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--:-- Giles Snyder: The record 41-day government shutdown is not over yet, but Senate passage tonight of a short-term funding bill broke a stalemate that has lasted more than six weeks.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
--:-- John Thune: This has been a very long road, quite literally the longest shutdown in history. I am very, very happy to be able to say that we are coming to the end.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Senator Thune speaking on the floor after the Senate voted 60 to 40 to approve a deal a small group of Democrats and one independent made with Republicans.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The House must also pass the legislation before it's sent to President Trump's desk.
--:-- Giles Snyder: House Speaker Mike Johnson urging lawmakers to return to Washington, saying the House must vote as quickly as possible.
--:-- Mike Johnson: When the House returns to Capitol Hill, Adelita Grijalva is expected to be sworn in more than a month after she was elected to represent her Arizona district.
--:-- Giles Snyder: She expected to give the final signature to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files
--:-- Giles Snyder: The government may be on the cusp of reopening but millions of Americans who receive federal food assistance remain in limbo
--:-- Giles Snyder: As the Trump administration appeals, a federal judge is ruling to fully fund SNAP payments this month.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Nick Dala Canal of member station WFAE reports that food assistance organizations are feeling the strain.
--:-- Nick Dala Canal: Have a great day, ma'am. Thank you so much.
--:-- Nick Dala Canal: A line of cars wraps around the block at a food share in Charlotte for people who receive SNAP benefits.
--:-- Nick Dala Canal: Some here say they received partial payments on Friday, but it wasn't much.
--:-- Nick Dala Canal: One man said he received $16, when he usually receives about $100.
--:-- Nick Dala Canal: Others, like Michelle Sands, still have empty accounts.
--:-- Nick Dala Canal: I keep looking online and looking at it. I even called my card and it still ain't saying nothing.
--:-- Nick Dala Canal: The uncertainty comes as food banks are preparing for Thanksgiving, normally their busiest time of year, and they say every day the shutdown continues makes their own holiday outlook more uncertain.
--:-- Nick Dala Canal: For NPR News, I'm Nick Della Canal in Charlotte.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The Supreme Court has declined to revisit a landmark decision legalizing same-sex marriage.
--:-- Giles Snyder: From member station WKYU, Lisa Autry reports.
--:-- Lisa Autry: A same couple sued former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis for refusing to issue same marriage licenses on religious grounds
--:-- Lisa Autry: She appealed the jury verdict arguing protection under the First Amendment
--:-- Lisa Autry: Chris Hartman leads the Louisville fairness campaign.
--:-- Chris Hartman: He fears the 2015 ruling could still be revisited.
--:-- Chris Hartman: The reality is that Kim Davis's case was never the one that was going to make it to the Supreme Court.
--:-- Chris Hartman: All of the experts agreed that this was the weakest possible challenge to marriage equality in the U.S.
--:-- Lisa Autry: The Conservative Liberty Council, which represents Davis, says by declining to hear the case, the court leaves the, quote, wrongly decided 2015 opinion in place.
--:-- Lisa Autry: For NPR News, I'm Lisa Autry in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
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--:-- Giles Snyder: A judge in West Virginia is allowing the continued deployment to Washington, D.C. of more than 300 state National Guard troops.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The judge ruling Monday that Governor Patrick Morrissey was within his authority to deploy the Guard in response to President Trump's executive order declaring a crime emergency in the nation's capital.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The Justice Department, however, says violent crime in the district is at a 30-year low.
--:-- Giles Snyder: After nearly 30 years, Canada has lost its measles-free status.
--:-- Giles Snyder: International health experts say Canada is no longer free of the disease because of ongoing outbreaks
--:-- Giles Snyder: Canada has logged more than 5 cases this year and Canada says it will work to increase vaccinations
--:-- Giles Snyder: The novel Flesh by David Saloy has won this year's Booker Prize, which goes to the best English-language book published in the UK.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The judges said they'd never read anything quite like it, as NPR's Andrew Limbong reports.
--:-- Andrew Limbong: The novel follows a Hungarian man named Isvan from his teen years through old age.
--:-- Andrew Limbong: He's quiet, not the most emotive character, but that's all covering up a tumultuous life.
--:-- Andrew Limbong: The Booker Prize judges praised author David Soloy's sparse use of language.
--:-- Andrew Limbong: In a statement, Prize Chair Roddy Doyle said, quote, every word matters, the spaces between the words matter.
--:-- Andrew Limbong: Soloy is the first Hungarian-British author to win the award.
--:-- Andrew Limbong: He was shortlisted for the prize back in 2016 for his book All That Man Is.
--:-- Andrew Limbong: Flash beat out five other novels for the win, including Katie Kittemore's audition and Susan Choi's flashlight.
--:-- Andrew Limbong: Winners of the Booker Prize received 50,000 British pounds and usually a hefty bump in sales.
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