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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. The Senate is voting tonight to advance legislation that could clear the way for a spending deal that would reopen the government. This after a group of bipartisan lawmakers reached an agreement on a measure to fund the government through the end of January and include full funding for a trio of appropriation bills, including SNAP food assistance. It would also require federal workers to get back pay even if they were furloughed. Senate Majority Leader John Thune. All of us, Republicans and Democrats, who support this bill, know that the time to act is now. A Democrats have agreed to vote to support the measure, which is enough for passage,

but not all Democrats are on board, including minority leader Chuck Schumer. I must vote no. This health care crisis is so severe, so urgent, so devastating for families back home that I cannot in good faith support this CR that fails to address the health care crisis. But let me be clear. However, this vote, turns out. This fight will and must continue. Any measure passed by the Senate still has to go back to the House, which has been adjourned for weeks. The Trump administration is telling states not to fully fund SNAP benefits after a Supreme Court order allowing the administration to pause full payments while the issue is heard by an appeals court. And Pierce-Tovia Smith reports.

Some SNAP benefits had already landed with recipients when the Trump administration warned states to undo whatever they've done to distribute that money, or states would risk financial penalties. Meantime, Cindy Kirkhart, who runs a food bank in West Virginia, says demand has more than tripled and the uncertainty is worsening the pain. I've never experienced anything like this. There's no end in sight, and I don't know that we've seen the worst of it. Administration officials did not respond to request for comment, but Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rawlins, speaking to Fox News, accused, quote, activist judges,

of trying to force funding that Congress declined and blamed Democrats for the lapse in benefits. Tovia Smith and Peer News. Millions of Americans are getting their first blast of winter weather a bit earlier this year, and peers Matt Bloom has more. Parts of the Midwest and Great Lakes region are seeing the season's first round of snowfall as a big surge of Arctic air moves southward. It's expected to bring temperatures 10 to 15 degrees below average for dozens of states. Parts of Alabama, Georgia, and the Florida panhandle could see lows dip below freezing.

The National Weather Service says the wave of Arctic air could break records for parts of the southern U.S. The cold snap is expected to last through Veterans Day Tuesday, then warm back up to more average November temperatures. Matt Bloom, NPR News. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Two leaders of the BBC, including its boss resigned today after criticism that a BBC documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by President Trump. And Piers Fatima al-Kasab reports from London. The BBC's leadership had been under mounting pressure after a newspaper report suggested that a BBC documentary, which aired a week

before last year's presidential election, had edited two parts of a speech by President Trump, so he appeared to explicitly encourage the January 6th Capitol Hill riots. The memo from an external advisor to the BBC accused the corporation of serious and systemic bias in its coverage of issues including President Trump, Gaza and trans rights. The president's press secretary, Caroline Levitt, described the corporation as a propaganda machine following the allegations. In his resignation note to staff, BBC boss Tim Davy said the decision was entirely his own. Vathamar al-Kasab, NPR News, London.

At the weekend box office, Predator, Badlands. debuted in the top spot with an estimated $40 million in ticket sales. That's a new high for the franchise, beating the $38 million opening of Alien v. Predator in 2004. Written and directed by Dan Tractonberg, the film was produced for $105 million, making it the most expensive Predator film. In second place, regretting you with $7 million, the horror black phone two took third place with $5 million, rounding out the top five, Sarah's oil, with four and a half. half million. I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News, in Washington. This message comes from Wise, the app for using money around the globe. When you manage your money with Wise, you'll always get the mid-market exchange rate with no hidden fees.

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