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The Republican-led Home of Representatives is predicted to approve a funding invoice in the present day that can deliver an finish to the longest authorities shutdown in U.S. historical past. Most Democrats denounced it as a result of it would not deal with well being care subsidies which are expiring on the finish of the yr.

Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks throughout a press convention on the U.S. Capitol Nov. 11, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Jeffries responded to a vote within the Senate final evening to fund the federal authorities that goals to finish the longest shutdown in historical past, when the Home of Representatives is predicted to vote on the laws tomorrow.

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• 🎧 Some Democrats have known as for Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer to be ousted from his management function, despite the fact that he voted in opposition to the plan. Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries dodged questions on Schumer with reporters final evening, highlighting divisions inside the occasion, NPR’s Claudia Grisales tells Up First. The deal features a promise to vote on the Inexpensive Care Act in December, although it is unclear if it’ll attain the Home ground.
• 🎧 Even when the shutdown ends this week, flight disruptions are prone to linger. Airways have already canceled hundreds of flights to adjust to a Federal Aviation Administration order and now there are staffing shortages. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says the FAA’s restrictions will stay in place till regulators are glad that staffing ranges are again to regular, NPR’s Joel Rose experiences.

The biggest plane service on this planet, the usGerald R. Ford, is now within the space lined by the U.S. Southern Command, which covers a area that features Venezuela. In current weeks, U.S. forces there have opened fireplace on small boats, killing not less than 76 individuals. The Trump administration says the individuals on the boats have been smuggling medication with none public proof to again the declare. Here is what number of strikes on alleged drug vessels the U.S. has introduced.

• 🎧 The killings of residents might put U.S. troops in authorized jeopardy, in response to NPR’s Quil Lawrence. Alvin Holsey, who oversaw the strikes, resigned two years early. Congressional and Pentagon sources say he stepped down over issues the operations might have been unlawful.

Have you ever ever acquired a textual content message saying you owe a highway toll or want to choose up a mysterious package deal? Google has had sufficient of those scams. The tech big filed a lawsuit in the present day within the District Court docket for the Southern District of New York in opposition to an alleged prison group primarily based in China, known as “Lighthouse,” which offers software program and assist to on-line scammers.

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A being pregnant take a look at can verify you are anticipating as early as 4 weeks in, however many prenatal suppliers do not see sufferers till the being pregnant is eight or 9 weeks alongside. Whereas ready is not essentially dangerous, many anticipating mother and father nonetheless need care sooner. Should you’re seeking to get an earlier appointment, here is what you want to know.

• 🤰 Within the early levels, it may be onerous for medical doctors to obviously see being pregnant on an ultrasound.
• 🤰 Many clinics delay scheduling appointments early on as a result of they aren’t set as much as maintain the estimated 15% of pregnancies that finish within the first trimester.
• 🤰 Whereas ready, you possibly can attempt seeing a main care supplier or your OB/GYN to handle signs like nausea and heartburn.

Life recommendation

Meals Financial institution Distribution As Trump Says US Will not Present SNAP Funding Throughout Shutdown
Donated meals objects at Curley’s Home Meals Financial institution in Miami, Florida, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. President Donald Trump additional muddied the destiny of the Supplemental Diet Help Program with a social media submit Tuesday suggesting he wouldn’t present advantages till after the federal government reopened. Photographer: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg through Getty Pictures

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SNAP advantages have been delayed in November as a result of authorities shutdown. In response, Kevin Curry, a meals influencer and former recipient of those advantages, the founding father of Match Males Cook dinner, has been sharing ideas for locating free or reasonably priced meals. Curry spoke with Life Equipment on how one can get reductions and offers on meals, particularly when cash is tight.

• 🥫 In case you are a SNAP recipient, use your card to get double the fruits and veggies in case your state provides the Double Up Meals Bucks program.
• 🥫 Contact the U.S. Division of Agriculture’s Nationwide Starvation Hotline to search out close by meals pantries and meal websites.
• 🥫 Do not be afraid to buy at a number of meals pantries. In case you are on the lookout for one thing particular and might’t discover it at one, a special pantry might have the merchandise you want.
• 🥫 Ask your grocery retailer after they launch offers or markdowns.

For recommendations on how one can afford meals when cash is tight, take heed to this episode of NPR’s Life Equipment. Subscribe to the Life Equipment publication for skilled recommendation on love, cash, relationships and extra.

3 issues to know earlier than you go

1. Podcast hosts and their visitors are predominantly male and white, in response to new analysis from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative. Here is a breakdown of what else was found.
2. The Wright household mansion, the previous dwelling of the world’s first pilot, Orville Wright, is now acknowledged with a historic marker in Oakwood, Ohio. (through WYSO)
3. Two dozen violins, performed by Jewish musicians earlier than and through the Holocaust, are on show on the Jewish Museum Milwaukee as a part of the Violins of Hope: Strings of Jewish Resistance and Resilience exhibit. (through WUWM)

This text was edited by Majd Al-Waheidi.