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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. The Senate could vote later today on legislation that would temporarily end the government shutdown. If the bill passes, it would next head to the House. Speaker Mike Johnson says he's ready to move forward. I will call all House members to return to Washington as quickly as possible. We'll give a 36-hour formal and official notice so that we can vote as soon as possible. Senator Tim Cain is one of the Democrats who support the bill. He says many Republicans are eager to resolve the impasse before it hurts them politically.

Based on the conversations I've had with Republicans, that many of them really want to fix this, and they know if they don't, the midterm elections will make last week's 2025 elections look like a good night for them. The legislation would fund the government through the end of January, including full funding for SNAP. benefits. It also includes a future vote on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies, a key democratic demand. Millions of Americans who receive federal food assistance remain in limbo as the Trump administration appeals a federal judge's ruling to fully fund SNAP payments this month. Nick De La Canal, a member station WFAE, reports food assistance organizations are feeling the strain. Have a great day, ma'am. Thank you so much.

A line of cars wraps around the block at a food share in Charlotte for people who received SNAP benefits. Some here say they received partial payments on Friday, but it wasn't much. One man said he received $16 when he usually receives about $100. Others, like Michelle Sands, still have empty accounts. I keep looking online and I even call my card and it still ain't saying nothing. The uncertainty comes as food banks are preparing for Thanksgiving, normally their busiest time of year. and they say every day the shutdown continues makes their own holiday outlook more uncertain. For NPR News, I'm Nick Della Canal in Charlotte.

President Trump has issued a sweeping pardon of his allies related to the 2020 presidential election. The pardon names numerous Trump campaign attorneys and others. NPR's Miles Parks reports that's when they tried to create alternate electoral slates. The document pardons all those associated with a plot to make false electoral slates that could have potentially interfered with the presidential certification on January 6, 2021. It names Trump campaign attorneys Rudy Giuliani, Kenneth Chesboro, Mark Meadows, and John Eastman, as well as dozens of other people who met often in secret to sign documents claiming they were legitimate electors in states actually won by Joe Biden. The pardons are essentially symbolic, as none of the people

pardoned have been charged with federal crimes. Some are charged in their individual states, but the pardon has no impact on those cases. Miles Parks, NPR News, Washington. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. President Trump is demanding that air traffic controllers return to work as travelers face another day of flight cancellations. He's threatening to cut pay for any controller who refuses while offering $10,000 bonuses to those who've stayed on the job during the 41-day shutdown. Today marks the 50th anniversary of a Great Lakes maritime tragedy. NPR's Netta Ulibe reports, 29 men died on November 10, 1975, during the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. We remember the disaster because of the song by Gordon Lightfoot.

But it was one of thousands suffered by crews transporting lumber, limestone, and other goods across Lake Superior. A new best-selling book by John U. Bacon called The Gales of November tells the stories of the sailors. It wasn't just 29 men. who are people with lives and futures and hopes and dreams, and people on shore who are always worried about them, looking for them to come home. Safety standards have tightened since the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. No other freighters have sunk on the Great Lakes in the past 50 years.

Netta Ulibe and PR News. Several public universities in Massachusetts have reported a decline in international student enrollment this fall. At University of Massachusetts, Boston, international enrollment, fell about 17% compared with last year. Officials point to recent visa restrictions and global uncertainty as key factors. I'm Windsor Johnston, NPR News, in Washington.