Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. With the federal shutdown over, full SNAP food benefits are finally being restored, but NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports anxiety over the funding pause will linger.
Jacqueline Giamona and her two kids rely on SNAP for nearly all their groceries, and the past two weeks without it were tough. She says depriving low-income people of a necessity like food was an abuse of power.
Chapter 2: What are the implications of the federal SNAP benefits restoration?
You People are going to distrust the government. And I think people are going to be really angry about it for a long time.
Advocate Crystal Fitzsimons with the Food Research and Action Center would like Congress to prevent a repeat.
It does make me nervous that this could be used as a negotiating tactic again.
She and others do see one positive. They say all the attention has shown just how vital SNAP is for so many people. Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Washington.
A federal judge heard arguments today challenging the appointment of the U.S. attorney who secured the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. NPR's Ryan Lucas has more.
Attorneys for both James Comey and Letitia James say that interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed. Because of that, they say, the separate indictments against Comey and James should be found invalid and dismissed. The Justice Department, meanwhile, argues that Halligan's appointment is valid and legal, and any perceived problem with it is at most, quote, a paperwork error.
U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Curry was assigned to hear challenges to Halligan's appointment. Curry heard a little more than an hour of arguments from defense attorneys and prosecutors. She did not rule from the bench, but she did say she plans to issue her ruling by Thanksgiving. Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Alexandria, Virginia.
Home insurance is increasingly expensive in many parts of the country, including the central U.S., NPR's Rebecca Herscher reports.
The average price of property insurance in the Great Plains is significantly higher than the national average, according to a report from the Treasury Department. Consumers in the southern Plains states paid 45 percent more than average between 2018 and 2022, the report found. That's in part because of hailstorms. Scott St. George is a climate scientist at WTW, a risk analysis company.
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Chapter 3: What legal challenges are being faced regarding the U.S. attorney's appointment?
PepsiCo says it's launching toned-down versions of its bright orange snacks that won't have any artificial colors or flavors. The new chips are set to hit store shelves on December 1st. I'm Ryland Barton. This is NPR News from Washington.