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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Roman. The House of Representatives returns Monday and is expected to soon take up a long-term funding bill that would fully reopen the federal government. Earlier this week, the Senate passed the measure President Trump endorses the bill. Republican Congressman Kevin Kiley represents northeastern California along the border with Nevada. He says he's ready to have a discussion with Democrats on the mission of the federal ICE and Border Patrol agents.
We're going to have now two weeks to discuss, OK, what is the right way forward to focus ICE's mission on what I think most people believe ought to be the top priority, which is making sure that individuals who are here illegally and have a criminal record and pose a risk to public safety aren't threatening the safety of Americans.
Unlike the federal government shutdown last fall, the longest in U.S. history, the one this weekend, does not impact the entire government, and it could cover only a few days. Hundreds of angry protesters gathered in Milan, Italy today, calling for ICE agents to leave the country. The Department of Homeland Security is helping with security at the Olympic Games. In the wake of violence in Minneapolis, many Italians say ICE is no longer welcome there. NPR's Brian Mann reports.
It's common for U.S. agents, including those from Homeland Security, to help with security at big international events like the Olympics. But Italians gathered here, including Francesco Tattoni, say they've been horrified by video of ICE agents operating violently in Minneapolis.
I don't like what's happening with ICE. I don't want them to come here in Italy. We believe they are doing the same thing the fascists were doing in the 1930s, 1940s.
Many protesters carried photographs of Rene Macklin-Good and Alex Pretti who were killed by ICE agents. Italy's government has downplayed the role ICE will play providing security for the Winter Games, which open officially next Friday. Brian Mann, NPR News, Milan.
The federal agency in charge of Medicare announced this week it plans to hold mates flat in Medicare Advantage next year. As NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin reports, the private companies that run Medicare Advantage have been accused occasionally of overcharging taxpayers.
Americans over age 65 are pretty evenly split. About half get their health insurance directly from the federal government, traditional Medicare. The other half buy private health insurance plans known as Medicare Advantage. Companies often advertise to younger, healthier Medicare patients and attract them with perks and extra benefits. Those plans also cost the government more per patient. For years, Republicans have touted this privatized version of Medicare, but the Trump administration's tone has turned more critical this term. The flat funding notice from the government sent the stocks of health insurance companies tumbling downward. Selina Simmons-Duffin, NPR News.
And from Washington, you're listening to NPR. A powerful storm is expected to cause heavy snow in the Carolinas as well as parts of Georgia and Virginia. Some areas of North Carolina could get as much as a foot of snow. Myrtle Beach, which has no snow plowing equipment, the mayor says they could get six inches of snow. He says they'll do whatever they can do. A Canadian mining company says 10 people have been abducted from a project site in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. It has experienced a spike in cartel violence. Nita Kravinsky of member station WJZZ reports.
Vancouver-based Vizsla Silver is suspending some of its operations at its mine in Concordia, Sinaloa. Mexican Security Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch said the abduction of 10 individuals there took place on January 24th. and that federal and state authorities are searching for victims. Garcia Harfuch said a cell of the Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa cartel operates in the area where the mine is located. He says authorities have identified and are searching for a local leader of the group.
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