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Congress is about to go on break with no sign yet of an agreement to fund the Department of Homeland Security before money runs out at midnight.

Mostly Democrats are holding out for changes to immigration enforcement policies, but NPR's Barbara Sprunt says immigration and customs enforcement funding is not effective.

NPR's Barbara Sprunt reporting.

Tomorrow is a deadline for seven states, including California and Colorado, to agree on water usage from the Colorado River.

Alex Hager with member station KJZZ reports.

Federal officials are reporting 910 confirmed cases of measles in the U.S.

so far this year.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website shows the overwhelming majority in two dozen states from California to Pennsylvania.

Five new outbreaks were reported since the start of the year.

The CDC says that most of the cases are among those who are unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown.

The agency falls under the direction of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has long expressed doubts about vaccine safety.

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U.S.

stocks opened lower this morning after a better-than-expected report from the Labor Department on inflation.

NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

So far on Wall Street, we see the Dow is up 215 points at 49,667.

The S&P is up 37 points.

The Nasdaq has gained 89 points.

Four people are headed to the International Space Station after today's pre-dawn liftoff from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

The Crew-12 mission includes two NASA astronauts, a French astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut.