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What are the implications of SNAP cuts for millions of Americans?
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is set to be cut or reduced today, leaving millions of people across the country without funds to buy food. Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska calls this a dire situation. She's urging her colleagues to reach a deal to end the federal government shutdown.
When you have a lapse in programs... Oftentimes, it may not be possible to just flip that switch immediately, that you will see a gap there. Certainly, at a minimum, you would hope that at least partial payouts could be made so that you don't have a situation where individuals have absolutely nothing. So I don't know logistically how this happens.
Just over 66,000 Alaskans rely on SNAP benefits. A bipartisan panel voted unanimously to pass a new map in Ohio Friday. The state will now avoid a lengthier fight over the required redrawing of boundaries for its 15 members of Congress. Ohio Public Media's Sarah Donaldson reports.
Ohio's new map moves Cincinnati and Toledo's districts in Congress further right, but Akron inches left. And it makes some already Republican-friendly districts even friendlier. But Democratic Representative Dunny Isaacson of Cincinnati says it staved off a worst-case map for the minority party.
They tried to steal districts here like they were doing in Texas, North Carolina, and Missouri, and today we prevented that from happening.
He and the other Democratic lawmakers who voted for the map shut the door on any effort to repeal it. Still, both sides are facing blowback for the deal, since at least one of those now-Republican seats could swing the other way. For NPR News, I'm Sarah Donaldson in Columbus.
The nation's air traffic control towers continue to face staffing shortages as the government shutdown drags on. That's led to delays and safety concerns. As Bruce Convisor reports, two United Airlines jets made contact on the tarmac at New York's LaGuardia Airport Friday.
United Flight 580 had just arrived from Chicago's O'Hare Airport with more than 170 passengers and crew on board. As it approached its gate, it clipped the tail of another United jet on the tarmac that was bound for Houston. The airline says no one was injured, but the Texas-bound flight was ultimately canceled. Even before the incident, it had already been a hectic day at all three New York area airports, including JFK and Newark. The Federal Aviation Administration posted a statement on X imploring Washington to resolve the government shutdown. It said 80 percent of air traffic controllers were absent Friday from New York area airports, and those who are working are doing so without pay and under, quote, immense stress.
For NPR News, I'm Bruce Convisor.
You are listening to NPR News from New York City. Israel's top military lawyer has resigned amid questions over a leaked video that showed Israeli soldiers severely abusing a Palestinian detainee. Israel's defense minister accuses the lawyer of spreading, quote, blood libels against Israeli soldiers, as NPR's Aya Batrari reports.
Ifat Tomer Yershalmi resigned from the post after submitting a letter saying she authorized the release of the video to stand guard over the rule of law. The alleged rape of a Palestinian detainee in Israel's Steteman prison came to light in a surveillance video leaked to Israeli media last year. It showed Israeli soldiers surrounding a bound and blindfolded Palestinian detainee with riot shields to block visibility while they allegedly raped him with a sharp object, tearing his rectum, puncturing a lung and breaking his ribs. An Israeli military court charged the five with wrongdoing at the time, outraging right-wing Israelis who protested the indictment and stormed the prison in protest. In her resignation letter, Tomer Yershalmi said it's her duty to investigate acts that must not be committed, but that not all are convinced by this.
Aya Batraoui, NPR News.
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