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The House Rules Committee is debating over a Senate-passed funding measure to end the government shutdown.

The Senate has already passed the bill.

Meanwhile, congressional Democrats are facing a backlash after eight of them compromised with Republicans, as NPR's Dominica Montanaro reports.

The Supreme Court has extended its order blocking full SNAP payments for two more days amid signs that Congress may soon vote to end the shutdown.

The delay gives lawmakers more time to resolve differences over a short-term spending plan to continue fiscal year 2025 funding levels.

Some states are already providing full monthly allocations to residents who rely on SNAP to buy groceries.

The record lows being reported in the southeast and the first snow of the season may make it seem as if winter has come early to parts of the U.S., but NPR's Giles Snyder reports that the freezing temperatures are on the way out.

NPR's Giles Snyder.

Baby formula maker BiHeart is recalling all of its products.

As NPR's Maria Godoy reports, the move comes amid an outbreak of infant botulism, a serious illness caused by bacterial toxin.

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futures are flat in after-hours trading on Wall Street.

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A rare full blackout in the Dominican Republic is being blamed on a series of failures in the transmission system for the Caribbean nation's electrical grid.

According to the state-owned Dominican Electricity Transmission Commission, two power plants shut down, triggering a cascade of failures.

But the country's energy minister says the exact cause is not clear.

The blackout has paralyzed business and transportation businesses.

It also caused hospitals, banks, and other institutions to rely on generators.

Iraq has held parliamentary elections that were largely peaceful.

Jane Araf has the story from Oman.