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Live from NPR News in Washington, on Corva Coleman, the House is expected to vote today on a spending measure that could end the federal government shutdown. This is day 43. The Senate passed the measure earlier this week. If the House adopts it, it would go to President Trump for his signature. The shutdown is still causing more air traffic to slow down. The tracking site, Flightaware.com, says nearly 900 flights have been canceled today. There have been worries about reduced air traffic for Thanksgiving. Transportation and Secretary Sean Duffy says he was focused on airline delays at the end of this week. If you thought this weekend was bad with delays and cancellations, truly this Thursday and Friday, I think you would have seen mass, you know, double-triple, the number of cancellations and delays in the airspace. If the shutdown continues, Duffy has directed that air traffic in the U.S. be reduced 10% by Friday.

More programs affected by the federal government shutdown are those that help Americans with food and utility bills. From member station WPLN in Nashville, Cynthia Abrams, has more. The federal government provides a number of supports to families in need. There's food aid, disability payments, and there's also a program that helps low-income families pay their gas or electric bills. Like SNAP, that's been delayed during the shutdown. The city of Nashville has put around 200,000. dollars toward the gap, but it does not even make a dent in the amount of families that you usually cover. Lisa McCready Beverly, with Nashville's Metro Action Commission, says the program

usually receives $6 million in federal funding. Earlier this year, the Trump administration laid off the entire staff responsible for administering the energy assistance grants. For NPR News, I'm Cynthia Abrams in Nashville. President Trump's recent pardons of 77 people linked to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election do not apply to any state charges against the individuals. That includes Trump's one-time lawyer Rudy Giuliani. He's involved in a criminal case in Georgia. From member station W.A.B.E. in Atlanta, Alex Helmick, reports. 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 council 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 is working on their assigned task without being influenced by outside actions. For NPR News, I'm Alex Hummick in Atlanta. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Frigid air is still settled over the south. There are frost and freeze warnings up this morning for parts of Florida and southern Georgia. Currently, it's just 25 degrees in Jacksonville, Florida. In comparison, farther north, it's 40 degrees in New York City. Meanwhile,

the National Weather Service says a storm in the Pacific will deliver what's known as an atmospheric river to California this week. Forecasters say strong winds and heavy rain will pelt the state. There are winter storm warnings posted already for California's eastern mountains. Heavy snow is already forecast. Museums across the country had to cut programming and delay projects this year. That's according to a new report from the American Alliance of Museums. NPR's Andrew Limbong reports the industry's recovery from the pandemic is stalling. Federal government cut grants to museums earlier this year. That left a lot of museums with holes in their budgets.

And then President Trump issued an executive order criticizing the Smithsonian's, quote, divisive race-centered ideology, which had an impact on all museums, said Marilyn Jackson, the president and CEO of the American Alliance of Museums. We're seeing corporations and foundations thinking twice about funding certain projects or programs that they would have naturally funded in the past. The top line result from this study is that museum attendance is down compared to last year. The outlook for 2026 doesn't look much brighter as museum leaders worry about further shifts in philanthropy and inflation. Andrew Limbong, NPR News.

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