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On Capitol Hill, lawmakers have taken a major step toward bringing the longest-running government shutdown in U.S.

history to an end.

The Senate tonight approved a stopgap measure that would reopen the government.

Here's NPR's Sam Greenglass.

House Speaker Mike Johnson urging lawmakers to return to Washington, saying the House must vote as quickly as possible.

to send the measure to President Trump's desk.

President Trump says he wants to issue what he's calling $2,000 dividends from tariff revenue.

But NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports the Treasury Secretary says there's no formal proposal yet.

President Trump's ability to levy tariffs is being challenged before the Supreme Court.

The president says he wants to give Syria's new leader a chance to succeed, calling him a tough guy with a rough past.

This comes after the U.S.

and the U.N.

lifted sanctions allowing his visit to the White House, as NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports.

And you're listening to NPR News.

Major League Baseball is moving to limit pitch-specific bets after two players for the Cleveland Guardians were charged in a scheme to rig bets on pitches during games.

MLB said Monday that authorized gaming operators will cap bets on individual pitches at $200 and exclude those bets from parlays.