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Hey, it's Ray from Car Talk. Are you tired of all the depth and thoughtful care that goes into NPR shows? Want some good old-fashioned goofing around and stumbling to figure out what's going on? Well, I've been taking occasional car questions again. You can hear them by signing up for NPR Plus, along with lots of other bonus content. Just go to plus.npr.org. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kurova Coleman. It's day 35 of the federal government.

government shutdown. The Trump administration says it will restart SNAP food benefits, but pay beneficiaries only half of their regular amount for November. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports that still leaves many people worried about having enough to eat. Many SNAP recipients are parents like Shalise Hooks in Phoenix. She's a widow and unemployed with a 15-year-old son. And it's hard because he's in high school and when he comes home, he's hungry. That's okay, Mama, no, it's not okay. A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to use emergency funds to keep snap going. Providence, Rhode Island mayor, Brett Smiley, says it never should have taken a lawsuit for that. To threaten the stability of families who are already struggling is wrong. States must now recalculate to distribute the

partial payments, which the administration says could take weeks or even months in some places. Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Washington. Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died at the age of 84. His Family says he had pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease. Cheney served two terms under former President George W. Bush and advocated for the U.S. military to go into Iraq, a stance that was polarizing for Americans. Jonah Goldberg is the editor-in-chief of the online site, The Dispatch. He says the deeply conservative Cheney had extraordinary power as a vice president. He comes from an era where you could be a fierce partisan, but also a serious policy intellectual, and also a patriot who sometimes some people would say to a fault

puts the country first beyond sort of partisan or popular or popular considerations. And I think a lot of that has sort of gone these days. He was just a serious man. He spoke to NPR's Morning Edition. Israel's Holocaust Research Center says it has documented the names of 5 million out of the roughly 6 million Jewish victims of the Nazis in World War II. It's a major milestone in Holocaust research, as Itai Stern reports from Tel Aviv. The Yad Vashem Holocaust Research Memorial has been documenting names of victims for decades.

Lately, artificial intelligence tools were used to scan hundreds of millions of handwritten documents to help reach 5 million names. The Center estimates it can still uncover around 250,000 more names, but that there are not enough records to name all 6 million. victims. The recovery of names is a campaign that involves researching personal letters of Holocaust survivors, diaries, Nazi documentation, and deportation lists. The head of Israel Holocaust Memorial said that they will search for more names so every victim is remembered. For NPR news, I'm Itai Stern in Tel Aviv. On Wall Street, the Dow is down 140 points. The NASDAQ is down

more than 1%. It's NPR. is Election Day, voters in New Jersey and Virginia are choosing governors. New York City is selecting a mayor. In California, voters will choose whether to allow the state to redraw congressional districts. President Trump is pledging to help American ranchers by making loans more affordable and expanding grazing access. And Pierre's Kirk Siegler reports. The American cattle herd is as low as it's been in 75 years. That's tough on consumers at the supermarket. But for ranchers like Spencer black, the high prices mean they can pay off some debt, though it's still hard to build back. We have these high prices. Guys are jumping out. Young people can't afford to get in right now because

the prices are so high. The Trump administration wants to build the cattle herd back by making loans cheaper and expanding grazing leases. Environmentalists like Greg Ladon say the arid west can barely support the cattle it has already. You could essentially eliminate all public lands grazing without noticing a change in the price of hamburgers or steaks, particularly given the increases over the last year. The administration hopes to finalize its plan this month. Kirk Sigler and PR News. Russian officials say Ukrainian drones have struck a petrochemical plant.

The plant is about 1,000 miles away from the Ukrainian border deep inside Russia. No casualties are reported. The next supermoon happens tomorrow night. That's when the moon reaches its closest point to the earth. It will also be a full moon. NASA says the full moon can appear up to 14, percent bigger, as well as nearly one-third brighter than the faintest moon of the year. I'm Corvick Coleman, NPR News from Washington.