{"author_name":"The Excerpt","author_url":"https://art19.com/shows/5-things/episodes/acb0de10-b794-46dc-ad4c-a2ab380114ea","description":"<p>USA TODAY White House Correspondent Joey Garrison has some of the latest from the federal government shutdown, including the president's <a href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/07/trump-furloughed-federal-workers-backpay-shutdown/86566656007/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">controversial remarks about furloughed workers</a>.</p><p><a href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/07/attorney-general-pam-bondi-clash-hearing/86571042007/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Attorney General Pam Bondi</a> is grilled by and insults Democrats in a Senate hearing.</p><p>Supreme Court Correspondent Maureen Groppe breaks down oral arguments over <a href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/07/supreme-court-conversion-therapy-colorado-takeaways/86566704007/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Colorado's ban on 'conversion therapy.'</a></p><p>All four divisional series are in action Wednesday in the <a href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/playoffs/2025/10/08/mlb-playoff-games-today-division-series/86577201007/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">MLB Postseason</a>.</p><p>Have feedback on the show? Please send us an email at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:podcasts@USATODAY.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">podcasts@usatoday.com</a>.&nbsp;</p>","html":"<iframe src=\"https://art19.com/shows/5-things/episodes/acb0de10-b794-46dc-ad4c-a2ab380114ea/embed\" style=\"width: 720px; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" width=\"720\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"></iframe>","provider_name":"ART19","provider_url":"https://art19.com","title":"Trump says some furloughed federal workers ‘don’t deserve’ back pay","type":"rich","version":"1.0","width":720,"height":200}