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--:-- Giles Snyder: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. The back and forth over SNAP benefits is leaving millions of Americans who rely on government food assistance in limbo.
--:-- Fran Cooper: This is not good for people. I never thought at 73 I'd be living like this. It's not good. It puts a lot of stress on you.
--:-- Giles Snyder: 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.
--:-- Giles Snyder: In Washington, senators are working this weekend for the first time since the government shutdown more than a month ago. A deal remains elusive.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Travelers facing a second day of delays and cancellations at the nation airports due to flight cuts ordered by the Federal Aviation Administration. Officials say the orders is intended to keep air travel safe amid the government shutdown.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Both UPS and FedEx say they have grounded their fleets of the type of aircraft involved in this week's deadly crash in Louisville.
--:-- Giles Snyder: NPR's Matt Bloom reports on the decision that came at the recommendation of the plane's manufacturer.
--:-- Matt Bloom: 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. They make up about 9% of UPS's fleet and 4% of FedEx's.
--:-- Matt Bloom: 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.
--:-- Matt Bloom: 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. The engine fell from the wing during takeoff.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Matt Bloom, NPR News.
--:-- Giles Snyder: 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.
--:-- Giles Snyder: NPR's Hansi LeMong reports on the multiple lawsuits the administration is facing claiming it has violated data privacy.
--:-- Hansi LeMong: Mark Calabria started in July as the chief statistician at the White House 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.
--:-- Hansi LeMong: I'm not convinced that we, the government, live up to those same standards on a daily basis that we expect in 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.
--:-- Giles Snyder: OMB's press office did not respond to questions about what exactly is sparking Calabria's concern.
--:-- Hansi LeMong: 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.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Anzi Luang, NPR News.
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--:-- Giles Snyder: A federal judge in Oregon has permanently blocked President Trump on deploying a National Guard troops to Portland.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The judge issued a 106-page order 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.
--:-- Giles Snyder: A single infusion of an experimental gene-editing drug appears safe and effective for cutting cholesterol, possibly for life.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The approach could someday offer a new weapon to fight heart disease the nation leading killer.
--:-- Giles Snyder: MPR Rob Stein has our story.
--:-- Rob Stein: Doctors infused an experimental gene editing drug into 15 patients to test whether a one 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.
--:-- Rob Stein: The findings, presented at the American Association's annual scientific meeting, mirror those produced by a similar experimental approach also being tested.
--:-- Rob Stein: But much more research is needed to confirm that a one-time infusion can safely and effectively cut cholesterol for life.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Rob Stein, NPR News.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony is tonight.
--:-- Giles Snyder: It's being held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles and will be live-streamed on Disney+.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Cindy Lauper, Salt-N-Pepa, Soundgarden among the artists to be welcomed into the hall.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Elton John is to perform a tribute to the late Brian Wilson, the co-founder of the Beach Boys.
--:-- Giles Snyder: I'm Giles Snyder. This is NPR News from Washington.
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