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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan.
Chapter 2: What caused the federal government shutdown and what are the expected outcomes?
The federal government is partially shut down this after Congress failed to fully fund it. House Speaker Mike Johnson, though, 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.
Millions of people from Georgia to Virginia are digging out after a powerful winter storm blanketed parts of the southeast with more than a foot of snow in some areas. Nick DeLaCanal with member station WFAE in Charlotte told Howis the region is coping with this much snow.
Keep in mind this is a region that isn't used to this much snow and the roads really did become dangerous. We saw an incident just outside Charlotte where a tractor trailer got stuck on some train tracks and was hit by a train. Officials say no one was injured. Also, the National Guard was deployed after a wreck shut down I-85 north of Charlotte, stranding about 100 vehicles.
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