Four Big Races To Watch, Partial SNAP Funding, Sudan Famine, Dick Cheney Dies at 84
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🗓️ 4 November 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Several elections come today. A congressional redistricting vote in California could give Democrats an edge. |
| 0:08.2 | And voters in Virginia, New Jersey, and New York City will choose new leaders. |
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| 0:14.1 | I'm Steven Skipe with Michelle Martin, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:20.7 | The White House says supplemental nutrition benefits will restart, |
| 0:25.4 | but only partially. What does that mean for families who rely on the aid? A single mom in Phoenix |
| 0:31.3 | says her son now depends on school meals. He's basically going to school to eat breakfast and a lunch. And famine is spreading |
| 0:39.3 | in Sudan. A group say hundreds of thousands of people are trapped without food or water after a |
| 0:44.7 | paramilitary force accused of genocide seized the last major city in Darfur. Say with us, |
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| 1:53.3 | podcasts. Voting ends today in a handful of high-profile elections, including for mayor of New York City and for governor in New Jersey and Virginia. |
| 2:06.3 | It's a tradition to watch those three elections. They always come in the first year of a presidency, and people look for clues to what voters are thinking. |
| 2:14.5 | This year, there's an extra big election to watch, a ballot measure in California |
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