Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Joel Snyder.
Chapter 2: What are the current issues surrounding SNAP benefits?
The back and forth over SNAP benefits is leaving millions of Americans who rely on government food assistance in limbo. In Philadelphia, SNAP recipient Fran Cooper says she wants Washington to get its act together.
This is not good for people. I never thought at 73 I'd be living like this. It's not good.
Chapter 3: How is the government shutdown affecting air travel?
It puts a lot of stress on you.
Full payment of food aid benefits is on hold amid the government shutdown. Last night, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request for a temporary stay of a court order to fully fund SNAP, while an appeal of a lower court order plays out.
In Washington, senators working this weekend for the first time since the government shutdown more than a month ago, a deal remains elusive.
Chapter 4: What concerns are being raised about data privacy by the Trump administration?
Travelers facing a second day of delays and cancellations at the nation's airports due to flight cuts ordered by the Federal Aviation Administration. Officials say the order is intended to keep air travel safe amid the government shutdown. Both UPS and FedEx say they have grounded their fleets of the type of aircraft involved in this week's deadly crash in Louisville.
NPR's Matt Bloom reports on the decision that came at the recommendation of the plane's manufacturer.
The plane involved was a McDonnell Douglas MD-11, a type of long-haul airliner manufactured in the 90s and mostly used by cargo companies.
Chapter 5: What recent developments have occurred regarding National Guard deployment?
They make up about 9% of UPS's fleet and 4% of FedEx's. UPS said in a statement that it made the decision to ground its MD-11 planes out of an abundance of caution and at the direction of the company that made them. Federal investigators are still determining the exact cause of the Louisville crash.
Videos of the plane show its left engine and wing ablaze as it attempted to take off down the runway.
Chapter 6: How could a new gene-editing drug change cholesterol treatment?
The engine fell from the wing during takeoff. Matt Bloom, NPR News.
A top Trump administration official overseeing federal statistical agencies is raising concerns about how well the government protects the data it collects from the public. NPR's Hansi LeMong reports on the multiple lawsuits the administration is facing, claiming it has violated data privacy protections.
Mark Calabria started in July as the chief statistician at the White House's Office of Management and Budget. Speaking at the Think Tank Center for Strategic and International Studies, Calabria said the federal government is falling short on keeping the data it collects from the public secure.
I'm not convinced that we, the government, live up to those same standards on a daily basis that we expect of the private sector. And so part of my agenda is how do we get ourselves there where we can say that the federal government is first in class in protecting your data.
OMB's press office did not respond to questions about what exactly is sparking Calabria's concern. Multiple lawsuits claim the Trump administration violated the Privacy Act when it gave its Doge team members access to records at the IRS and other agencies. Hansi Luwong, NPR News.
And you're listening to NPR News. A federal judge in Oregon has permanently blocked President Trump on deploying a National Guard troops to Portland. The judge issued a 100 page order, 106 page order rather, in a lawsuit filed by the city and the states of Oregon and California, saying that the president does not have a lawful basis to federalize the guard.
A single infusion of an experimental gene-editing drug appears safe and effective for cutting cholesterol, possibly for life. The approach could someday offer a new weapon to fight heart disease, the nation's leading killer. MPR's Rob Stein has our story.
An experimental gene editing drug into 15 patients to test whether a one-time infusion can permanently lower cholesterol by editing a gene in the liver and found the infusion could safely cut cholesterol as well as triglycerides by as much as half.
The findings, presented at the American Association's annual scientific meeting, mirror those produced by a similar experimental approach also being tested. But much more research is needed to confirm that a one-time infusion can safely and effectively cut cholesterol for life. Rob Stein, NPR News.
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