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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. The longest shutdown on American history continues as Americans face flight delays and a pause in federal food assistance. NPR's Luke Garrett reports. Democrats and Republicans can't agree on whether or not to extend expiring health care tax credits. This impasse has Democrats refusing to fund the government until the Republican-controlled Congress passes these health care benefit extensions. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries tells NBC he needs it in writing. I don't think that the House Democratic Caucus is prepared to support a promise, a wing, and a prayer. On Saturday, Senate Republicans rejected a Democrat offer to reopen the government in exchange for a one-year extension on health care subsidies.

GOP Senator James Langford of Oklahoma tells NBC the tax credits just aren't working. If we're going to allow subsidies to get out there, get them to people, not to insurance company. Langford says the government will reopen by Thanksgiving while Jeffries wasn't sure. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington. Many SNAP recipients are going without food assistance as a legal battle over how the Trump administration pays for it plays out in court. From member station KQED in San Francisco, Juan Carlos Lara reports. Lisa Marie Fusco is a UC Berkeley student with disabilities who relies on SNAP. She hasn't gotten her benefits for the month, but says she's been able to rely on the community around her.

I have other students that are sharing what they have, sharing their food with me, sharing meals and things and support. supplies. And there's like a really big community effort I'm seeing out here. It's really amazing. But Fusco says she's scared for those who don't have a community to rely on in this time and feels expendable in the eyes of the government. The California Department of Social Services says benefits may be further delayed as legal cases play out. For NPR news, I'm Juan Carlos Lata in San Francisco. The parents of a Florida teenager are imprisoned for allegedly throwing stones in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, say his detention has been extended until mid-December. Muhammad Ibrahim, a U.S. citizen, was 15 when he was arrested and has been held without trial for

nearly nine months. NPR's Lauren Freya reports. This was Muhammad Ibrahim's 10th hearing in an Israeli military court. His father, Zahar Ibrahim, says it adjourned without a plea bargain or trial date. The Ibrahims are Palestinian-American. They split their time between the Tampa area and the occupied West Bank, where Israeli soldiers took Muhammad from his bed last February. In Israeli prison, he's not allowed family visits nor phone calls. Court documents show he faces up to 20 years for stone throwing under security rules imposed after the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023. Members of Congress have called for his release in a letter that says he may have, quote, signs of torture. The State Department says the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee,

is deeply involved in this case. Lauren Freyer, NPR News, Tel Aviv. This is NPR News in Washington. A super typhoon slammed into the Philippines today, with torrential rain and sustained winds of 115 miles per hour. Officials say two people died. This was the second typhoon to hit the country in less than a week. The earlier storm last Tuesday killed more than 200 people.

Staff at Lincoln Cathedral in Britain discovered a 150-year-old dinner-and-year-old dinner-in invitation from the author of Alice in Wonderland. Vicki Barker reports. Lewis Carroll sent the invitation to a cathedral cleric in 1875, 10 years after the publication of Alice in Wonderland. Written in Purple Inc. and including a seating plan, the guests include Carol's former Oxford tutor Bartholomew Price, whose nickname was Bat. Curator Fern Dawson telling the BBC. The Mad Hatter's Tea Party really is recreated here. We have reference to the bat from Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat in Alice in Wonderland, we have Professor Price, who is Bat.

The 150-year-old menu was also listed, soup, black curry, lamb cutlets, apple souffle, and apricot cream. For NPR News, I'm Vicky Barker in London. The NFL says former Commissioner Paul Tagliabu died today. He served as NFL Commissioner from 1989 until his retirement in 2006. During his time, the NFL expanded from 28 to 32 teams from six divisions to 8.

When he was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, he said, For decades, the NFL has served to unite people from all over America. Paul Tagliabu was 84. I'm Nora Rahm. NPR News.