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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. The back and forth over SNAP benefits is leaving millions of Americans who rely on government food assistance in limbo. In Philadelphia, SNAP recipient, Fran Cooper, says she wants Washington to get its act together. This is not good for people. I never thought it's 73. I've been living like this. It's not good. It puts a lot of stress on you. Payment of food aid benefits remains on hold. amid the government shutdown. Last night, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's

request for a temporary stay of a court order to fully fund snap, while an appeal of a lower court order plays out. In Washington, senators will be working this weekend for the first time since the government shutdown more than a month ago. A deal, though, remains elusive. Travelers at the nation's airports facing a second day of flight cuts. Yesterday, airlines canceled at least 1,000 flights to comply with an order from the Federal Aviation Administration. And Perest Joel Rose reports the agency says the cuts are necessary to keep the nation's airspace safe during the shutdown. The FAA has ordered airlines to phase in these cuts gradually, starting with 4% of flights

at high traffic airports this weekend and ramping up to 10% next week. The agency is dealing with staffing shortages of air traffic controllers during the government shutdown. And Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned there could be even bigger cuts ahead. Here he is speaking to Fox News. have to continue to assess the pressure in the airspace and make decisions that may again move us from 10% to 15% maybe to 20. The FAA wants to cut air traffic at 40 major airports, including Atlanta, Chicago, and Dallas. But the effects will ripple out to many smaller airports with flights

that connect to those major hubs. Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington. A federal judge in Oregon has permanently blocked President Trump on deploying National Guard troops to Portland. Judge issued a 106-page order. saying that the president does not have a lawful basis to federalize the guard. Former President Joe Biden denounced President Trump's policies and celebrated this week's Democratic victories in a speech in Omaha Friday. Fred Knapp of Nebraska Public Media reports. Speaking at a state party dinner, Biden said Democrats had a great election night from New York to California and voters sent a message of disapproval to President Donald Trump. Biden decried Trump's policies,

including some, he said, particularly hurt family farms in Nebraska. Many of them are going bankrupt because Donald Trump starts this ridiculous trade war, which I hope the Supreme Court will finally step up and have some backbone and say he had no right to do it. The former president noted that Omaha has an open congressional seat next year and urged his fellow party members to get up and bring about the change, he said, is coming. For National Public Radio News, I'm Fred Knapp in Lincoln, Nebraska. And from Washington, here are the last. Listening to NPR News.

UPS and FedEx have grounded their fleets of MD-11 planes following this week's crash in Louisville, Kentucky, that killed 14 people. The companies announced a decision separately last night, both citing an abundance of caution saying the grounding came at the recommendation of the plane's manufacturer. MD-E-11s were made by McDonnell Douglas, which merged with Boeing in 1997. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. The Trump administration plans to auction offshore drilling rights across about half of the Gulf of Mexico. The sales written into President Trump's tax and spending bill, as MPR's Alejandra Burunda reports. The auction will make about 80 million acres available in the Gulf of Mexico, which President Trump has renamed the Gulf of America. The Interior Department's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, which manages drilling in the region, says the auction price would be set as low as possible to encourage producers to bid.

The lease sale will be the first of 30 scheduled for the region in coming years. Parts of the ocean off Alaska's coast will also become available for oil and gas development. The announcement comes right before countries gather at COP 30, the annual climate negotiations that aim to lower global levels of climate pollution. Burning fossil fuels is the primary driver of climate change. Alejandro Burunda, NPR News. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony is tonight. It's being held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

Angeles and will be live streamed on Disney Plus. Cindy Lauper, Saltin Peppa, and Sound Garden are among the artists to be welcomed into the hall. I'm Giles Snyder. This is NPR News.