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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. The Supreme Court is postponing its decision on whether the Trump administration has to provide full food aid payments during the government shutdown. This gives time for a deal currently making its way through Congress to end the shutdown. That would render the issue moot. President Trump only wanted to provide partial SNAP benefits, but lower courts ordered him to provide full payments and the administration sued. Some Democrats are criticizing the shutdown deal. for not delivering on their key demand, the renewal of expiring health care subsidies. NPR's Deirdre Walsh talked to one of the Democratic negotiators, New Hampshire Senator Janine Shaheen,

who says Republicans committed to consider the issue. They got a commitment for a Senate vote by mid-December on a bill that they will write. Shaheen said she negotiated that directly with Senate Majority Leader John Thune. But there's no guarantee, even if the Senate could pass something, that the House Speaker, Mike Johnson, would put that on the House floor. But Shaheen says the White House was part of these discussions, and she pointed out that people in red states rely on these tax credits more than people in blue states. NPR's Deirdre Walsh reporting, President Trump's pardons of his former personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and others, accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election do not apply to the case against them in Georgia. But from member station WABE in Atlanta, Alex Helmick explains the case is still in limbo.

The massive RICO case originally brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fawney Willis still does not have a prosecuting attorney. That's after a Georgia court removed Willis because her relationship with a special prosecutor created an appearance of impropriety. The prosecuting attorney's counsel of Georgia has to name her replacement by November 14th or the indictments are dismissed. In a statement, the council's executive director Pete Scandalakis said Trump's pardons only apply to federal charges, not state, and his office. office is working on their assigned task without being influenced by outside actions. For NPR News, I'm Alex Hummick in Atlanta. The U.S. says it's providing another $12.6 million in international aid to help in the recovery from Hurricane Melissa. NPR's Aida Peralta reports Jamaica was the hardest hit.

Most of that money, about 10 million will go to Jamaica. Prime Minister Andrew Holdness met with U.S. officials and thanked them for the aid. It does reaffirm the strong and enduring relationship between Jamaica. and the United States. In total, since the storm hit two weeks ago, the U.S. has pledged $37 million in aid for the region. Jamaica had also been saving money for just this type of emergency. But this was a historic storm.

Western Jamaica is devastated. Schools, hospitals, and tens of thousands of homes have been obliterated. Insurance companies estimate the loss could total more than $4 billion. Jamaica only has a fraction of that on hand. Adipralta, NPR News. in Jamaica. This is NPR News. Prosecutors in Turkey are seeking a more than 2,000-year jail term for opposition leader Ekram Imammolu, the mayor of Istanbul. He's widely seen as a key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He was arrested with several municipal officials who were

accused of running a criminal organization accepting bribes, extortion, and bid rigging. He's denied all allegations. There's a new generation of artists bringing a familiar medium to TikTok folk protest music. They're using the traditional style to cut through the chaos of a fast-paced algorithm and endless scrolling. NPR's Isabella Gomez Sarmiento reports. Jesse Wells posts dozens of short satirical protest songs to social media. His music addresses the Epstein list, the No King's demonstrations, and the war in Gaza. War isn't murder. Good men don't die. Children don't starve and all women survive.

On and offline, Well's songs are major hits. He's amassed more than 3 million followers across TikTok and Instagram. Last week, he received four Grammy nominations in the Folk and Americana categories. Wells is the most visible example of how digital savvy artists are reviving plain-spoken protest music for the masses. Isabella Gomez-Armiento and PR News. A helicopter has lifted a golden cross off of Germany's highest peak for restoration. Visitors have plastered it with stickers over the years. The cross is being taken to a workshop nearby where the stickers will be removed, iron sanded, and new gold leaf added.

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