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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. Few signs of progress in breaking the government shutdown stalemate. The Senate expected to meet again today after failing to reach a resolution during an unusual Saturday session. Senate Majority Leader John Thune says there's only one way to bring the shutdown to an end.
What are the latest updates on the government shutdown?
And I urge my colleagues to support a clean, continuing resolution so we can start a real discussion to address their health care mess. get back to the regular appropriations process, and above all, finally provide relief to the American people.
Extending health care subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, the central issue. Senator Thune has called a Democratic proposal for a one-year extension a non-starter. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.
The leader has said... He won't negotiate before. We're willing to negotiate once the credits are extended, plain and simple. And we made that in our proposal yesterday.
The shutdown is now in its 40th day. It has disrupted flights, cut food assistance that millions of Americans rely on, and left federal workers without pay. Many SNAP recipients going without food assistance has a legal battle over how the Trump administration funds the benefits plays out. From member station KQED in San Francisco, Juan Carlos Lara reports on the situation in California.
Lisa Marie Fusco is a UC Berkeley student with disabilities who relies on SNAP. She hasn't gotten her benefits for the month, but says she's been able to rely on the community around her.
I have other students that are sharing SNAP. sharing what they have, sharing their food with me, sharing, you know, meals and things and supplies. And there's like a really big community effort I'm seeing out here. It's really amazing.
But Fusco says she's scared for those who don't have a community to rely on in this time and feels expendable in the eyes of the government. The California Department of Social Services says benefits may be further delayed as legal cases play out. For NPR News, I'm Juan Carlos Lara in San Francisco.
Officials are warning that more flights could end up being canceled if the shutdown persists into the Thanksgiving holiday. NPR's Liz Baker reports that possibility is already causing some holiday travelers to reconsider their plans.
Air travel is often stressful, especially around the holidays.
Aside from the logistics and the money involved, there are a lot of emotions involved in travel.
Aixa Diaz is a spokesperson for AAA, which releases a holiday travel forecast before big travel days like the day before Thanksgiving. She says this year has been tricky to predict given the uncertainty around the government shutdown. Because anything could happen and things change daily. On Friday, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy warned that by Thanksgiving, as many as 20% of flights could be impacted if the shutdown continues. Many more than have already been affected since the Federal Aviation Administration announced reduced flights to and from 40 major airports earlier this week. Liz Baker, NPR News.
And you're listening to NPR News. To Texas now, where Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick says he's donating $1 million from his campaign funds to bring Turning Point USA chapters to all Texas colleges and high schools. Texas Public Radio's Jerry Clayton has more.
Turning Point USA is the group founded by Charlie Kirk, who was killed at a college campus rally in Utah. Patrick said the idea came during a conversation with Turning Point leaders. In a statement, he also praised young conservatives for, quote, challenging leftist echo chambers and said campuses should foster debate, not indoctrination. There are more than 1,200 school systems and over 200 colleges in the state, and Patrick says he wants Turning Point USA chapters in all of them. Patrick posted the comments Friday on social media. He's been a frequent guest at Turning Point events in the past few weeks. I'm Jerry Clayton in San Antonio.
Israeli Holocaust survivors are marking today's 87th anniversary of Kristallnacht, or Night of Broken Glass.
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