Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. President Trump says he's open to continuing

snap food assistant benefits after he gets appropriate legal direction from the courts. Two federal judges

yesterday ruled that the government has to use emergency reserves to pay for the program. It's not

clear how long that would take. 42 million Americans

are at risk of going without food aid benefits until then. Cynthia Abrams from member station

WPLN reports in Tennessee. Some private groups are hoping to fill in some of the gaps.

Tennessee's state leaders have not jumped in to cover the losses, so some cities, like Nashville,

are pushing food drives and directing people to local food banks.

Dollar General employee, Siever Harp, volunteered with his coworkers at a Nashville food bank.

Harp said he relied on federal nutrition assistance growing up.

I took for granted at the time how important those benefits are.

I think this is an apolitical issue to keep our neighbors fed.

700,000 Tennessee residents rely on federal food aid. For NPR News, I'm Cynthia Abrams in Nashville.

Open enrollment has begun on health care.gov, the Affordable Care Act marketplace for health insurance.

And Pierre Salina Simmons-Duffin has more. In 2026, premium costs for these plans are going to double, on average, because enhanced federal subsidies are set to expire. That's the central issue in the ongoing government shutdown.

Jeremy Smith works with First Choice Services in Charleston, West Virginia, an organization that

helps walk people through the enrollment process. They've already gotten hundreds of calls.

They are nervous, and we are just encouraging them to go through the process and look at the new plans and

prices. He says people should check to see what's happening with their plan and their circumstances.

There is a chance that Congress will work out a deal to prevent the premium spikes before the

end of the year. Selina Simmons-Duffin and PR News. Two new suspects were charged in the Louvre

jewel heist today. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports, four people are now being held and charged

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