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On this week's Books We've Loved, we're headed to the open range with morning editions Michelle Martin to break down Charles Portis's classic true grit. Find Books We've Loved in NPR's Book of the Day podcast feed on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. The Supreme Court has granted an emergency appeal from the Trump administration to block a court order to fully fund SNAP food benefit payments. The payments are being halted this month because the continuing government shut down.

The High Court is temporarily pausing the order until the appeals court rules on whether to issue a more lasting pause. The Supreme Court is also deciding on the fate of President Trump's sweeping tariffs on foreign imports. MPR's Juliana Kim reports on the long-term effect those tariffs

could have on consumers. This week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases questioning President Trump's authority to impose broad tariffs on nearly every country in the world. If the tariffs are set in stone throughout next year, Erica York at the Think Ting Tax Foundation says, when we look at 2026 and years beyond,

if the tariffs stay in police, it's an average burden of more than $1,600 per year. If the justices rule that the tariffs in question are illegal, a household's annual average burden next year could drop to $400. At the same time, York says the Trump administration has other avenues to impose deep tariffs. Juliana Kim, NPR News. Senate Democrats say they're offering a compromise to reopen the government,

but Republican Senate leader John Thune says that's a non-starter. NPR's Barbara Sprunt has our story. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced a proposal to reopen the government with a one-year extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits. Those credits are set to expire at the end of the year and have been central to this government shutdown. Most Democratic senators have been holding out on voting to fund the government until Republicans agree to extend those credits.

Schumer also proposed establishing a bipartisan committee to negotiate on long-term health care reforms. Republicans want to address health care subsidies after the government reopens. Any deal in the Senate would also have to pass the House, which remains out of town. Barbara Sprint and Pier News, the Capitol. The death toll from Tuesday's UPS cargo plane crash has gone up.

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg says an additional body was found at the scene of the crash this week at Louisville's Mohamed Ali International Airports. That brings a total number of known victims to 14. We pray for each of the victim's families and pray that no additional victims are lost. Investigators are still searching the site where the plane crashed and burst into flames.

The crash destroyed a number of nearby businesses. President Trump pardoned former New York Mets star Daryl Strawberry on Friday. The right fielder was convicted in 1995 on tax evasion, and drug charges. A White House official says Trump approved the pardon and highlighted Strawberry's Christian faith and post-career sobriety in doing so. Strawberry was an eight-time all-star and was on four World Series winning teams. The stock market closed mixed today. The Dow Jones Industrial average was up 74 points. You're listening to NPR News. The Red Cross Friday transferred the remains of a hostage held captive in Gaza to Israeli troops. The remains were

then moved to Israel before this latest handover, Hamas had returned the bodies of 22 hostages since the start of the latest ceasefire. If the latest remains are positively identified as a hostage that would leave five others still in Gaza. One of the warring factions and the ongoing conflict in Sudan says it's agreed to a humanitarian ceasefire proposal from a number of countries, including the U.S. Michael Koloki, as more. In a statement, the paramilitary group, the rapid support forces or RSF said it looked forward to implementing the agreement. Earlier in September, the United States, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates proposed a three-month humanitarian truce, followed by a permanent ceasefire. Fighting between the RSF and the Sudanese armed forces

has been going on for more than two years now. The armed forces are yet to respond to the proposed truce. Meanwhile, loud explosions were reported in the country's capital Khartoum. The warring factions have created a humanitarian crisis in Sudan, with thousands of civilians killed and millions displaced. For NPR News, I'm Michael Koloki in Nairobi. The NCAA has revoked the eligibility of six men's college basketball players following allegations of sports betting. The action comes from three separate cases at the University of New Orleans, Mississippi Valley State, and Arizona State. The ruling says the six players manipulated their performances to lose games, not cover betting lines, or they provided information that enabled others to do.

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