Nora Rahm

In Sunday football, the Indianapolis Colts play the Atlanta Falcons tomorrow in Berlin.

It's the NFL's first regular season game in the German capital.

Former Colt Bjorn Werner will be there.

He returned to his native Germany after retiring from the NFL.

He's now a popular TV commentator and podcaster in a country dominated by the other football, soccer.

I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News in Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm.

This is day 39 of the government shutdown.

The president is out of town at his Florida resort.

The House hasn't been in session since September 19th.

Senators are working this weekend.

for the first time since the shutdown began October 1st.

Democrats won't agree to a short-term bill to reopen the government unless Republicans agree to an extension of health care subsidies for people who purchase policies under the Affordable Care Act.

Republican senators such as Lindsey Graham of South Carolina won't accept that.

This is now the longest government shutdown in U.S.

history.

The previous longest was 34 days during the first Trump administration.

In an order issued last night, the Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to block full SNAP benefits for now.

NPR's Amy Held reports.

At the Charlotte Douglas International Airport, flights were briefly grounded this morning due to a shortage of air traffic controllers.