Why RFK Jr. wants to ban soda from SNAP benefits

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  Good morning.

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  It's Monday, March 10th.

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  I'm Shemitah Basu.

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  This is Apple News today.

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  On today's show, Greenland votes on the future of the island.

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  Should food stamps pay for soda?

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  And Canada's Liberal Party selects Trudeau's successor.

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  But first, a big week for lawmakers in Washington as a partial government shutdown.

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  Is set to begin Friday.

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  Over the weekend, Speaker Mike Johnson introduced.

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  A stopgap spending bill that would keep the government funded through September.

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  Included in the bill is a slight increase in defense spending totaling around $892 billion

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  and a small cut to non defense spending totaling around $708 billion.

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  The bill also adds an additional $485 million for ICE,

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  a $20 billion cut. To IRS enforcement,

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  and an additional half billion dollars for WIC,

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  the federal program that provides grocery assistance for low income women and children.

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  Here's Speaker Johnson talking to reporters in.

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  The halls of Capitol Hill about the bill.

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  I believe we'll pass it along party lines, but I think every Democrat should vote for the cr.

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