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--:-- Giles Snyder: On Capitol Hill, lawmakers have taken a major step toward bringing the longest-running government shutdown in U.S. history to an end. The Senate tonight approved a stopgap measure that would reopen the government.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Here's NPR's Sam Greenglass.
--:-- Sam Greenglass: At the core is a resolution funding parts of the government through the end of January. The Senate has been voting on a version of that for weeks now. What's new is this stopgap is now paired with three full-year appropriations bills that would fund some agencies, including ones providing food assistance and services for veterans.
--:-- Sam Greenglass: The package also has a provision to reverse the firings of federal employees during the shutdown. That same section would prevent more layoffs through January 30th.
--:-- Sam Greenglass: Senate Majority Leader John Thune has also promised a vote on expiring health insurance subsidies.
--:-- Giles Snyder: House Speaker Mike Johnson urging lawmakers to return to Washington saying the House must vote as quickly as possible to send the measure to President Trump's desk.
--:-- Giles Snyder: President Trump says he wants to issue what he's calling dividends from tariff revenue.
--:-- Giles Snyder: But NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports the Treasury Secretary says there's no formal proposal yet.
--:-- Danielle Kurtzleben: President Trump on social media has twice in recent days suggested the payments for low and middle-income people.
--:-- Danielle Kurtzleben: However, on ABC's This Week on Sunday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the money may not take the form of payments, but could simply include tax cuts already passed into law.
--:-- Danielle Kurtzleben: It could be just the tax decreases that we are seeing on the president's agenda.
--:-- Danielle Kurtzleben: NPR asked the White House for any specifics on a plan.
--:-- Danielle Kurtzleben: An official not authorized to speak on the record said, quote, "The administration is committed to putting this money to good use for the American people."
--:-- Giles Snyder: President Trump's ability to levy tariffs is being challenged before the Supreme Court.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The president says he wants to give Syria's new leader a chance to succeed, calling him a tough guy with a rough past.
--:-- Giles Snyder: This comes after the U.S. and the U.N. lifted sanctions allowing his visit to the White House, as NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports.
--:-- Michelle Kellerman: Ahmed al once set up an al affiliate in Syria and last year he led the insurgents who toppled Bashar al.
--:-- Michelle Kellerman: Now he's promising to work with the U on counterterrorism joining the international coalition to defeat ISIS and Trump's Treasury Department is suspending U.S. sanctions.
--:-- Michelle Kellerman: President Trump says you have to be tough in the Middle East, and he likes al-Shirah.
--:-- Michelle Kellerman: We want to see Syria become a country that's very successful, and I think this leader can do it.
--:-- Giles Snyder: I think this leader can do it.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Trump says he's also working to improve relations between Syria and Israel.
--:-- Michelle Kellerman: Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.
--:-- Giles Snyder: And you're listening to NPR News.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Major League Baseball is moving to limit pitch-specific bets after two players for the Cleveland Guardians were charged in a scheme to rig bets on pitches during games.
--:-- Giles Snyder: MLB said Monday that authorized gaming operators will cap bets on individual pitches at $200 and exclude those bets from parlays.
--:-- Giles Snyder: MLB says the limits were agreed to by sportsbook operators representing more than 98 percent of the U.S. betting market.
--:-- Giles Snyder: 50 years ago Monday, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior during a storm.
--:-- Giles Snyder: A Jones of member station WCMU reports on a ceremony held by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum to honor the lives of the ship's 29 crew members.
--:-- A.J. Jones: Whitefish Point on Lake Superior is just 17 miles away from where the Fitzgerald lies.
--:-- A.J. Jones: The ship's bell was rung 30 times to commemorate the crew and all other sailors who've died on the Great Lakes.
--:-- A.J. Jones: Captain Ernest M. McSorley.
--:-- A.J. Jones: Luke Ortscheid drove five hours from Green Bay.
--:-- A.J. Jones: He says it's a legendary story throughout the Midwest.
--:-- A.J. Jones: It's like, man, 50-year anniversary, that's only happening once.
--:-- A.J. Jones: Call up your buddies and make it happen. You know, get in the car, let's go for a drive.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Michigan Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer was among lawmakers who spoke at the event.
--:-- Giles Snyder: For NPR News, I'm A.J. Jones in Whitefish Point, Michigan.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Stocks are mixed in Asia following Senate approval of that stopgap measure aiming to reopen the government.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Japan's benchmark Nikkei has advanced three-tenths of a percent in Tuesday trading.
--:-- Giles Snyder: I'm Giles Snyder. This is NPR News.
