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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Krova Coleman. The federal government shutdown is now 37 days old, and it is affecting air traffic. The Federal Aviation Administration says starting tomorrow, it's going to reduce air traffic by 10% in the 40 busiest markets. FAA administrator, Brian Bedford. We have decided that a 10% reduction in scheduled capacity would be appropriate to, again, continue to take the pressure off of our controllers. and as we continue to see staffing triggers, there will be additional measures

that will be taken in those specific markets. The shutdown is also cutting into federal food assistance. The Trump administration says it will pay out half the amount of people's typically monthly benefit during November, but a new study says most eligible people will likely get less than that, and millions of recipients won't get anything at all. President Trump says this week's poor election results for Republicans are due to the shutdown.

He wants GOP senators to get rid of the chamber's filibuster to end the shutdown. That Senate rule requires 60 votes to pass most legislation. GOP senators oppose this. Maine Democratic Congressman Jared Golden says he is abandoning his re-election bid. He's pointing to hyper-partisanship and a dysfunctional Congress. Steve Mistler of Member Station Maine Public has more. Golden made the announcement in a column published in the Bangor Daily News, in which he lamented the increasing hostility in the nation's politics and threats against him and his family.

He also criticized what he described as the pugilistic voices taking control of the Democratic Party, comparing it to the Tea Party movement. Golden has been under fire by fellow Democrats for his sparing criticism of President Donald Trump and critiques of his own party. He drew a primary challenger and former Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap. Golden wrote that he wasn't afraid of losing, but dreaded the prospect of winning, He's managed to hold the second congressional district seat since 2019, despite the district's increasingly rightward turn in recent years.

For NPR News, I'm Steve Missler and Augusta Maine. Pope Leo is speaking about the treatment of migrants in the U.S. NPR's Jason DeRose reports, he says immigration authorities must respect the spiritual rights of those held in detention. Pope Leo spoke to a group of reporters just outside Rome and expressed concern about the mass arrests and deportations. taking place in the United States under the Trump administration. To underscore his point, Leo referred to a passage from the Gospel of Matthew heard in many Catholic churches recently. Jesus says very clearly, at the end of the world, we're going to be asked.

How did you receive the foreigner? Did you receive him and welcome him or not? The Pope was specifically responding to immigration authorities, not allowing migrants arrested in Chicago to receive Holy Communion. Jason DeRose, NPR News. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves says there's been an explosion at a chemical plant near Yazoo City in central Mississippi. He says this caused an ammonia leak.

The governor says emergency teams are responding and that no injuries have been reported. The president of the Philippines has declared a state of emergency after a powerful typhoon ravaged the country's central provinces. NPR's Anthony Cune reports the storm killed. killed at least 114 people and left around 100 others missing. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s declaration of emergency is intended to speed up relief efforts, disbursement of government funds, and allow price controls on basic goods. Typhoon Kalmagi dumped a month and a half's rainfall on Cebo City in one day, causing severe flooding. More than 2 million people were affected and more than half a million residents were displaced.

The dead include six people killed when an Air Force helicopter on a relief mission, on the island of Mindanao. Even as authorities grapple with the effects of typhoon Kalmagi, they're preparing for the arrival of another powerful typhoon in the country's north early next week. Anthony Kuhn in PR News, Seoul. The Maldives says it is now the first country to ban smoking for an entire generation of people.

The South Asian island country's new law says that anyone born in 2007 or later, that's about 18 years old, cannot buy or use to buy. products in the Maldives ever. They will never be legally permitted to smoke there, even when they get older. This law also applies to tourists. I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News, in Washington.