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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,
It doesn't look like the week is going to be as cold as it was last week here in the eastern U.S. And even with the next waves of cold air by late in the week, you know, temperatures during the day, even at night, aren't going to be as cold as we've been seeing, you know, up to this point here in the eastern United States.
Overnight temperatures in parts of Florida fell into the mid-20s, the lowest in 90 years. Israeli authorities say that preparations are now underway to reopen Gaza's main border crossing. Reopening the crossing is a major step in advancing the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. NPR's Daniel Estrin has more from Jerusalem.
The Rafah border crossing has been almost completely sealed since Israeli forces captured it in 2024. Most Palestinians have not been able to leave or enter Gaza since. Now, Egyptian authorities, Palestinian security officers and European Union border patrol officers are making final arrangements to reopen the land crossing. The Palestinian committee tasked with taking over Gaza's day-to-day affairs says Palestinians will begin to leave Gaza Monday. The numbers are expected to be limited, only 50 medical patients daily, accompanied by two companions each. Gaza health officials say 20,000 medical patients need to travel abroad for treatments unavailable in Gaza.
Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Jerusalem. Houston Democrat Christian Menefee easily won a special election Saturday to win a seat in Congress. Menefee will assume the seat held by the late Congressman Sylvester Turner, who died 11 months ago. The Grammy Awards will take place tonight in Los Angeles, and there is a Los Angeles native among the nominees. The rapper Kendrick Lamar, who took the home more trophies last year, could be the night's biggest winner. NPR's Istabel Gomez-Sarmiento has more.
Kendrick Lamar is nominated for nine Grammys total. That includes Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Album of the Year. If Lamar's album GNX wins, it will be the first time in 22 years that the Recording Academy awards Album of the Year to a hip-hop record. The last time that happened was in 2004, when Outkast won for Speakerboxx's The Love Below. The other Album of the Year contenders who could break that streak are Tyler, the Creator, and the duo Clips. Lamar's other competition in the big categories includes Sabrina Carpenter, Lady Gaga, and Bad Bunny. Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento, NPR News.
Beginning today, air travelers who do not have what's called a real ID or another acceptable form of identification, this such is a valid U.S.
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