Dan Ronan

This year's turkeys are the largest ever to receive a pardon.

Both birds weighed more than 50 pounds each.

I'm Dan Ronan, NPR News in Washington.

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Saturday was the first day of a lapse in funding for the SNAP food assistance program.

About 42 million Americans around the country rely on it for help.

In Houston, more than 400,000 households will be impacted.

Houston Public Media's Sydney Jackson reports.

Voters in California Tuesday will decide the fate of Proposition 50.

It's a ballot measure backed by Governor Gavin Newsom that would allow mid-decade redistricting of the state's congressional lines.

Newsom and other Democrats say it's needed because of what took place in Texas and other Republican-led states where the legislature and the governor approved plans to give Republicans an advantage in next year's midterm elections.

At a rally Saturday, Newsom criticized President Donald Trump.

In California, redrawing the congressional lines could give Democrats five more House seats.

Candidates are making their closing arguments, this in New York City's fierce mayoral election over the weekend.

With former Governor Andrew Cuomo facing accusations, his campaign has turned negative.

NPR's Brian Mann reports Cuomo trails the Democratic Socialist Zoran Mandani.

In baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays to win Game 7 of the World Series.

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Top diplomats from Germany, Jordan, and the United Kingdom are calling for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan.

They spoke at an annual security conference in the Gulf nation of Bahrain after a paramilitary force seized the last major city in Sudan's Darfur region, killing hundreds.