Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The Trump administration says it's sending states money for full SNAP food benefits. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports that's happening even as the government appeals an order to fund the program to the Supreme Court after money ran out a week ago.
Shortly after the ruling Thursday, a growing number of states started to announce they'd send out November's SNAP payments.
Chapter 2: What recent changes have been made to SNAP benefits?
Some people even woke up to the money on the cards they used to buy groceries. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said benefits would keep going out all night.
All of those individuals who were owed money over the first week or so of this month, who hadn't gotten it from the federal administration, are going to get their money.
The Trump administration earlier said it only had money for partial payments and those could take weeks. A federal judge said officials had moved too slowly and failed to consider the risk of people going hungry. Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Washington.
Airlines have canceled hundreds of flights to comply with an order from the Federal Aviation Administration. NPR's Joel Rose reports the agency says the cuts are necessary to keep the airspace safe during the government shutdown.
The FAA has ordered airlines to phase in these cuts gradually, starting with 4% of flights at high-traffic airports this weekend and ramping up to 10% next week. The agency is dealing with staffing shortages of air traffic controllers during the government shutdown. And Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned there could be even bigger cuts ahead. Here he is speaking to Fox News.
We're going to have to continue to assess the pressure in the airspace and make decisions that may again move us from 10 percent to 15 percent, maybe to 20. The FAA wants to cut air traffic at 40 major airports, including Atlanta, Chicago and Dallas. But the effects will ripple out to many smaller airports with flights that connect to those major hubs. Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.
The government shutdown has prompted the cancellation of some Veterans Day events. Volunteers usually gather at Riverside National Cemetery in California to place flags on graves, but not this year because of lack of access to restrooms and traffic control.
Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration today to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research funds. As NPR's Alyssa Natwording reports, the university also agreed to accept the administration's interpretation of civil rights laws.
Part of the deal would require Cornell, an Ivy League school in upstate New York, to pay the government $30 million and also invest $30 million more in agriculture and farming. In April, the government froze millions of dollars in research funding over accusations of racial discrimination and anti-Semitism.
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