The Latest National Morning news brief The government will shut down at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday if Congress can't reach a deal, reactions to President Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza, Trump and Hegseth to meet with top military officials. Michel Martin World Before U.S. visitor visa ban for Palestinians, one changed this young woman's life Before the U.S. suspended visitor visas for Palestinians in August, one helped change a young woman's life. NPR speaks to her and the American surgeon who saved her leg. Leila Fadel National 'There's been a lot of tears': Local public media stations grapple with federal cuts Federal funding cuts to public media go into effect Wednesday. A South Dakota station explains what it's had to do as local stations across the country adjust to the loss. David Folkenflik Video game publisher Electronic Arts going private in a deal valued at $55 billion Electronic Arts, the video game publisher behind titles like "Madden NFL" and "The Sims," says it has agreed to be acquired by a group of investors in a deal worth $55 billion. A Martínez Music Taylor Swift's speaking voice has evolved alongside her music eras, study finds Taylor Swift talks about her music in terms of eras. A new University of Michigan study found the way she speaks has also changed over the course of her career. Hosts National Trump defends use of the U.S. military against the 'enemy within' It is highly unusual to bring in military leaders from across the globe to one central location. The president said the meeting would discuss "esprit de corps." NPR Washington Desk National The MLB postseason begins Tuesday. Who should you root for to win a World Series? Twelve teams will enter October, but only one team will leave (with a ring). You can root for the three franchises that have never won a title before … or you can pull for the Yankees or Dodgers. Becky Sullivan Business EV sales surge in the U.S. ahead of Sept. 30 tax credit deadline A $7,500 tax credit is available for the lease or purchase of many electric vehicles — but only if contracts are inked by midnight on Sept. 30. The result: The market for EVs is a little distorted. Camila Domonoske National 'We survived, we are resilient': Remembering U.S. Indian boarding schools Tuesday is Orange Shirt Day, when communities honor the survivors of U.S. Indian boarding schools and their descendants. Kadin Mills Politics Federal workers who took Trump's buyout get final paychecks and an uncertain future Federal workers who took the Trump administration's buyout offer come off the payroll at the end of September. Now some are confronting fear, regret and uncertainty as they figure out what's next. Andrea Hsu Prev 816 of 1647 Next Sponsored
National Morning news brief The government will shut down at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday if Congress can't reach a deal, reactions to President Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza, Trump and Hegseth to meet with top military officials. Michel Martin
World Before U.S. visitor visa ban for Palestinians, one changed this young woman's life Before the U.S. suspended visitor visas for Palestinians in August, one helped change a young woman's life. NPR speaks to her and the American surgeon who saved her leg. Leila Fadel
National 'There's been a lot of tears': Local public media stations grapple with federal cuts Federal funding cuts to public media go into effect Wednesday. A South Dakota station explains what it's had to do as local stations across the country adjust to the loss. David Folkenflik
Video game publisher Electronic Arts going private in a deal valued at $55 billion Electronic Arts, the video game publisher behind titles like "Madden NFL" and "The Sims," says it has agreed to be acquired by a group of investors in a deal worth $55 billion. A Martínez
Music Taylor Swift's speaking voice has evolved alongside her music eras, study finds Taylor Swift talks about her music in terms of eras. A new University of Michigan study found the way she speaks has also changed over the course of her career. Hosts
National Trump defends use of the U.S. military against the 'enemy within' It is highly unusual to bring in military leaders from across the globe to one central location. The president said the meeting would discuss "esprit de corps." NPR Washington Desk
National The MLB postseason begins Tuesday. Who should you root for to win a World Series? Twelve teams will enter October, but only one team will leave (with a ring). You can root for the three franchises that have never won a title before … or you can pull for the Yankees or Dodgers. Becky Sullivan
Business EV sales surge in the U.S. ahead of Sept. 30 tax credit deadline A $7,500 tax credit is available for the lease or purchase of many electric vehicles — but only if contracts are inked by midnight on Sept. 30. The result: The market for EVs is a little distorted. Camila Domonoske
National 'We survived, we are resilient': Remembering U.S. Indian boarding schools Tuesday is Orange Shirt Day, when communities honor the survivors of U.S. Indian boarding schools and their descendants. Kadin Mills
Politics Federal workers who took Trump's buyout get final paychecks and an uncertain future Federal workers who took the Trump administration's buyout offer come off the payroll at the end of September. Now some are confronting fear, regret and uncertainty as they figure out what's next. Andrea Hsu