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The House of Representatives returns Monday and is expected to soon take up a long-term funding bill that would fully reopen the federal government.

Earlier this week, the Senate passed the measure President Trump endorses the bill.

Republican Congressman Kevin Kiley represents northeastern California along the border with Nevada.

He says he's ready to have a discussion with Democrats on the mission of the federal ICE and Border Patrol agents.

Unlike the federal government shutdown last fall, the longest in U.S.

history, the one this weekend, does not impact the entire government, and it could cover only a few days.

Hundreds of angry protesters gathered in Milan, Italy today, calling for ICE agents to leave the country.

The Department of Homeland Security is helping with security at the Olympic Games.

In the wake of violence in Minneapolis, many Italians say ICE is no longer welcome there.

NPR's Brian Mann reports.

The federal agency in charge of Medicare announced this week it plans to hold mates flat in Medicare Advantage next year.

As NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin reports, the private companies that run Medicare Advantage have been accused occasionally of overcharging taxpayers.

And from Washington, you're listening to NPR.

A powerful storm is expected to cause heavy snow in the Carolinas as well as parts of Georgia and Virginia.

Some areas of North Carolina could get as much as a foot of snow.

Myrtle Beach, which has no snow plowing equipment, the mayor says they could get six inches of snow.

He says they'll do whatever they can do.