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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. The House is supposed to start voting as early as today on spending legislation. It could bring a partial federal government shutdown to an end.
What is the latest on the federal government spending legislation?
But House Democrats have balked. They want changes to the Department of Homeland Security after federal agents shot and killed two Minneapolis protesters. Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries.
ICE and the Department of Homeland Security need to dramatically change. And absent that, then a full-year appropriations bill is in deep trouble.
The Senate changed the spending legislation last week. It keeps five funding bills in place, but it only pays for Homeland Security through February 13th. House Speaker Mike Johnson. The DHS bill will be debated this afternoon over the next two weeks. The shutdown means some federal employees are furloughed again. A federal judge is temporarily blocking a Trump administration policy barring members of Congress from making unannounced visits to ICE detention facilities. Minnesota Democratic Congresswoman Kelly Morrison had been one of the people who sued the administration. From Minnesota Public Radio, Kelly Morrison reports.
Representative Morrison was granted access over the weekend to enter the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, where immigrants, U.S. citizens, refugees, and protesters are being held. She says it was a horrifying and heartbreaking experience, and it felt very chaotic. Morrison says there are no beds. no blankets, and not enough food. The temperature inside is very cold, and she saw people in leg shackles. The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to questions about conditions inside the facility. The Trump administration has criticized oversight visits, saying they disrupt normal operations and calling them publicity stunts. For NPR News, I'm Erika Zurich in Minneapolis.
Palestinians have been able to cross directly into Egypt and return to Gaza for the first time in more than a year. The partial opening of the Rafah crossing into Egypt comes as the U.S. presses Israel to move ahead with the next phase of the ceasefire. NPR's Ea Batraoui has more.
Gaza's health ministry says 21 people needing medical treatment abroad and their caregivers were able to leave the territory through the Rafah crossing since that border opened with Egypt Monday. The border has been mostly closed since May 2024 when Israeli forces invaded southern Gaza and occupied it. Only a few people were able to leave through Rafah during a brief ceasefire early last year. Meanwhile, 12 other people who'd sought treatment in Egypt during the war were able to return to Gaza through Rafah on Monday. More exits and returns are expected daily now. Israel's prime minister says far more people will be leaving Gaza through the Rafah crossing than will be allowed to return. His government has encouraged voluntary migration.
Palestinians say it's aimed at displacing the population. Aya Batrawi, NPR News, Dubai.
On Wall Street and pre-market trading, Dow futures are lower. This is NPR. A Texas man is using a new state abortion law to sue a California doctor. Jerry Rodriguez accuses the doctor of giving his then-girlfriend abortion medication. The law allows private citizens to sue anyone who provides abortion medication to people in Texas. Women taking the medication are not eligible to be sued. U.S. athletes are arriving in northern Italy for the Milan Cortina Olympic Winter Games. Cross-country ski legend Jessie Diggins has announced these will be her final Olympics. NPR's Brian Mann reports.
Jessie Dickens is the most celebrated cross-country skier in U.S. history. In a sport dominated by Scandinavians, she's already claimed three Olympic medals, including one gold. At 34, she's announced she's quitting professional racing, but she told NPR she's eager for one last Olympic push.
How are the conditions inside ICE detention facilities described?
I ask myself one very simple question, and it's how do I want to feel at the finish line? I don't want to ever look back and be like, what if?
Diggins faces unexpected pressure here.
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