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--:-- Dale Willman: Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. The Senate late Sunday took the first step forward to ending the federal government shutdown. In a bipartisan procedural vote, the body agreed to move toward a vote on a measure that would fund the government through the end of January and offer full-year funding for a number of things, including SNAP food benefits.
--:-- Dale Willman: Republicans also agreed informally to consider a vote on health care sometime in December. Democratic Senator Jean Shaheen of New Hampshire encouraged the GOP to honor that commitment.
--:-- Jean Shaheen: The Republicans weren't providing any commitment or even a willingness to vote or a willingness to discuss extending the premium tax credits. We have the opportunity to do that now, and we will hold their feet to the fire.
--:-- Dale Willman: The Trump administration is telling states not to fully fund their SNAP food benefits. That decision comes after a Supreme Court order that allows the administration to pause full SNAP payments while the issue is being heard by an appeals court.
--:-- Tovia Smith: NPR Tovia Smith explains. Some SNAP benefits had already landed with recipients when the Trump administration warned states to undo whatever they done to distribute that money or states would risk financial penalties.
--:-- Cindy Karkhart: Meantime, Cindy Karkhart, who runs a food bank in West Virginia, says demand has more than tripled and the uncertainty is worsening the pain. I've never experienced anything like this. There's no end in sight. And I don't know that we've seen the worst of it.
--:-- Dale Willman: Administration officials did not respond to requests for comment, but Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, speaking to Fox News, accused, quote, activist judges of trying to force funding that Congress declined and blamed Democrats for the lapse in benefits.
--:-- Tovia Smith: Tovia Smith in Pure News.
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--:-- Dale Willman: Thousands of people attended a funeral in Tel Aviv on Sunday for the last Israeli-American hostage who was returned from Gaza. After being held there for more than two years. His remains were transferred to Israel last week. That was part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.
--:-- Itai Stern: NPR's Itai Stern has more on our story from Tel Aviv. A military cantor sang prayers for Itai Chen, an Israeli-American soldier who was killed in combat on October 7 2023 then taken into Gaza by Hamas militants.
--:-- Steve Witkoff: President Trump special envoy Steve Witkoff gave a eulogy by video saying Chen reminded him of his own late son Andrew. I've learned that life's truest measure is not in its length, but in the love that it ignites.
--:-- Ruby Chen: Chen's father, Ruby, thanked Presidents Biden and Trump for their efforts to bring home his son's remains. And he vowed to hold Israeli government accountable for not doing enough to bring more hostages home alive.
--:-- Itai Stern: He noted that 42 soldiers and civilians abducted to Gaza died during their time in captivity.
--:-- Dale Willman: Itai Stern, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
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--:-- Dale Willman: Tyfu Fenghuang hit the northeast coast of the Philippines on Sunday, killing at least two people. More than one million others were forced to evacuate their homes. The storm brought heavy rains and winds reaching 115 miles an hour and caused major damage to the region.
--:-- Dale Willman: The storm's wind and rain was so massive it covered two-thirds of the island nation. It's the biggest typhoon to hit the Philippines in many years.
--:-- Matt Bloom: Millions of Americans are getting their first blast of winter weather a bit early this year. NPR's Matt Bloom has more on a massive cold air moving through the country.
--:-- Matt Bloom: Parts of the Midwest and Great Lakes region are seeing the season first round of snowfall As a big surge of arctic air moves southward It expected to bring temperatures 10 to 15 degrees below average for dozens of states.
--:-- Matt Bloom: Parts of Alabama, Georgia, and the Florida Panhandle could see lows dip below freezing. The National Weather Service says the wave of arctic air could break records for parts of the southern U.S.
--:-- Matt Bloom: The cold snap is expected to last through Veterans Day Tuesday, then warm back up to more average November temperatures.
--:-- Dale Willman: Matt Bloom, NPR News.
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--:-- Dale Willman: There's little change at the top of the college football rankings this week, with Ohio State remaining at the number one position for the 11th week in a row.
--:-- Dale Willman: Indiana remains in second after winning a close game against Penn State on Saturday. The Hoosiers were followed by Texas A&M, Alabama, and Georgia.
--:-- Dale Willman: Ole Miss moves into sixth place while Oregon drops a spot down to seventh. Texas Tech is in eighth with Notre Dame in ninth and Texas breaks into the top 10 again, landing in 10th.
--:-- Dale Willman: I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.
