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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. The Senate held a rare Saturday session this weekend in an effort to end the now 40-day-long federal government shutdown. But senators went home with no solution and planned to return Sunday afternoon. At issue is a Democratic proposal to extend health care tax credits for one year. Republicans call that a non-starter. Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar from Minnesota says the shutdown is causing Americans to lose trust in governments. I think they see it in some of their local officials. I always tell my local mayors, they are on the front line of trust right now because people have lost trust and a lot of what's going on on the national level.

I'm well aware of that. And so I think the way you do this is you find that common ground on an individual basis. Officials, meanwhile, are warning that more flights could end up being canceled if the shutdown persists into the Thanksgiving holiday. As NPR's Liz Baker reports that possibility is already causing some holiday travelers to reconsider their plans for the business. travel days of the year. Air travel is often stressful, especially around the holidays. Aside from the logistics and the money involved, there are a lot of emotions involved in travel. Aika Diaz is a spokesperson for AAA, which releases a holiday travel forecast before big travel days like the day before Thanksgiving. She says this year has been tricky to predict, given the uncertainty around the

government shutdown. Because anything could happen and things change daily. On Friday, Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy warned that by Thanksgiving, as many as 20 percent of flights could be impacted if the shutdown continues. Many more than have already been affected since the Federal Aviation Administration announced reduced flights to and from 40 major airports earlier this week. Liz Baker, NPR News. Workers in Ukraine are trying to restore power in several regions after Russian drone attacks on energy infrastructure have caused blackouts this weekend. Residential areas were also hit, killing at least six people. The BBC's James Landale has more on that story from Kyiv. A lot of the targets were energy infrastructure. There's a clear attempt by Russia now

to make living in Ukraine very, very hard. They want to make it very hard, particularly in the east, for people to get access to electricity and to get heating. And that's not just a question of trying to damage Ukrainian morale, but it's also trying to damage Ukraine's economy. They just want to make it very, very hard to do stuff in Ukraine simply because they think that is a long-term strategy that could put some political pressure on the government here in Kiev. That's the BBC's James Landale with our report. Bolivia has a new president. Rodrigo Paz was sworn in on Saturday and is promising gradual reforms for that country,

along with the shift closer to the U.S. The Conservatives election marks a major shift for the country after almost 20 years of control by the movement towards socialism party. The country is facing massive fuel shortages and high food prices. You're listening to NPR News. The top Trump administration official overseeing federal statistical agencies is raising concerns about how well the government protects the data it collects from the public. NPR's Hansilo Wong reports on the multiple lawsuits the administration is facing, claiming it is violated data privacy protections. Mark Calabria started in July as the chief statistician at the White House's Office of Management and Budget.

Speaking at the Think Tank Center for Strategic and International Studies, Calabria said the federal government, is falling short on keeping the data a collection of the public secure. I'm not convinced that we, the government, live up to those same standards on a daily basis that we expect of the private sector. And so part of my agenda is how do we get ourselves there where we can say that the federal government is first in class and protecting your data. OMB's press office did not respond to questions about what exactly is sparking collaborative concern. Multiple lawsuits claim the Trump administration violated the Privacy Act when it gave it to Doge team members access to records at the IRS and other agencies.

The death toll in Gaza continues to climb as more bodies are removed from the rubble caused by two years of fighting. Gaza health officials say the number of dead has now surpassed 69,000. A ceasefire has been in place since October 10th, and both Israel and Hamas are continuing to exchange bodies. Israel returned the bodies of 15 Palestinians on Saturday. Police in Indonesia are investigating whether revenge was a motive for a bombing Friday at a high school mosque in Jakarta. They say they found explosives and writings in the home of a 17th. year old suspect who had reportedly been bullied, the suspect was among 54 people who were injured by two explosions. He's now recovering at a city hospital. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News. This message comes

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