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--:-- Nora Rahm: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. The longest shutdown in American history continues as Americans face flight delays and a pause in federal food assistance.
--:-- Luke Garrett: Democrats and Republicans can't agree on whether or not to extend expiring health care tax credits. This impasse has Democrats refusing to fund the government until the Republican-controlled Congress passes these health care benefit extensions.
--:-- Hakeem Jeffries: I don't think that the House Democratic Caucus is prepared to support a promise, a wing and a prayer.
--:-- Luke Garrett: On Saturday, Senate Republicans rejected a Democrat offer to reopen the government in exchange for a one-year extension on health care subsidies.
--:-- James Lankford: If we're going to allow subsidies to get out there, get them to people, not the insurance company.
--:-- Luke Garrett: Lankford says the government will reopen by Thanksgiving, while Jeffries wasn't sure.
--:-- Nora Rahm: Luke Garrett NPR News Washington
--:-- Juan Carlos Lara: Many SNAP recipients are going without food assistance as a legal battle over how the Trump administration pays for it plays out in court.
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--:-- Juan Carlos Lara: From member station KQED in San Francisco, I'm Juan Carlos Lara. Lisa Marie Fusco is a UC Berkeley student with disabilities who relies on SNAP.
--:-- Lisa Marie Fusco: I have other students that are sharing, sharing what they have, sharing their food with me, sharing meals and things and supplies. And there's like a really big community effort I'm seeing out here. It's really amazing.
--:-- Lisa Marie Fusco: But I'm scared for those who don't have a community to rely on in this time and feel expendable in the eyes of the government.
--:-- Juan Carlos Lara: The California Department of Social Services says benefits may be further delayed as legal cases play out.
--:-- Nora Rahm: For NPR News, I'm Juan Carlos Lara in San Francisco.
--:-- Lauren Freyer: The parents of a Florida teenager in prison for allegedly throwing stones in the Israeli-occupied West Bank say his detention has been extended until mid-December.
--:-- Lauren Freyer: Mohammed Ibrahim, a U.S. citizen, was 15 when he was arrested and has been held without trial for nearly nine months.
--:-- Zahir Ibrahim: This was Mohammed Ibrahim's 10th hearing in an Israeli military court. His father says it adjourned without a plea bargain or trial date.
--:-- Lauren Freyer: The Ibrahims are Palestinian. They split their time between the Tampa area and the occupied West Bank where Israeli soldiers took Mohammed from his bed last February.
--:-- Lauren Freyer: In Israeli prison, he's not allowed family visits nor phone calls.
--:-- Lauren Freyer: Court documents show he faces up to 20 years for stone-throwing under security rules imposed after the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023.
--:-- Lauren Freyer: Members of Congress have called for his release in a letter that says he may have, quote, signs of torture.
--:-- Lauren Freyer: The State Department says the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, is deeply involved in this case.
--:-- Nora Rahm: Lauren Freyer, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
--:-- Vicki Barker: A super typhoon slammed into the Philippines today with torrential rain and sustained winds of 115 miles per hour.
--:-- Vicki Barker: Officials say two people died.
--:-- Vicki Barker: This was the second typhoon to hit the country in less than a week.
--:-- Vicki Barker: The earlier storm last Tuesday killed more than 200 people.
--:-- Vicki Barker: Staff at Lincoln Cathedral in Britain discovered a 150-year-old dinner invitation from the author of Alice in Wonderland.
--:-- Vicki Barker: Lewis Carroll sent the invitation to a cathedral cleric in 1875, 10 years after the publication of Alice in Wonderland.
--:-- Vicki Barker: Written in purple ink and including a seating plan, the guests include Carol, former Oxford tutor Bartholomew Price, whose nickname was Bat.
--:-- Fern Dawson: The Mad Hatter's Tea Party really is recreated here. We have reference to the Bat from Twinkle, Twinkle Little Bat in Alice in Wonderland.
--:-- Vicki Barker: The 150-year-old menu was also listed. Soup, black curry, lamb cutlets, apple souffle, and apricot cream.
--:-- Nora Rahm: For NPR News, I'm Vicki Barker in London.
--:-- Nora Rahm: The NFL says former commissioner Paul Tagliabue died today.
--:-- Nora Rahm: He served as NFL commissioner from 1989 until his retirement in 2006.
--:-- Nora Rahm: During his time, the NFL expanded from 28 to 32 teams from six divisions to eight.
--:-- Nora Rahm: When he was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, he said, for decades, the NFL has served to unite people from all over America.
--:-- Nora Rahm: Paul Tagliabue was 84.
--:-- Nora Rahm: I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News.
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