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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jail Snyder. A few signs of progress in breaking the government shutdown stalemate. The Senate is expected to meet again today after failing to reach a resolution during an unusual Saturday session. Senate Majority Leader John Thune says there's only one way to bring the shutdown to an end. And I urge my colleagues to support a clean continuing resolution so we can start a real discussion to address their health care mess, get deep. back to the regular appropriations process, and above all, finally provide relief to the American people. Extending health care subsidies under the Affordable Care Act is a central issue.

Senator Thune has called a Democratic proposal for a one-year extension, a non-starter. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer. The leader has said he won't negotiate before. We're willing to negotiate once the credits are extended, plain and simple. And we made that in our proposal yesterday. The shutdown is now in its 40th day. It has disrupted flights, cut food assistance, and millions of Americans rely on and left federal workers without pay.

Flight delays and cancellations are piling up across the U.S. following the FAA's order to reduce air traffic. The delays included Washington, D.C.,'s Reagan National Airport, where NPR Stephen Fowler reports during his own delayed travel. Here in the terminal, a sea of yellow delayed and red canceled notices, washes over the departures board as thousands of flights across the country are disrupted for another day. Staffing shortages exacerbated by the government shutdown have led to ground delays in places like Atlanta, Newark, and San Francisco. The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered

a reduction in flights at major airports across the country to ease congestion. Federal officials have suggested further cuts could come if the shutdown continues. Stephen Fowler, in PR News, Reagan National Airport Concourse B. cities facing power cuts of between 8 to 16 hours. After massive Russian strikes on the energy grid wiped out power generating capacity, Russia has intensified attacks on energy infrastructure each fall since its full-scale invasion. More than three years ago, Imper's Joannica Kisses, reports from Keyes. Ukraine's state-owned electricity generating company, Centranoago, said that the Russian attacks had reduced capacity to, quote, zero at thermal power plants. Foreign Minister Andri

Sebiqa said that Russian drones also targeted two nuclear power substations deep in western Ukraine. Every fall, Russia steps up attacks on Ukraine's power and heating grid to force a harsh winter on Ukrainian cities. Many Ukrainians have adapted by using backup energy storage devices and generators in their homes and businesses. This year, Ukraine has attacked Russian oil depots and refineries to weaken what it calls Russia's war machine. Joanna Kikisis, NPR News, Kave. And this is NPR News. A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment rights of education department employees when it replaced workers out-of-office message during the shutdown.

NPR's Corey Turner has more. The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by a public employee union that represents Education Department workers. Soon after the shutdown began, the Trump administration replaced workers out-of-office email notification. with partisan language, blaming Democrats for the government shutdown. The union sued, and Friday U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper wrote in his decision that, quote, when government employees enter public service, they do not sign away their First Amendment rights, and they certainly do not sign up to be a billboard for any given administration's partisan views. Cooper ordered the department to restore union members' personal out-of-office

email notices, and the department did not respond to a request for comment. Corey Turner, NPR News. Another big storm affecting the Philippines has strengthened into super typhoon Fung Wong. It's the biggest to threaten the Philippines so far this year. The storm dumping heavy rain. It's knocked out power and forced more than a million people from their homes. Fung Wong is hitting the Philippines today after last week's typhoon killed more than 200 people. President Trump expected to be on hand this afternoon when the Washington commanders play the Detroit Lions.

Trump's attendance at the game in Landover, Maryland, comes as ESPN, reported this weekend that Trump wants the commanders planned future stadium to bear his name. In an email last night, the White House said that would be beautiful because Trump made the new stadium possible. I'm Giles Snyder. This is NPR News from 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. Join millions of customers and visit Wise.com. Teas and Cs apply.