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What is the current status of the federal government shutdown?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. The federal government is partially shut down after Congress failed to fully fund it, but the House Speaker says he expects the shutdown to end this week. NPR's Luke Garrett reports.
A massive spending bill that would fund a large swath of the government passed the Senate Friday. The bill now heads to the House. where some Republicans are raising concerns over the limited two-week funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana tells Fox News President Trump negotiated this funding bill, and he expects the GOP-controlled House to send it to Trump's desk.
We'll get all this done by Tuesday, I'm convinced.
Once the government is funded, Johnson said Trump is willing to work with Democrats on some DHS reforms.
Some of the reforms and the processes are fine with them. For example, we want body cameras on immigration custom enforcement agents.
Democrats demanded reforms on DHS after its agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens in Minnesota last month. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
A bomb cyclone has dumped about a foot of snow in some parts of North Carolina, making the snowfall one of the biggest in years. The North Carolina State Patrol says there were at least 750 traffic collisions Saturday, but none were fatal. Freezing temperatures have stretched all along the East Coast and through the Midwest.
Meteorologist Brian Hurley with the Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland, says the extreme cold weather that hit much of the country will slowly begin to moderate,
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