Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. A bipartisan group of senators have reached a deal to reopen the federal government. The legislation would fund the government through the end of January and include full-year funding for a trio of appropriation bills, including SNAP food assistance.
A senior Senate aide familiar with the negotiations, who wasn't authorized to speak publicly, says he thinks there are at least eight Democrats who would vote to support the measure, which is enough for passage. Senate Democratic leaders, including Senator Chuck Schumer, plan to vote against the measure.
Chapter 2: What recent government deal was reached to reopen the federal government?
The Trump administration is telling states to stop fully funding SNAP benefits for the month. And Pierre Chandelier-Duster has more. The U.S.
Department of Agriculture told states late Saturday to, quote, "...immediately undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November 2025." States that fail to comply with the directive could face penalties, including liability for overpayment. The U.S.
Supreme Court Friday night granted an administrative stay, temporarily blocking a lower court order that ordered the Trump administration to pay SNAP benefits in full for this month. The Supreme Court also said its order would last until the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit acted on the Trump administration's request and that court for a stay. Shondalese Duster, NPR News.
There were thousands of flight cancellations and delays today at airports around the country as the FAA reduces traffic at some of the country's busiest airports amid staffing concerns. And here's Joe Hernandez reports.
Juliet Montefusco was flying from Philadelphia to Florida to meet up with her sister and other family members. Her flight was on time, but she said one part of her family got delayed for hours, including five kids.
First time on a plane, first time on a big vacation, first time to Disney, and they had to wait in the terminal for like five hours the other day, which sucks, right, for a bunch of kids that have never been on a plane.
Transportation officials say air travel headaches could get even worse as Thanksgiving approaches. Joe Hernandez, NPR News, Philadelphia.
The Trump administration says its aggressive campaign to deport migrants in the country illegally has resulted in the removal of more than a half million undocumented immigrants so far. That number comes from a Department of Homeland Security press release, but it didn't provide data to back it up.
DHS also says 70 percent of those detained are criminals charged or convicted of crimes in the U.S., Empiricero Martinez Beltran has more.
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Chapter 3: How is the Trump administration impacting SNAP benefits?
For the bowhead whale, I can tell you that there were no reports of malignant tumors.
She connected with an Alaskan Inuit community that provided her with tissue samples from animals collected during their subsistence hunt. She and her colleagues found that bowhead cells were far better at DNA repair than human cells, an ability due, at least in part, to a particular protein.
Girbanova says boosting the level of this protein in humans might one day help slow down our accumulation of mutations, reducing the risk of cancer. For NPR News, I'm Ari Daniel.
The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree arrived in New York this weekend, marking the start of the city's holiday season. This year's tree traveled around 150 miles from upstate New York, and it's a 75-foot, 11-ton Norway spruce. Workers hoisted the tree into position, overlooking the ice skating rink as crews worked to stabilize it.
The tree will be decorated with more than 50,000 multicolored LED lights and topped with a Swarovski star. that weighs 900 pounds. After the holidays, the tree will be milled into lumber for affordable housing by the non-profit Habitat for Humanity. I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News in Washington.
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