--:-- Padma Lakshmi: I feel better at 55 than I did at 25. I wouldn't go back to my 20s for all the money in the world. I was so hard on myself about every little thing or every imperfection.
--:-- Host (Windsor Johnston): The Senate could vote later today on legislation that would temporarily end the government shutdown. If the bill passes, it would next head to the House. Speaker Mike Johnson says he's ready to move forward.
--:-- Speaker Mike Johnson: I will call all House members to return to Washington as quickly as possible. We'll give a 36-hour formal and official notice so that we can vote as soon as possible.
--:-- Host (Windsor Johnston): Senator Tim Kaine is one of the Democrats who support the bill. He says many Republicans are eager to resolve the impasse before it hurts them politically.
--:-- Senator Tim Kaine: Based on the conversations I've had with Republicans, that many of them really want to fix this. And they know if they don't, the midterm elections will make last week's 2025 elections look like a good night for them.
--:-- Host (Windsor Johnston): The legislation would fund the government through the end of January, including full funding for SNAP benefits. It also includes a future vote on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies, a key Democratic demand.
--:-- Nick De La Canal: Millions of Americans who receive federal food assistance remain in limbo as the Trump administration appeals a federal judge's ruling to fully fund SNAP payments this month.
--:-- Nick De La Canal: A line of cars wraps around the block at a food share in Charlotte for people who receive SNAP benefits. Some here say they received partial payments on Friday, but it wasn't much. One man said he received $16, when he usually receives about $100.
--:-- Michelle Sands: I keep looking online and looking at it. I even called my card, and it still ain't saying nothing.
--:-- Nick De La 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.
--:-- Host (Windsor Johnston): For NPR News, I'm Nick De La Canal in Charlotte.
--:-- Host (Windsor Johnston): President Trump has issued a sweeping pardon of his allies related to the 2020 presidential election. The pardon names numerous Trump campaign attorneys and others.
--:-- Miles Parks: The document pardons all those associated with a plot to make false electoral slates that could have potentially interfered with the presidential certification on January 6th, 2021. It names Trump campaign attorneys Rudy Giuliani, Kenneth Chesbrough, Mark Meadows, and John Eastman, as well as dozens of other people who met often in secret to sign documents claiming they were legitimate electors in states actually won by Joe Biden.
--:-- Miles Parks: The pardons are essentially symbolic, as none of the people pardoned have been charged with federal crimes. Some are charged in their individual states, but the pardon has no impact on those cases.
--:-- Host (Windsor Johnston): Miles Parks, NPR News, Washington.
--:-- Host (Windsor Johnston): You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
--:-- Host (Windsor Johnston): President Trump is demanding that air traffic controllers return to work as travelers face another day of flight cancellations. He's threatening to cut pay for any controller who refuses, while offering $10,000 bonuses to those who've stayed on the job during the 41-day shutdown.
--:-- Host (Windsor Johnston): Today marks the 50th anniversary of a Great Lakes maritime tragedy. NPR's Netta Ulibi reports 29 men died on November 10, 1975, during the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
--:-- Netta Ulibi: We remember the disaster because of the song by Gordon Lightfoot. But it was one of thousands suffered by crews transporting lumber, limestone, and other goods across Lake Superior.
--:-- Netta Ulibi: A new best book by John U Bacon called The Gales of November tells the stories of the sailors. It wasn't just 29 men. It were people with lives and futures and hopes and dreams and people on shore who were always worried about them, looking for them to safety.
--:-- Netta Ulibi: Safety standards have tightened since the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. No other freighters have sunk on the Great Lakes in the past 50 years.
--:-- Host (Windsor Johnston): Netta Ulibi, NPR News.
--:-- Host (Windsor Johnston): Several public universities in Massachusetts have reported a decline in international student enrollment this fall. At University of Massachusetts Boston, international enrollment fell about 17 percent compared with last year. Officials point to recent visa restrictions and global uncertainty as key factors.
--:-- Host (Windsor Johnston): I'm Windsor Johnston, NPR News in Washington.
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