Democrats' Shutdown Pressure, SNAP Deadline, Nuclear Testing

民主党压力导致关门,SNAP项目截止日期,核试验

Up First

2025-10-31

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Democrats are facing growing pressure to end the government shutdown as millions brace to lose food aid and health care costs surge. A federal judge weighs whether to force the Trump administration to keep SNAP benefits flowing for 42 million Americans as funding runs out. And President Trump says the U.S. should resume nuclear weapons testing for the first time in decades, a move experts warn could reignite a global arms race. Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Catherine Laidlaw, Kelsey Snell, Brett Neely, Mohamad ElBardicy and Ally Schweitzer.It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher ThomasWe get engineering support from David Greenberg. And our technical director is Carleigh Strange.Our executive producer is Jay Shaylor. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • There's mounting pressure on lawmakers to get the government open.

  • It's not just Democrats.

  • Republicans are suffering, too.

  • We ought to come together and negotiate.

  • Several unions are calling on the Democrats to give in, will they?

  • I mean, Martinez, that's Layla Faddle, and this is up first from NPR News.

  • Millions of Americans could lose snap food benefits tomorrow.

  • The Trump administration says it cannot legally dip into emergency funds.

  • That claim, though, is now in court.

  • Will a judge force the White House to refund the program?

  • And President Trump says he wants the U.S.

  • to test nuclear weapons again for the first time in decades.

  • If we were to start explosively testing nuclear weapons again, so would Russia and China,

  • and they would be able to close the technical gap with the United States.

  • So why now?

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  • When someone you love is diagnosed with cancer or another serious illness,

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