Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. The Supreme Court issued an order last night allowing the Trump administration to block full-snap benefits for now. NPR's Amy Held reports it's the latest legal turn upending the nation's largest anti-hunger program in the longest-ever government shutdown. More snap whiplash.
Several states had already said they were distributing full benefits, including California, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, after a judge Thursday ordered the Trump administration to pay.
Chapter 2: What recent legal changes are affecting SNAP benefits?
But the high court's administrative stay means states must now revert back to partial payments, at least until an appeals court weighs in. Sylvia Lindsay in North Carolina got half her benefits Friday. Not enough, she says, for her and her grandson she supports who has autism.
You're already down, and they want you to be even further down. It's just really sad and disappointing.
One in eight Americans rely on the program, mostly very low-income families, seniors, or people with disabilities. Amy Held, NPR News.
The top Trump administration official overseeing federal statistical agencies is raising concerns about how well the government protects the data it collects from the public. And Paris-Hansi Lo Wang reports on the multiple lawsuits the administration is facing, claiming it's 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.
The UN says October was the deadliest month in 20 years for Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians harvesting olives. Empire's Lauren Frayer has more.
The UN says it recorded more than 260 Israeli settler attacks in October that resulted in casualties, property damage or both. That's an average of eight attacks per day, injuring at least 140 Palestinians and vandalizing some 4,200 trees.
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