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--:-- Rylan Barton: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. The Supreme Court is extending its hold, allowing the Trump administration to not pay full snap food benefits through Thursday. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports the move appears aimed to allow time for negotiations to end the federal shutdown, which would render the issue moot.
--:-- Jennifer Ludden: The Trump administration had asked the high court to block full food benefits after a lower court judge ordered them. The extended stay means states can still make only partial payments. The legal wrangling over the country's largest anti-hunger program has kept millions of people who rely on it in limbo.
--:-- Jennifer Ludden: That could change soon as Congress votes on a deal to end the shutdown, which includes SNAP funding until next fall. Restoring that will be a relief not only to recipients, but also the retail stores where they spend their SNAP dollars and food pantries, which have struggled to meet a surge in demand.
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--:-- Rylan Barton: Some Democrats are criticizing the shutdown deal for not delivering on their key demand the renewal of expiring health care subsidies NPR's Deirdre Walsh talked with one of the Democratic negotiators, New Hampshire Senator Janine Shaheen, who says Republicans promised to consider the issue.
--:-- Deirdre Walsh: They got a commitment for a Senate vote by mid-December on a bill that they will write. Shaheen said she negotiated that directly with Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
--:-- Janine Shaheen: But there's no guarantee, even if the Senate could pass something, that the House Speaker, Mike Johnson, would put that on the House floor. But Shaheen says the White House was part of these discussions. And she pointed out that people in red states rely on these tax credits more than people in blue states.
--:-- Deirdre Walsh: NPR's Deirdre Walsh reporting the short term spending bill also includes language that would ban drugs derived from hemp. From member station KBIA, Harshon Rattenpaul has more on how that will impact the hemp businesses.
--:-- Harshon Rattenpaul: The bill would limit hemp products to just 0.4 milligrams of THC, the chemical in cannabis that gets people high. Hemp-derived drugs have been legal since the 2018 Farm Bill, which allowed growing cannabis for industrial purposes.
--:-- Brian Regal: I sell hemp-derived products, including gummies and drinks. He says the ban would bankrupt his companies It kills the small market It kills the farmer It takes everything away from innovation And I thought that what the Republican Party stood for and I was misinformed
--:-- Harshon Rattenpaul: Republican Senator Rand Paul tried to get the hemp ban stricken from the bill, but almost all of his GOP colleagues voted to keep it.
--:-- Harshon Rattenpaul: For NPR News, I'm Harshon Rattenpaul in Columbia, Missouri.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Consumer advocacy group Public Citizen is calling for OpenAI to withdraw its Sora 2 video generating feature. They say the program is a threat to democracy and safety. AI-generated videos made on the app have flooded onto other social media platforms like TikTok, X, Instagram, and Facebook.
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--:-- Rylan Barton: Thailand is threatening to suspend a ceasefire with Cambodia. It comes after a landmine explosion injured four Thai soldiers. Cambodia says the ordinance was from a previous conflict. The two countries signed a truce last month after deadly clashes in July, but tensions have remained.
--:-- Rylan Barton: The U.S. did not send an official delegation to the annual climate negotiations in Brazil, but the U.S. isn't totally absent, as NPR's Alejandra Barunda reports.
--:-- Alejandra Barunda: Mayors and governors from across the country are attending the meeting, known as COP30, including California Governor Gavin Newsom who said the Trump administration has retreated from many of the country climate goals but that position doesn't represent the whole country.
--:-- Gavin Newsom: I'm here because I don't want the United States of America to be a footnote at this conference. He says there are many states and cities still prioritizing climate. California is a stable and reliable partner in low carbon green growth and will remain a stable and reliable partner in low carbon green growth.
--:-- Alejandra Barunda: That message was echoed at another COP30 event with New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and representatives from cities like Savannah, Georgia.
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--:-- Rylan Barton: Marion County, Kansas, has agreed to pay a small-town newspaper over $3 million and apologize over a police raid on the paper in 2023. The Marion County Records publisher sued the county after the raid in the town of 1,900 people.
--:-- Rylan Barton: A blue diamond weighing more than nine and a half carats is sold for roughly $26 million at an auction in Switzerland. It's named Melon Blue after the late American arts patron Rachel Bunny Mellon.
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