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A group of Senate Democrats have defected to agree to a deal with Republicans that could reopen federal agencies and end the government shutdown.

But as NPR's Claudia Grisales reports, the plan still has a long way to go before it can clear both chambers of Congress.

Concern is growing about ICE agents using so-called riot control weapons while making arrests.

Activists in Chicago say a local family was pepper sprayed by federal immigration agents during a raid this weekend.

State and local lawmakers are condemning the actions.

State Senator Selena Villanova calls it state-sponsored terrorism.

On Friday, ICE agents in Evanston, Illinois, used pepper spray and pointed weapons at bystanders while making another arrest.

The head of the BBC resigned on Sunday following criticism that the broadcaster doctored a soundbite of President Trump.

Vicki Barker has more from London.

Israel has confirmed that it has received the remains of Hadar Golden.

The 23-year-old Israeli soldier was killed in 2014, two hours after a ceasefire had taken effect in that year's war between Israel and Hamas.

His family had waged a public campaign for 11 years to have his remains returned.

The remains of four hostages killed in the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, are still in Gaza.

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President Trump was met with boos on Sunday as he attended the NFL game between the Washington Commanders and the Detroit Lions.

He was there to swear in members of the military during an on-field enlistment ceremony.

He's the first sitting president to attend a regular season NFL game in almost 50 years.

The Commanders lost the game 44-22.

The FAA has ordered the grounding of all MD-11 aircraft after the deadly UPS crash in Kentucky last week.

MPR's Shondalese Duster has more on what this means for consumers.