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SNAP benefits deadline; Testing nuclear weapons : NPR

The shutdown’s bite looms: SNAP benefits for about 42 million people are set to run out tomorrow, enrollment on federal insurance exchanges begins with premiums expected to more than double, and airlines urge Congress to pass a stopgap as air traffic controllers work unpaid. Democrats say they’ll reopen government if health subsidies are extended; Republicans press votes to fund it. A judge weighs ordering the administration to find ways to get people SNAP money amid limited contingency funds. Separately, President Trump said the U.S. will resume nuclear weapons testing. New data hint at modest benefits from Alzheimer’s pill ALZ-801.

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