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Michigan Church Shooting, Government Shutdown Negotiations, Trump Netanyahu Meeting

Michigan Church Shooting, Government Shutdown Negotiations, Trump Netanyahu Meeting

Up First from NPR
Sep 29, 2025 13 min
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A gunman was killed in a shootout with police after he drove his truck into a Michigan church during Sunday services, opened fire inside, and set the building on fire, the FBI is still search for answers about his motive. President Trump is set to meet with Democratic leaders at the White House as a government shutdown looms and health care funding remains a key sticking point. And President Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House to discuss a new U.S.-backed ceasefire plan for the war in Gaza.  <br/><br/><em>Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? <a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/news"target="_blank" >Subscribe</a> to the Up First newsletter.<br>And for more content from </em><em>everything NPR makes and the work of our member stations all around the country, join the POD CLUB newsletter at </em><a href="http://npr.org/"target="_blank" >NPR.org</a><p class="readrate">Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Russell Lewis, Dana Farrington, Kate Bartlett, Mohamad ElBardicy and Alice Woelfle.<p class="readrate"><p class="readrate">It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Lindsay Totty<p class="readrate"><p class="readrate">We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis. And our technical director is Stacey Abbott.<br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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