Invoice to reopen authorities heads to Home; COP30 : NPR

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In the present day’s high story

The U.S. Senate voted 60 to 40 final night time to approve a seamless decision to reopen the federal government. Speaker Mike Johnson known as the Home of Representatives again to Washington, D.C., as they should move the measure earlier than President Trump can signal it into legislation.

• 🎧 Along with voting on the momentary funding measure, lawmakers voted on three bipartisan annual appropriations payments that cowl particular companies just like the FDA, NPR’s Sam Gringlas tells Up First. Shifting ahead with these measures means there’s a likelihood of a partial authorities shutdown on the finish of January, however packages like SNAP, would proceed. A provision to increase expiring well being care subsidies was not included within the measure, however Senate Majority Chief John Thune says he’ll maintain a vote by mid-December. Within the laws for the subsidies, Democrats who’re in favor of them will want one thing that may win sufficient Republican votes.
• 🎧 Seven Senate Democrats and one unbiased joined Republicans in voting to reopen the federal government, a transfer drawing backlash from voters on the left who say the celebration retains caving on key priorities. NPR’s Domenico Montanaro notes Democrats might have a bonus heading into subsequent yr’s midterms if affordability and the price of dwelling stay high issues.

Delegates from practically 200 international locations have begun local weather negotiations on the COP30 in Brazil. As with earlier summits, the negotiations start on a weak be aware as international locations are nonetheless not assembly their targets to chop heat-trapping emissions from burning fossil fuels.

• 🎧 The world is on monitor for 5 levels Fahrenheit of warming presently, NPR’s Lauren Sommer stories, which might result in heatwaves and storms turning into extra intense, in addition to ecosystems like coral reefs having a low likelihood of survival. However there’s excellent news: over 90% of latest energy tasks constructed final yr have been renewable displaying electrical energy is turning into cleaner globally.
• ➡️ Keep up-to-date with the most recent information from the COP30 with this app-exclusive playlist of tales.

Some white Afrikaners and Afrikaans teams are actually pushing again in opposition to the U.S. administration’s claims, labeling them as “lies” and “falsehoods” made of their title. The backlash follows Trump’s announcement that no U.S. officers will attend the G20 Summit, which South Africa is internet hosting as the present rotating chair of the group of main world economies, later this month in Johannesburg, citing “human rights” issues.

Residing higher

Nearly all of meals bought in U.S. grocery shops are thought of ultra-processed. However some nutritionists say not all of them are unhealthy.

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Residing Higher is a particular collection about what it takes to remain wholesome in America.

In recent times, efforts to enhance People’ well being have centered on decreasing the consumption of ultra-processed meals, which comprise nearly all of People’ diets. Well being Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has mentioned these meals are “poisoning” People. However public well being and diet consultants nonetheless do not agree on a definition of ultra-processed meals:

• 🍟 The time period describes how a lot processing meals endure, from unprocessed or minimally processed to these with manufactured elements and components.
• 🍟 Some consultants argue that sure ultra-processed meals, resembling plant-based milks, may be helpful for well being.
• 🍟 For a lot of, they’re additionally extra reasonably priced and accessible. Nevertheless, customers in search of more healthy choices can goal to make extra knowledgeable selections throughout the ultra-processed class and scale back their sugar consumption.

Behind the story

NPR’s Quil Lawrence interviewing Dave Carlson.

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This essay was written by Quil Lawrence, NPR’s veterans correspondent

It is Veterans Day right now and NPR is the one mainstream nationwide community with a devoted veterans reporter. This week, Quil Lawrence launched a two-part podcast on The Sunday Story from Up First, which follows the story of Dave Carlson, an Iraq warfare veteran who he has been speaking to for over a decade.

Again in 2015, I used to be doing a narrative that led me to speak to some veterans who have been incarcerated. That is when somebody informed me a stunning truth: once you get incarcerated, you turn into a ward of the state. Which means, it does not make sense for the Division of Veterans Affairs to be taking good care of you, as a result of a distinct a part of the federal government is taking good care of you. And also you lose a whole lot of your veteran’s advantages.

I wished to know: what’s it wish to have fight PTSD after which be thrown into this surroundings the place you may’t let your guard down, the place you may’t actually heal, and the place you do not have entry to companies that might assist? So I used to be on the lookout for an incarcerated veteran to interview. And that is when I discovered a web site that includes Carlson’s writing from jail. His mother had set it up for him and she or he helped me get in contact.

There’s this query that is been nagging me ever since I used to be a warfare reporter embedded with energetic obligation troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. These have been the primary main set of wars we have had with no army draft, which implies a whole lot of American households weren’t compelled to endure the expertise of preventing or sending family members to combat these wars. That may make veterans type of really feel this loneliness and this cultural divide.

I wished to know: What can we owe the individuals who have been despatched to warfare and got here again with painful however typically invisible wounds? I do not know that I’ve absolutely discovered the reply, however this podcast helped me course of that query by way of Carlson’s story. In the end, I believe what we owe veterans largely is an open thoughts. And remembering that the majority vets are similar to you and me.

Hearken to Half 1 of the podcast right here and Half 2 right here.

3 issues to know earlier than you go

Flesh is Hungarian-British creator David Szalay’s sixth novel.
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1. David Szalay’s newest fiction novel, Flesh, has gained this yr’s Booker Prize, one of the prestigious awards in literature.
2. The U.S. Supreme Court docket yesterday declined to take up a case difficult its 2015 landmark choice to legalize homosexual marriage nationwide.
3. The Jacksonville Jaguars will host their dwelling video games in Orlando in 2027 whereas their stadium undergoes a $1.4 billion renovation, an Orlando Metropolis Council member confirmed. (through WUSF)

This article was edited by Majd Al-Waheidi.