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Jeanine Herbst
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst. The Trump administration has directed states to stop funding full Snap benefits for the month. NPR Shondalys Duster has more.
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Shondalys Duster
The US Department of Agriculture told states late Saturday to, quote, immediately undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November 2025. States that failed to comply with the directive could face penalties, including liability for overpayment. The U.S. supreme Court Friday night granted an administrative stay, temporarily blocking a lower court order that ordered the Trump administration to pay SNAP benefits in full for this month. The Supreme Court also said its order would last until the U.S. court of Appeals for the First Circuit acted on the Trump administration's request and that court for a stay. Chandelyse Duster, NPR News.
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Jeanine Herbst
The longest government shutdown in history continues. Senate Majority Leader John Thune says there will be a vote today in a rare Sunday session. This says air travelers are experiencing widespread cancellations and delays at the busiest airports across the country because of a shortage of air traffic controllers who are working without pay. NPR's Joe Hernandez has more.
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Joe Hernandez
Late last week, the Federal Aviation Administration announced it would begin cutting flight traffic up to 10% at 40 high traffic airports in major markets like Atlanta, Dallas and Denver. On Sunday, airports across the country were bogged down by disruptions. By mid morning, there were already more than 1200 flight cancellations and 10,000 delays, according to the website Flight Aware. The FAA is currently contending with a shortage of air traffic controllers who were already in short supply before the shutdown and now are not being paid. The shutdown, which began on October 1, is the longest in US history. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says flight disruptions across the country will only worsen the longer the shutdown goes on. Joe Hernandez, NPR News.
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Jeanine Herbst
Russia says it has no intention of resuming nuclear testing, but acknowledged it's studying the possibility. This in response to an order by President Trump for the U.S. to begin its own nuclear tests. NPR's Charles Mainz reports.
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Charles Mainz
The Kremlin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his military to explore the possibility of nuclear testing, but would do so only if the US Resumes its own nuclear arms tests. President Trump has threatened to do just that in an apparent response to Russia's recent testing of two nuclear capable delivery systems that experts note did not include atomic warheads. Meanwhile, Moscow says it's still waiting for a US Response to a proposal to de facto extend the new START Nuclear arms reduction treaty when it sun sets in February of next year. Putin has proposed both sides continue to observe limits imposed by the treaty for an additional 12 months to give time for negotiators to hash out a new agreement. Charles Manes, NPR News, Moscow.
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Jeanine Herbst
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Two leaders of the BBC, including its boss, resigned today after criticism that a BBC documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by President Trump. NPR's Fatima Al Ksab reports from London.
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Fatima Al Ksab
The BBC's leadership had been under mounting pressure after a newspaper report suggested that a BBC documentary, which aired a week before last year's presidential election, had edited two parts of a speech by President Trump. So he appeared to explicitly encourage the January 6th Capitol Hill riots. The memo from an external advisor to the BBC accused the corporation of serious and systemic bias in its coverage of issues including President Trump, Gaza and trans rights. The president's press secretary, Caroline Levitt, described the corporation as a propaganda machine following the allegations in his resignation. Note to staff BBC boss Tim Davy said the decision was entirely his own. Fatima Al Kassab, NPR News, London.
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Jeanine Herbst
The NFL says former commissioner Paul Tagliabu has died. He helped bring labor peace and money to the NFL during his 17 years with the franchise, but he was criticized for not taking stronger actions on concussions. Tagliaboo was commissioner from 1989, when he succeeded Pete Rozelle, to 2006, and current commissioner Roger Godel succeeded him. Tagliabu was elected to the Pro Football hall of Fame as part of a special centennial class in 2020. He was 84 years old. I'm Jeanine Herbst, NPR News, in Washington.
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