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Dale Willman
Live from NPR News. I'm 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 but as NPR's Claudia Grosales reports, the plan still has a long way to go before it can clear both chambers of Congress.
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Claudia Grosales
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. 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. The deal pauses plan cuts to snap, reverses federal worker land conducted during the shutdown and installs new protections from more cuts to that workforce through the end of January. Most Senate Democrats, however, voted no, and House Democrats say they're against it because the plan does not address the Affordable Care Act's higher premiums. Claudia Grizales, NPR News.
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Dale Willman
Concern is growing about ICE agents using so called 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 and local lawmakers are condemning the actions. State Senator Selena Villanovo calls it state sponsored terrorism.
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Selena Villanovo
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.
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Dale Willman
On Friday, ICE agents in Evanston, Illinois, used pepper spray and pointed weapons at bystanders while making another arrest. 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.
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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. 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. 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. Now the controversy has claimed the job of the BBC's director general, Tim Davy, as well as that of head of news Deborah Turness for NPR News. I'm Vicki Barker in London.
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Dale Willman
Israel has confirmed that 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. His family had waged a public campaign for 11 years to have his remains returned. The remains of four hostages killed in the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, are still in Gaza. You're listening to NPR News. President Trump was met with boos on Sunday as he attended the NFL game between the Washington commanders and the Detroit Lions. He was there to swear in members of the military during an on field enlistment ceremony in he's the first sitting president to attend a regular season NFL game in almost 50 years. The Commanders lost the game 44 22. The FAA has ordered the grounding of all MD11 aircraft after the deadly UPS crash in Kentucky last week. NPR's Chandelyse Duster has more on what this means for consumers.
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Chandelyse Duster
FedEx and UPS grounding their MD11 aircraft could have an impact on holiday deliveries. Aviation Experts say the MD11 aircraft are a small part of UPS and FedEx fleets but carry thousands of packages each. Mike Stangle of Aerodynamic Advisory says delivery impacts could depend on how long the aircraft are grounded.
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Mike Stangle
If it only lasts a few days, then we shouldn't see much of an impact on, you know, holiday, you know, package deliveries and things like that.
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Chandelyse Duster
UPS and FedEx say contingency plans are in place to minimize disruption in deliveries. Aviation experts say holiday shoppers should plan to ship packages early to ensure gifts arrive on time. Chandelyse Duster, NPR News.
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Dale Willman
Three time Basketball hall of Fame inductee Lenny Wilkins has died. He was 88 years old. Wilkins was honored as both a player and a coach. He was known as one of the best point guards of his era and he coached 2,487 NBA games. That's a record. It still stands. 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. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.
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