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--:-- Dave Mattingly: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: Congress has moved another step closer toward ending the ongoing shutdown of the federal government, a resolution to reopen the government cleared the Senate last night with the minimum 60 votes needed for passage.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: Seven Democrats and one independent joined nearly all Republican senators to pass the measure.
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--:-- John Thune: This has been a very long road, quite literally the longest shutdown in history. I am very, very happy to be able to say that we are coming to the end.
--:-- John Thune: The resolution funds much of the government through the end of January and some federal agencies through the end of next September. It also ends the furloughs of federal workers and fully funds the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for the next 10-plus months.
--:-- John Thune: The resolution must still clear the house.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: A federal judge is accusing the Trump administration of playing vindictive games when it comes to snap food benefits.
--:-- Jennifer Ludden: NPR Jennifer Ludden says a court hearing yesterday examined whether states must essentially take back payments they made to SNAP recipients over the weekend amid an ongoing legal battle.
--:-- Jennifer Ludden: After a court order to issue full SNAP payments late last week, some states rushed to get the benefits to people. But when the Supreme Court then paused the order, the Agriculture Department said states must immediately undo those payments and threatened penalties.
--:-- Matthew Placken: This administration is still going to the Supreme Court to fight for the right to starve Americans.
--:-- Matthew Placken: A Trump administration attorney says states jumped the gun and should only send partial payments for now. Once the shutdown does end, we'll issue full benefits in 24 hours, he told the judge.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: President Trump says he wants to give Syria's new president a chance to succeed and describes him as a tough guy with a rough past.
--:-- Michelle Kellerman: The U.S. and the U.N. recently lifted sanctions, allowing the Syrian leader to visit the White House yesterday.
--:-- Michelle Kellerman: NPR's Michelle Kellerman has more.
--:-- Michelle Kellerman: Ahmed al once set up an al affiliate in Syria and last year he led the insurgents who toppled Bashar al Now he promising to work with the U on counterterrorism joining the international coalition to defeat ISIS And Trump 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. I really do. I think this leader can do it.
--:-- Michelle Kellerman: Trump says he's also working to improve relations between Syria and Israel.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: Wall Street futures are lower this morning.
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--:-- Dave Mattingly: Airlines will be canceling more of their flights today at 40 major airports across the U.S. because of safety concerns tied to the government shutdown.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: The FAA order for airlines to reduce domestic flight capacity at those select airports rises to 6 percent this morning. It jumps to 10 percent on Friday if the shutdown hasn't ended by then.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: The airports affected include ones in Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, Denver, and Los Angeles.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: The shutdown has resulted in staffing shortages of air traffic controllers Thousands of airline flights nationwide have been canceled since the end of last week
--:-- Gabriela Emanuel: Doctors say Canada has lost its status as a country that eliminated measles.
--:-- Gabriela Emanuel: NPR Gabriela Emanuel reports Canada has had over 5,000 measles cases in the past year.
--:-- Jarbas Barbosa: It is now the only country in the Americas in which measles is endemic.
--:-- Jarbas Barbosa: Nevertheless, the country continues to make significant efforts to control its current outbreak and remains firmly committed to achieving elimination again.
--:-- Jarbas Barbosa: In the past, both Brazil and Venezuela lost measles elimination status and then were able to regain it with vaccination campaigns and active strategies to find cases.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: The U.S. has had significant measles outbreaks since January.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: Gabriela Emanuel, NPR News.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: Wall Street is coming off a day of sharp gains.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: The Dow added 381 points. the S&P gained more than 1.5%. The Nasdaq added more than 2.25%.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: I'm Dave Mattingly in Washington.
