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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. The Senate was in a rare Saturday session today, trying to find a bipartisan solution to reopen the federal government. But they've ended with no deal to end the shutdown, which at 39 days is now the longest in history. They meet again tomorrow. And Pierre Zavu Koukatch has more. Senate Majority Leader John Thune says a Democratic proposal to agree to a one-year extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits is announced. starter. There's still only one path out. It's a clean funding extension. Minority leader Chuck Schumer criticized Republicans for dismissing the offer, and he argued the Trump administration could choose to find funding for SNAP food benefits and pay air traffic controllers going without pay if it wanted to. This crisis is in the administration's hands. It's all them. Not anyone else.

On truth social, President Trump reiterated his push for Republicans to terminate the filibuster. to end the shutdown. Eva Pugatch and PR News. Millions of Americans are planning for an uncertain future around federal food benefits. This after the Supreme Court last night, said the Trump administration can, for now, continue withholding some funding for the SNAP program. Blake Farmer of Member Station, WPLN, has more from a drive-through food distribution site in rural Tennessee. Cars and trucks started lining up hours before the start time, some before dawn. Crystal Tipton is among the more than 41 million Americans who rely on the benefits.

She says she's never used a food pantry before. You have to cut back on everything. I mean, I think it's the way it's going to be for a while. The nonprofit that organized this food distribution called OneGen Away has seen demand spike by more than 300%. It's been adding pop-up sites in the region over the last two weeks, but organizers say they're running out of food and turning people away. From PR News, I'm Blake Farmer in Hickman County, Tennessee. UPS and FedEx have temporarily grounded their MD-11 cargo planes after one crash during takeoff in Louisville, Tuesday, killing at least 14 people.

From member station W.EKU, Curtis Tate has more. The cargo carriers made the decision out of an abundance of caution on the recommendation of Boeing, which bought the plane's original manufacturer, McDonnell Douglas. UPS and FedEx have roughly two dozen MD-11s each. UPS Flight 2976, bound for Honolulu, crashed while attempting to take off in Louisville. Investigators are still piecing together what went wrong. The National Transportation Safety Board says the cockpit voice recorder revealed a repeating bell sound about 30 seconds into the takeoff. It says the plane's left engine separated from the wing and was recovered near the end of the runway.

The crash left a fiery trail of debris. For NPR News, I'm Curtis Tate in Shelbyville, Kentucky. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The Danish government wants to ban social media for users under 15 years old. Derry Schultz reports, Danish officials say they want to protect children from the large amount of violence and self-harm content that's present on online platforms. If the Danish Parliament passes the legislation proposed by the country's Ministry of Digitalization, it would enact some of the most stringent restrictions in Europe on social. media use by teens. The government has not yet specified which platforms would be covered nor how

the measure would be enforced. Parents could apply for the right to have an assessment done on their children so they could use the app starting at 13. The Danish move follows Australia, which in December enacted the world's first ban on social media for users under 16. It holds platforms like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok responsible for blocking younger children and sets huge fines for those which do not. For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz. Costco is recalling nearly $1 million bottles of Kirkland Prosecco because of a safety hazard. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the bottles of the sparkling wine could shatter or break and that the bottles, which sold for around $8 between April and August, were manufactured in Italy.

The Prosecco was sold in 12 states in the Midwest, including Wisconsin, Kentucky, and Minnesota. Stocks lost ground this week as investors were left guessing about the state of the job market. For the week, the Dow was down 1.2%, the S&P 500 down 1.6%. I'm Janine Herbst. NPR News in Washington.