty as a result of the ongoing federal funding dispute. (Image credit: Robert F. Bukaty)

The president’s bold statement surprised allies and raised new questions about whether U.S. policy toward the war is changing.

After warning Congress for months about premium spikes, the leader of the country’s insurance commissioners — a Republican from North Dakota — says he’s hopeful there could be a last minute fix. (Image credit: Alex Wong)

We look at where the willingness among Democrats and Republicans is to end the government shutdown, as well as U.S. strikes on alleged cartel boats in the Caribbean.

A Utah court has ordered lawmakers to redraw their congressional districts, which could help Democrats in the midterm elections. The influential Mormon Women for Ethical Government was one of the groups that forced the order.