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--:-- Host: Rylan Barton: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. The Senate has begun its final votes to end the longest government shutdown in history tonight. A small group of Democrats and one independent struck a deal with Republicans to temporarily fund the government through January.
--:-- Host: Rylan Barton: Some other Democrats are criticizing their colleagues for not holding out for concessions related to extending health care benefits.
--:-- Host: Rylan Barton: The shutdown could last a few more days as House members return to Washington. They've been on recess since mid-September.
--:-- Host: Rylan Barton: Across the country, more than 40 million people depend on food assistance. and while there could be an end in sight for the government shutdown, SNAP recipients continue to face confusion and delays.
--:-- Anna Pope: Anna Pope of member station KOSU visited a food pantry in Oklahoma, home to one of the highest rates of food insecurity in the nation.
--:-- Amparo Espinosa: Amparo Espinosa has been going to the Middel Food Pantry in Midwest City for about six years. Espinosa likes coming here The people are nice But a month ago she says there wasn't a wait You could see the need to get food because of what happened with the government And I think that's very sad that we are suffering the consequences of the people that should take care of us.
--:-- Anna Pope: Last month, many here were getting food aid through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, including Espinosa. This month, Espinosa has not yet received her $21 through SNAP.
--:-- Anna Pope: She says the program helps her afford certain things, but for others, she knows it is a lifeline.
--:-- Host: Rylan Barton: For NPR News, I'm Anna Pope in Midwest City, Oklahoma.
--:-- Emily Fang: Two Democratic members of Congress are asking the House Appropriations Committee to restart funding for state broadcaster Radio Free Asia.
--:-- Emily Fang: NPR's Emily Fang reports the broadcaster was forced to stop all news operations last month after the Trump administration canceled its funding.
--:-- Emily Fang: Radio Free Asia broadcasted tens of millions of listeners around Asia, including in China, and RFA broke investigative stories about human rights abuses in China, including Beijing's mass incarceration of ethnic minorities such as the Uyghurs.
--:-- Emily Fang: But RFA has now cut all of its bureaus and largely stopped broadcasting due to funding shortages after their congressional funding was slashed by the Trump administration.
--:-- Emily Fang: Now two Democratic representatives Raja Krishnamoorthy of Illinois and Young Kim of California have argued in a letter sent to the Appropriations Committee that this is ceding space to China state media outlets And they pushed for renewed funding to RFA in order for the U.S. to, quote, remain competitive in the global information ecosystem.
--:-- Host: Rylan Barton: President Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and others accused of backing his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
--:-- Host: Rylan Barton: The preemptive pardons are largely symbolic. They apply only to federal crimes, and none of the recipients were charged in a federal case.
--:-- Host: Rylan Barton: Major U.S. stock indexes recovered most of their losses from last week today after a rally from tech stops.
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--:-- Host: Rylan Barton: The Supreme Court will decide whether a former Louisiana inmate can sue prison officials who shaved his dreadlocks in violation of his Rastafari religious beliefs. The justices heard arguments today.
--:-- Host: Rylan Barton: Louisiana officials argue the law can't be used to hold those who violate inmates' rights financially responsible.
--:-- Host: Rylan Barton: Canada has lost its status as a country that has eliminated measles. This happened after there is a sustained transmission for 12 straight months.
--:-- Gabriella Emanuel: NPR's Gabriella Emanuel reports.
--:-- Jarbas Barbosa: Jarbas Barbosa directs the Pan American Health Organization He says it is now the only country in the Americas in which measles is endemic Nevertheless the country continues to make significant efforts to control its current outbreak and remains firmly committed to achieving elimination again.
--:-- Gabriella Emanuel: In the past, both Brazil and Venezuela lost measles elimination status and then were able to regain it with vaccination campaigns and active strategies to find cases.
--:-- Host: Rylan Barton: The U.S. has had significant measles outbreaks since January.
--:-- Host: Rylan Barton: Gabriela Emanuel, NPR News.
--:-- Host: Rylan Barton: Cleveland Guardians pitcher Luis Ortiz appeared in court on charges, accusing him and his teammate Emanuel Classe of taking bribes.
--:-- Host: Rylan Barton: Prosecutors allege they helped bettors in their native Dominican Republic when prop bets placed on pitches they threw.
--:-- Host: Rylan Barton: According to an indictment, they took several thousand dollars in payoffs for bets placed on the speed and outcome of certain pitches.
--:-- Host: Rylan Barton: Lawyers for the pitchers said their clients are innocent.
--:-- Host: Rylan Barton: I'm Rylan Barton. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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