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Korva Coleman
In Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. The House is expected to vote today on a spending measure that could end the federal government shutdown. This is day 43. The Senate passed the measure earlier this week. If the House adopts it, it will it would go to President Trump for his signature. The shutdown is still causing more air traffic to slow down. The tracking site FlightAware.com says nearly 900 flights have been canceled today. There have been worries about reduced air traffic for Thanksgiving. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he was focused on airline delays at the end of this week.
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Transportation Official (possibly Sean Duffy)
If you thought this weekend was bad with delays and cancellations, truly this Thursday and Friday, I think you would have seen mass, you know, double, triple the number of cancellations and delays in the.
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Korva Coleman
Airspace if the shutdown continues. Duffy has directed that air traffic in the US be reduced 10% by Friday. More programs affected by the federal government shutdown are those that help Americans with food and utility bills. From member station WPLN in Nashville, Cynthia Abrams has more.
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Cynthia Abrams
The federal government provides a number of supports to families in need. There's food aid, disability payments, and there's also a program that helps low income families pay their gas or electric bills like snap, that's been delayed during the shutdown. The city of Nashville has put around $200,000 toward the gap, but it does.
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Lisa McCready
Not even make a dent in the amount of families that you usually cover.
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Cynthia Abrams
Lisa McCready, Beverly With Nashville's Metro Action Commission says the program usually receives $6 million in federal funding. Earlier this year, the Trump administration laid off the entire staff responsible for administering the energy assistance grants. For NPR News, I'm Cynthia Abrams in Nashville.
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Korva Coleman
President Trump's recent pardons of 77 people linked to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election do not apply to any state charges against the individuals. That includes Trump's one time lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. He's involved in a criminal case in Georgia. From member station WABE in Atlanta, Alex Helmick reports.
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Alex Helmick
The massive RICO case originally brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fawney Willis still does not have a prosecuting attorney. That's after a Georgia court removed Willis because her relationship with a special prosecutor created an appearance of impropriety. The Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia has to name her replacement by November 14th or the indictments are dismissed. In a statement, the council's executive director, Pete Scandalakis, said Trump's pardons only apply to federal charges, not state, and his office is working on their assigned task without being influenced by outside actions. For NPR News, I'm Alex Helmick in Atlanta.
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Korva Coleman
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Frigid air is still settled over the south. There are frost and freeze warnings up this morning for parts of Florida and southern Georgia. Currently, it's just 25 degrees in Jacksonville, Florida. In comparison, farther north, it's 40 degrees in New York City. Meanwhile, the National Weather Service says a storm in the Pacific will deliver what's known as an atmospheric river to California this week. Forecasters say strong winds and heavy rain will pelt the state. There are winter storm warnings posted already for California's eastern mountains, and heavy snow is already forecast. Museums across the country had to cut programming and delay projects this year. That's according to a new report from the American alliance of museums. NPR's Andrew Limbong reports. The industry's recovery from the pandemic is stalling.
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Andrew Limbong
When the federal government cut grants to museums earlier this year, that left a lot of museums with holes in their budgets. And then President Trump issued an executive order criticizing the Smithsonian's quote, divisive race centered ideology, which which had an impact on all museums, said Marilyn Jackson, the president and CEO of the American alliance of Museums.
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Lisa McCready
We're seeing corporations and foundations thinking twice about funding certain projects or programs that they would have naturally funded in the past.
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Andrew Limbong
The top line result from this study is that museum attendance is down compared to last year. The outlook for 2026 doesn't look much brighter as museum leaders worry about further shifts in philanthropy and inflation. Andrew Limbang, NPR News.
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Korva Coleman
On Wall street, in pre market stock futures are higher. This is NPR.
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