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Demonstrations took place across the country on Saturday.

The No Kings gatherings were in protest of the policies of President Trump.

Amina Jenkins from Ember Station KBIA reports on one gathering in Columbia, Missouri.

Protesters chanted and cheered outside of the Boone County Courthouse.

Barbara Peterson came to voice her opposition to changes to SNAP benefits that were part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

She arrived with a letter saying new work requirements make her ineligible for the food assistance program.

Effective November 1st, I will no longer get SNAP benefits.

Peterson says it's an example of how out of touch the Trump administration is.

$93 may not seem much to the current president, the House of Representatives, the Senate, but to me, $93 is a lot of money.

Columbia's protest was one of several throughout mid-Missouri.

For NPR News, I'm Amina Jenkins.

The Trump administration marked the 250th anniversary of the U.S.

Marine Corps on Saturday.

Vice President J.D.

Vance spoke to the thousands of people at the Corps' West Coast training facility.

At times during his speech, Vance turned political political as he talked about the government shutdown that's continuing with no end in sight.

As I told the president just a couple of days ago, I said, sir, we have got to figure out how to pay these Marines, both for their sake, but also, of course, because if we don't pay our enlisted Marines, every bar in Southern California is going to go out of business, and we don't want that.

Evacuation efforts are winding down in western Alaska, where the remnants of Typhoon Ha Long brought 100 mile per hour winds and record storm surge to remote coastal villages last weekend.

As Alaska Public Media's Eric Stone reports, the focus is now shifting to relief and recovery.

The storm destroyed roughly 90% of the buildings in the village of Kipnuck and about a third of the structures in Quigillinguck.

It damaged infrastructure and cultural sites across the remote region.

More than 600 people have been evacuated to Anchorage in what the Alaska National Guard calls the largest airlift in state history.

At an Army National Guard hangar on Friday, Governor Mike Dunlavey says crews are now assessing when or if residents can return home.

Hopefully over the next few weeks, we'll have a much better

understanding about how many people can go back to the villages

and then long-term discussions as to what is this going to look like over the long term.

Officials are racing against the clock with Witcher Around the Corner.

For NPR News, I'm Eric Stone in Bethel, Alaska.

The U.S.

Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago is cautioning Americans to stay away from U.S.

government facilities on the island nation.

The unusual warning comes as tensions continue to grow between the U.S.

and Venezuela over U.S.

military strikes on Venezuelan boats.

Venezuela is located just miles from Trinidad.

People in one Trinidad community, meanwhile, are mourning the deaths of two fishermen they say were killed in a U.S.

military strike on Tuesday.

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The Trump administration has fired the entire government team that supports sexual and reproductive clinics.

The program is called Title X, as NPR's Selena Simmons Duffin reports.

The clinics that rely on it are reeling.

Title 10 is a long-standing program.

It was signed into law by President Nixon.

It helps pay for birth control, cancer screenings, and testing for sexually transmitted infections in nearly 4,000 clinics all over the country.

Jesse Hitchens runs a clinic in Nebraska that receives Title X funds.

She's really concerned by the fact that the whole Title X federal staff was just fired.

Not knowing where we stand right now.

is

really hard to plan for the future.

She says Title 10 has gotten results, like bringing down high rates of syphilis and gonorrhea in Nebraska.

If the whole Title 10 program goes away, she says, we are likely to see those diseases spike in our rural communities.

Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR News.

There were more shake-ups in the college football top 10 ranks on Saturday.

Number 9, Georgia beat number 5, Mississippi, 43-35.

Arizona State, meanwhile, handed number seven, Texas Tech its first loss with a late drive and a 26-22 win, and number 17 Vanderbilt beat 10th ranked LSU 31-24.

In Madison, Wisconsin, Julian Sahan connected with Carnell Tate for two of his four touchdown passes as number one Ohio State rolled to a 34-0 win over Wisconsin.

Baldwin Wallace beat Rose Holman 52-20, and Miss Ricorda beat Stevenson 29-28.

I'm Dale Willman.

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