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The government shutdown has ended now that President Trump has signed a bill to reopen it.

A standoff over expiring health insurance subsidies was breached when seven Democrats and one Independent sided with Senate Republicans over the weekend.

Trump says that the shutdown was attempted extortion by Democrats.

Trump also called for direct-to-consumer government subsidies to help people covered by the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva has been seated in the U.S.

House over a month and a half after winning a special election.

to fill a seat held by her late father.

In her first order of business, Grijalva signed the House petition demanding the full release of government files on late sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein.

Six months after the Justice Department canceled millions of dollars in public safety grants, many affected groups are still reeling.

NPR's Meg Anderson checked in with some of them.

Foreign ministers from the world's seven richest nations are condemning the escalating violence in Sudan.

As NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports, it was one of the many topics discussed on day two of the G7 meeting in Canada.

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The solar storms triggering northern lights have prompted NASA to scrub Blue Origin's mission to Mars.

The launch of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket was delayed after NASA engineers became concerned about how the increased radiation would affect the spacecraft.

The New Glenn rocket will deliver NASA's two Escapade spacecraft to Mars months after its maiden voyage from Florida 10 months ago.