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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to block full SNAP food benefits this month. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports it's the latest in a confusing legal battle that leaves millions of SNAP recipients in limbo. An appeals court late Sunday repeated what two federal judges had already said. The Trump administration must pay the full amount of food aid that SNAP enrollees are entitled. to. In its ruling, the court said the harm in limiting those payments would be immense, and it said the administration had, quote, sat on its hands for nearly a month, refusing to prepare for a funding shortfall it knew was coming. The Agriculture Department argues that tapping a larger pot of money

to make full payments would hurt other nutrition programs. The government's latest appeal to the Supreme Court comes despite moves to end the federal shutdown, which would render the SNAP standoff Moot. Jennifer Luton in Pierre News, Washington. President Trump says he wants to issue what he's calling $2,000 dividends from tariff revenue. But as NPRs, Danielle Kurtzleben reports, the Treasury Secretary says there's no formal proposal yet. President Trump on social media has twice in recent days suggested the payments for low and middle income people. However, on ABCs this week on Sunday, Treasury Secretary Scott Besson said the money may not take the form of payments, but could simply include tax cuts already passed into law.

It could be just the tax decreases that we are seeing on the president's agenda. You know, no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security, deductibility of auto loans. NPR asked the White House for any specifics on a plan. An official not authorized to speak on the record said, quote, the administration is committed to putting this money to good use for the American people. Danielle Kurtzleben and PR News. Temperatures across the south will.

dip well below freezing tonight. Georgia Public Broadcasting's Chase McGee reports and unseasonably cold blast of Arctic air is blowing across the U.S. The sudden drop in temperature will bring the state's growing season to a halt as below freezing temperatures reach far into South Georgia. Pam Knox is an extension climatologist at the University of Georgia. She says some hardy crops like broccoli could survive, but others aren't used to freezing temperatures this early in the year. Farmers that have things out there that are still growing like tomatoes or other tender vegetables especially, are going to have to bring those in. The National Weather Service issued a warning for central Georgia, where temperatures could

dip as low as 19 degrees. The warning notes that outdoor plumbing could freeze and sensitive plants should be covered. Temperatures will gradually warm later in the week. For NPR News, I'm Chase McGee. On Wall Street, the Dow is up 397 points of this hour. The NASDAQ up 528. This is NPR News in Washington. A new study of people with diet-related diseases points to the benefits of doctors prescribing fresh food. NPR's Alison Aubrey reports the research is part of an effort to put food at the center of preventative medicine.

Participants received a monthly stipend loaded onto a debit card that could be used to purchase only fresh fruits and vegetables and other healthy items. After about six months, doctors found participants' blood pressure dropped by 5.4 millimeters of mercury, a small but significant decline that could reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes over time. Peter Skiller and of reinvestment partners, the North Carolina nonprofit behind the program, says cost is participants' biggest barrier to eating well. This program reduced that barrier, and they changed their behavior. They got healthier. It's one of several new food as medicine studies pointing to benefits.

Allison Aubrey and PR News. Starbucks's latest merchandise release is turning in two a national flashpoint for caffeine and consumer culture. The coffee chain's $30 barista cup sold out within hours of hitting stores last week. Some locations only received one or two of the limited edition glass cups leading to arguments and viral videos of customers fighting over them. Resale listings on eBay now show prices in the hundreds of dollars with some topping a thousand. Starbucks has apologized for the frenzy, but hasn't said if more cups are coming. Stocks continue to trade higher on Wall Street at this hour.

The Dow up 391 points, the SMP up 106. This is NPR News.