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--:-- Dale Willman: Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman.
--:-- Dale Willman: A group of Senate Democrats have defected to agree to a deal with Republicans that could reopen federal agencies and end the government shutdown. But as NPR's Claudia Grisalos reports, the plan still has a long way to go before it can clear both chambers of Congress.
--:-- Claudia Grisalos: In the end, seven rank-and-file Senate Democrats and one independent joined Republicans to vote yes to move forward on the bipartisan plan they say includes a list of wins.
--:-- Claudia Grisalos: The bipartisan package includes a stopgap measure to fund the government through the end of January and includes full appropriations funding plans for some government services and agencies, including Agriculture and Veterans Affairs.
--:-- Claudia Grisalos: The deal pauses planned cuts to SNAP, reverses federal worker layoffs conducted during the shutdown, and installs new protections from more cuts to that workforce through the end of January.
--:-- Claudia Grisalos: Most Senate Democrats, however, voted no, and House Democrats say they're against it because the plan does not address the Affordable Care Act higher premiums.
--:-- Dale Willman: Concern is growing about ICE agents using so riot control weapons while making arrests. Activists in Chicago say a local family was pepper sprayed by federal immigration agents during a raid this weekend.
--:-- State Senator Selena Villanova: We don't have what ICE and CBP has. We don't have tear gas. We don't have pepper spray. We literally have our bodies and whistles.
--:-- Dale Willman: On Friday, ICE agents in Evanston, Illinois, used pepper spray and pointed weapons at bystanders while making another arrest.
--:-- Dale Willman: The head of the BBC resigned on Sunday following criticism that the broadcaster doctored a soundbite of President Trump. Vicki Barker has more from London.
--:-- Vicki Barker: In a BBC documentary about the January 6th storming of the Capitol building, a Donald Trump soundbite had the president telling supporters he was going to walk to the Capitol with them to, quote, fight like hell.
--:-- Vicki Barker: But the producers had spliced out what Trump said next, that he wanted to help his supporters, quote, peacefully and patriotically make their voices heard.
--:-- Vicki Barker: The alleged doctoring along with allegations of bias in BBC coverage of Gaza and trans issues had put management under growing pressure in recent weeks.
--:-- Vicki Barker: Now the controversy has claimed the job of the BBC Director General Tim Davey as well as that of Head of News, Deborah Ternes.
--:-- Dale Willman: For NPR News, I'm Vicki Barker in London.
--:-- Dale Willman: Israel has confirmed that it has received the remains of Hadar Golden. The 23-year-old Israeli soldier was killed in 2014, two hours after a ceasefire had taken effect in that year's war between Israel and Hamas.
--:-- Dale Willman: His family had waged a public campaign for 11 years to have his remains returned.
--:-- Dale Willman: The remains of four hostages killed in the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, are still in Gaza.
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--:-- Dale Willman: President Trump was met with cheers on Sunday as he attended the NFL game between the Washington Commanders and the Detroit Lions.
--:-- Dale Willman: He was there to swear in members of the military during an on-field enlistment ceremony.
--:-- Dale Willman: He's the first sitting president to attend a regular season NFL game in almost 50 years.
--:-- Dale Willman: The commanders lost the game 44-22.
--:-- Dale Willman: The FAA has ordered the grounding of all MD-11 aircraft after the deadly UPS crash in Kentucky last week.
--:-- Dale Willman: NPR's Shondalee Stuster has more on what this means for consumers.
--:-- Shondalee Stuster: FedEx and UPS grounding their MD aircraft could have an impact on holiday deliveries, aviation experts say.
--:-- Shondalee Stuster: The MD aircraft are a small part of UPS and FedEx fleets but carry thousands of packages each.
--:-- Shondalee Stuster: Mike Stangle of Aerodynamic Advisory says delivery impacts could depend on how long the aircraft are grounded.
--:-- Shondalee Stuster: If it only lasts a few days, then we shouldn't see much of an impact on holiday package deliveries and things like that.
--:-- Shondalee Stuster: UPS and FedEx say contingency plans are in place to minimize disruption in deliveries.
--:-- Shondalee Stuster: Aviation experts say holiday shoppers should plan to ship packages early to ensure gifts arrive on time.
--:-- Dale Willman: Shondalise Duster, NPR News.
--:-- Dale Willman: Three-time basketball Hall of Fame inductee Lenny Wilkins has died. He was 88 years old.
--:-- Dale Willman: Wilkins was honored as both a player and a coach.
--:-- Dale Willman: He was known as one of the best point guards of his era, and he coached 2,487 NBA games.
--:-- Dale Willman: That's a record that still stands.
--:-- Dale Willman: And Wilkins was also inducted as part of the 1992 U.S. Olympic team and coached the Olympic team to a gold medal in the 1996 Atlanta Games.
--:-- Dale Willman: I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.
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