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This week on Bullseye, we're revisiting the show as it was a quarter century ago. This program is The Sound of Young America. As always, I'm your host, Jesse America's Radio sweetheart Thorn. I'll be joined by my then co-host, Jordan Morris and Gene O'Neill, on a very special Bullseye. Find us in the NPR app, Maximumfund.org, or wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News, I'm 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.

Here's NPR 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. 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. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has also promised a vote on expiring health insurance subsidies.

Now, 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. President Trump says he wants to issue what he's calling $2,000 dividends from tariff revenue. But NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports the Treasury Secretary says there's no formal proposal yet. President Trump on social media has twice in recent days suggested the payments for low and middle income people. However, on ABCs this week on Sunday, Treasury Secretary Scott Besson said the money may not take the form of payments, but could simply include tax cuts already passed into law. It could be just the tax decreases that we are seeing on the president's agenda.

You know, no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security, deductibility of auto loans. NPR asked the White House for any specifics on a plan. 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. Danielle Kurtzleben and PR News. President Trump's ability to levy tariffs is being challenged before the Supreme Court. The president says he wants to give Syria's new leader a chance to succeed, calling him a tough guy with a rough past. 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. Ahmed al-Shara once set up an al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, and last year he led the insurgents who toppled Bashar al-Assad. Now he's promising to work with the U.S. on counterterrorism, joining the International Coalition to defeat ISIS, and Trump's Treasury Department is suspending U.S. sanctions. President Trump says you have to be tough in the Middle East, and he likes Al-Sherah. 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. Trump says he's also working to improve relations between Syria and Israel.

Michelle Kellerman and PR News, the State Department. And you're listening to NPR News. 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. MLB said Monday that authorized gaming operators will cap bets on individual pitches at $200 and exclude those bets from parley. MLB says the limits were agreed to by sports book operators representing more. than 98% of the U.S. betting market. 50 years ago Monday, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior during a storm. A.J. Jones of member station W.C.M.U. reports on a ceremony held by the Great Lake Shipwreck Museum to honor the lives of the ship's 29 crew members. White Fish Point on Lake Superior

is just 17 miles away from where the Fitzgerald lies. The ship's bell was wronged 30 times to commemorate the crew and all other sailors who've died on the Great Lakes. Ernest M. McSorley. Luke Ortshire drove five hours from Green Bay. He says it's a legendary story throughout the Midwest. It's like, man, 50-year anniversary, that's only happening once. Call up your buddies and make it happen, you know, get in the car. Let's go for a drive.

Michigan Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer was among lawmakers who spoke at the event. For NPR News, I'm A.J. Jones in Whitefish Point, Michigan. Stocks are mixed in Asia following Senate approval of that stopgap measure aiming to reopen the government. Japan's benchmark N.K. has advanced 3 tenths of a percent in Tuesday trading. I'm Jail Snyder. This is NPR News. This message comes from Wise, the app for using money around the globe. When you manage your money with Wise, you'll always get the mid-market exchange rate with no hidden fees. Join millions of customers and visit Wise.com.

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