Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. The Trump administration says it will fully fund

SNAP food benefits during the government shutdown. That's even as it appeals a new court order to pay for them.

A federal judge admonished the administration for saying earlier it would make only partial SNAP payments.

He said officials failed to consider the, quote, needless suffering that it would

cause millions of people. Senate Democrats say they're offering a compromise to reopen the government.

Republican Senate leader John Thune says it's a non-starter. NPR's Barbara Sprunt reports.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced a proposal to reopen the government with a one-year

extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits. Those credits are set to expire at the end of the year

and have been central to this government shutdown. Most Democratic senators have been holding out

on voting to fund the government until Republicans agree to extend those credits. Schumer also

proposed establishing a bipartisan committee to negotiate on long-term

health care reforms. Republicans want to address health care subsidies after the government reopens.

Any deal in the Senate would also have to pass the House, which remains out of town.

Barbara Sprint and Peer News, the Capitol. The Trump administration began scaling back flights because of the government shut down today.

Airports in Chicago, Atlanta, and Denver are among those with the most disruptions.

The FAA is trying to reduce flights by 10% to ease pressure on unpaid air traffic controllers.

Scientists James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA, has died at the age of 97.

As NPR's Nell Greenfield-Boyce reports, his life was full of fame and controversy.

James Watson was not yet 25 years old back in 1953, when he and Francis Crick piece

together clues to figure out the chemical structure of DNA.

This historic breakthrough revealed how one molecule could encode so much of life's complexity.

Watson's memoir about the discovery was a bestseller, but the book,

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