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Giles Snyder
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. The back and forth over SNAP benefits is leaving millions of Americans who rely on government food assistance in limbo. In Philadelphia, SNAP recipient Fran Cooper says she wants Washington to get its act together.
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Fran Cooper
This is not good for people. I never thought at 73 I'd be living like this. It's not good. Puts a lot of stress on you.
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Giles Snyder
Full payment of food and food aid benefits is on hold amid the government shutdown Last night, the US Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request for a temporary stay of a court order to fully fund snap while an appeal of a lower court order plays out. In Washington, senators working this weekend for the first time since the government shutdown more than a month ago, a deal remained elusive. Travelers facing a second day of delays and cancellations at the nation's airports due to flight cuts ordered by the Federal Aviation Administration. Officials say the order is intended to keep air travel safe amid the government shutdown. Both UPS and FedEx say they have grounded their fleets of the type of aircraft involved in this week's deadly crash in Louisville. NPR's Matt Bloom reports on the decision that came at the recommendation of the plane's manufacturer.
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Matt Bloom
The plane involved was a McDonnell Douglas MD11, a type of long haul airliner manufactured in the 90s and mostly used by cargo companies. They make up about 9% of UPS's fleet and 4% of FedEx's. UPS said in a statement that it made the decision to ground its MD11 planes out of an abundance of caution and at the direction of the company that made them. Federal investigators are still determining the exact cause of the Louisville crash. Videos of the plane show its left engine and wing ablaze as it attempted to take off down the Runway. The engine fell from the wing during takeoff. Matt Bloom, NPR News.
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Giles Snyder
A top Trump administration official overseeing federal statistical agencies is raising concerns about how well the government protects the data it collects from the public. NPR's Hansi Lomong reports on the multiple lawsuits the administration is facing, claiming it has violated data privacy protections.
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Hansi Lomong
Mark Calabria started in July as the chief statistician at the White House' Management and Budget. Speaking at the think tank center for Strategic and International Studies, Calabria said the federal government is falling short on keeping the data it collects from the public secure.
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Mark Calabria
I'm not convinced that we, the government, live up to those same standards on a daily basis that we expect of the private sector. And so part of my agenda is how do we get ourselves there where we can say that the federal government is first in class in protecting your data?
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Hansi Lomong
OMB's press office did not respond to questions about what exactly is sparking glabria's concern. Multiple lawsuits claim the Trump administration violated the Privacy act when it gave its Doge team members access to records at the IRS and other agencies. Hansi Luong, NPR News.
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Giles Snyder
And you're listening to NPR News. A federal judge in Oregon has permanently blocked President Trump on deploying a National Guard troops to Portland. The Judge issued a 100 page order, 106 page order rather, in a lawsuit filed by the city and the states of Oregon and California saying that the president does not have a lawful basis to federalize the Guard. A single infusion of an experimental gene editing gene editing drug appears safe and effective for cutting cholesterol, possibly for life. The approach could someday offer a new weapon to fight heart disease, the Nation's leading killer. NPR's Rob Stein has our story.
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Rob Stein
Doctors infused an experimental gene editing drug into 15 patients to test whether a one time infusion can permanently lower cholesterol by editing a gene in the liver and found the infusion could safely cut cholesterol as well as triglycerides by as much as half. The findings presented at the American Association's annual scientific meeting mirror those produced by a similar experimental approach also being tested. But much more research is needed to confirm that a one time infusion can safely and effectively cut cholesterol for life. Rob Stein, NPR News.
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Giles Snyder
The Rock and Roll hall of Fame induction ceremony is tonight. It's being held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles and will be live streamed on Disney. CYNDI lauper, Salt N Pepa SOUNDGARDEN among the art to be welcomed into the hall, Elton John is to perform a tribute to the late Brian Wilson, the co founder of the Beach Boys. I'm Giles Snyder. This is NPR News from Washington.
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