Michael Barbaro

In other words, the message now is, don't worry about the way this ended.

Just be glad it even happened.

Just remember the fight we had.

Well, Shane, thank you very much.

Thank you.

On Monday night, the Senate approved a package of spending bills backed by the eight Senate Democrats and every Senate Republican that would end the government shutdown.

Those bills now head to the Republican-controlled House, which is expected to adopt them later this week.

If that happens, the government will reopen by the end of the week.

We'll be right back.

Here's what else you need to know today.

At the Supreme Court on Monday, the justices denied a request that they consider overturning the court's landmark 2015 decision to legalize same-sex marriage.

The decision was closely watched by gay Americans and their allies, who feared that the court's conservative majority might reverse the gay marriage ruling in the same way that they eliminated the nationwide right to an abortion.

But the high court agreed that it would hear a case challenging mail-in ballot rolls across the country.

The case revolves around Mississippi's five-day grace period, which allows election officials to count ballots that have been mailed on Election Day but arrive a few days later.

Dozens of states have similar grace periods as Mississippi's, so if the court finds that Mississippi's rules are illegal, it could create chaos leading up to the 2026 elections.

Today's episode was produced by Claire Tennesketter and Anna Foley.

It was edited by Rachel Quester and Patricia Willans, contains music by Rony Misto, Dan Powell, and Marion Lozano, and was engineered by Alyssa Moxley.

That's it for The Daily.

I'm Michael Bobar.

See you tomorrow.