Episode description

On today’s show: House Speaker Mike Johnson introduced a stopgap spending bill to avoid a partial government shutdown scheduled for Friday. NBC News reports that Trump is on board but that it’s unclear if Republicans have the votes to pass the bill in either chamber.

Sanne Wass, a reporter in Denmark for Bloomberg, joins to discuss how Trump’s comments about taking over Greenland have shaken up the territory’s upcoming elections.

The Wall Street Journal’s Kristina Peterson explains the push to eliminate soda from SNAP benefits. 

Plus, the measles outbreak in Texas gets worse, violence in Syria has killed more than 1,300 in just a few days, and Canada’s Liberal Party chooses Trudeau’s successor.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.