Shutdown Economics, U.S.- Colombia Tensions, Louvre Heist Fallout

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The economic cost of the government shutdown is mounting, as workers miss paychecks and contracts stall. President Trump’s feud with Colombia is deepening, with threats to cut aid testing a decades-long alliance. And in France, outrage is growing after the Louvre jewel heist, with political backlash and a security crackdown underway.<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.</em><br><p class="readrate" data-rr="18" data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Raphael Nam, Tara Neil, Miguel Macias, Mohamad ElBardicy and Martha Ann Overland.<p class="readrate" data-rr="18"><p class="readrate" data-rr="18">It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas<p class="readrate" data-rr="18"><p class="readrate"><p class="readrate" data-rr="18"><p class="readrate" data-rr="18" style="text-align: left; line-height:undefined;">We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott. And our technical director is Carleigh Strange.<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>