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--:-- Giles Snyder: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Tens of millions of Americans who receive federal food assistance through SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, remain in limbo this weekend. The Supreme Court has issued an administrative stay of a lower court's order that SNAP payments resume in full.
--:-- Giles Snyder: In Charlotte, North Carolina, Sylvia Lindsay says a half payment she received is not enough to support her autistic grandson.
--:-- Sylvia Lindsay: It's like they want you already down and they want you to be even further down. It's just really sad and disappointing.
--:-- Giles Snyder: In a brief order signed by Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson last night, Jackson cited an appeals court's attention to issue a judgment soon as a reason for her order, the Trump administration fighting that lower court's decision that it fully funds SNAP amid the government shutdown.
--:-- Giles Snyder: A deal to reopen the government remains elusive, but senators remain on Capitol Hill They working through the weekend for the first time since the government shut down more than a month ago
--:-- Giles Snyder: A deal to reopen the government remains elusive Yesterday Republicans rejected an offer from Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer involving a one extension of health care subsidies
--:-- Giles Snyder: Senate Majority Leader John Thune called the offer a non-starter.
--:-- Giles Snyder: A new national survey shows that polarization in the country taking an emotional toll on Americans.
--:-- Giles Snyder: A majority of the 3,000 adults surveyed say societal divisions are stressing them out.
--:-- Giles Snyder: NPR's Ritu Chatterjee reports.
--:-- Ritu Chatterjee: The survey by the American Psychological Association finds that 62% of adults say that social and political divisions in the country are a major source of stress.
--:-- Ritu Chatterjee: And they were more likely to say they feel socially isolated than those who aren't as bothered by societal divisions.
--:-- Ritu Chatterjee: Psychologist Vale Wright with the American Psychological Association says stress and social isolation have long-term health consequences.
--:-- Vale Wright: Often those are manifested in both physical symptoms and emotional symptoms that can look like headaches, fatigue, stomach problems, as well as increased levels of depression and anxiety.
--:-- Ritu Chatterjee: Rita Chatterjee, NPR News.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The FBI warning local law enforcement agencies about people impersonating immigration agents in order to commit violent crimes
--:-- Giles Snyder: Here NPR Jimena Bastille reporting
--:-- Jimena Bastille: The FBI warned of at least five documented instances where people in New York North Carolina and Florida impersonated immigration and customs enforcement agents They then threatened immigrants committed kidnappings and assault.
--:-- Jimena Bastille: Immigrant advocates have warned about the potential for abuse with agents who wear masks and plain clothes, making it easier to impersonate them.
--:-- Jimena Bastille: The Homeland Security Department has previously said that it is a crime to impersonate a federal officer.
--:-- Jimena Bastillo, NPR News, Washington.
--:-- Giles Snyder: UPS and FedEx have grounded their fleets of MD-11 planes following this week's crash in Louisville, Kentucky that killed 14 people.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The companies announced the decision separately last night.
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--:-- Giles Snyder: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says President Trump has agreed to exempt Hungary from U.S. sanctions on Russian energy.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The exemption keeps Russian oil and gas flowing into the country for one year.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Last month, Trump imposed sanctions on two Russian oil companies over the invasion of Ukraine and threatened further sanctions on those that buy oil from those companies.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Orban and Trump are political allies. They met at the White House yesterday.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Another typhoon has the Philippines in its sights.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Typhoon Fung Wong is already bringing strong winds and heavy rain and is forecast to make landfall by early Monday Monday
--:-- Giles Snyder: Earlier this week a typhoon killed more than 200 people in the Philippines and five in Vietnam where hundreds of thousands have been displaced.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Stocks lost ground this week.
--:-- Giles Snyder: NPR's Scott Horsley reports that investors were left guessing about the state of the job market.
--:-- Scott Horsley: The Labor Department's regular jobs tally was held up by the government shutdown for the second month in a row.
--:-- Scott Horsley: That left analysts looking for alternative measures of the strength or weakness of the labor market.
--:-- Scott Horsley: A consulting company that tracks layoff notices says it was the worst October for job cuts in more than two decades.
--:-- Scott Horsley: Consumers are feeling gloomy.
--:-- Scott Horsley: A University of Michigan survey showed consumer sentiment fell to its lowest level in three years.
--:-- Scott Horsley: And high-flying tech stocks also lost some altitude as investors wondered if artificial intelligence will live up to all the hype.
--:-- Scott Horsley: For the week, the Dow dipped 1.2 percent, the S&P 500 index fell 1.6 percent, and the NASDAQ tumbled 3 percent.
--:-- Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
--:-- Giles Snyder: And I'm Giles Snyder.
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