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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. The longest federal government shutdown in American history may soon come to an end. The House is expected to vote tomorrow on a deal to reopen the government, which President Trump says he'll sign. NPR's Sam Greenglass reports. The House has not held any votes since well before the shutdown began 42 days ago. But after the Senate voted late Monday on a deal to reopen the government, House leadership called members back to Washington. The agreement funds most of the government. through January 30th and select agencies through the end of next September, as well as guarantees

back pay to federal workers and reverses firings carried out by the Trump administration while the government was closed. The deal also came with the promise of a Senate vote on the expiring Affordable Care Act health insurance subsidies, setting up a contentious debate on health care in the coming weeks. Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington. On a chilly Veterans Day, thousands turned out to the annual parade in New York City, NPR's quill Lawrence reports from the noisy scene at Manhattan's Madison Square Park. Amid spitting snow, veterans and service members and dignitaries and girl and boy scouts marched down Fifth Avenue. Danny Prince is a veteran of the Navy, the Coast Guard, and the FDNY.

So much meaning from all the people that sacrificed so much to get us the freedom that we have and that we have right now. And people don't appreciate what. we have, and it's so important to come out and thank them for what they did. Parade marshals, including Medal of Honor recipient, Clint Romisha, and astronaut Sanita Williams, laid wreaths on a memorial statue in the park at 11-11 a.m. on the 11th day of the 11th month, the date that commemorates the end of World War I. Quill Lawrence NPR News, New York. Baby formula maker, Buy Heart, is recalling all of its products. The move comes amid an outbreak of infant botulism, a serious illness caused by bacterial toxin.

and NPR's Maria Godoy has more. Since August, at least 15 infants in at least 12 states have been hospitalized with botulism after consuming Byhart's infant formula. No deaths have been reported. The voluntary recall includes Byhart's Whole Nutrition Infant Formula and its Anywhere pouches of powdered formula. Over the weekend, Byhart had announced it was recalling two lots of its infant formula. On Tuesday, the company said its decision to expand the recall to all of its products came amid an ongoing investigation with, quote, too many unanswered questions. It said the safety of infants is its biggest priority.

BiHeart says all of its products should be discarded. The company says it's collaborating closely with the Food and Drug Administration. Maria Godoy, NPR News. Leaders from the group of seven industrialized democracies are converging on Ontario as tensions rise between the U.S. and allies like Canada over defense and trade. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The British government is defending the BBC as it faces a dispute with President Trump. Trump is threatening to sue the broadcaster over how it edited a speech he made after losing the 2020 election.

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says the national broadcaster faces, quote, challenges some of its own making, but is a trusted source of news and essential to the country. Rural Marion County, Kansas will pay a total of $3 million to settle a lawsuit over the county's role in a small town newspaper raid that made national news is Frank Morris of member station KSUUR reports. In the summer of 2023, Marion Kansas' entire five-member police force and two sheriff's deputies stormed the town's newspaper office and the publisher's home confronting the publisher's 98-year-old mother who had a heart attack and died the next day. The officers seized computers and cell phones looking for evidence that the paper had improperly obtained confirmation of a local

business owners drunk driving conviction. It hadn't. The $3 million payment will be split between the publisher to reporters and the town's former vice mayor whose home was also raided. The agreement does not clear the police chief of criminal charges for allegedly obstructing an investigation of the raids or the city's liability in approving them. For NPR News, I'm Frank Morris. The NFL has seen a surge in international interest with 700,000 people trying to get tickets to watch the Miami Dolphins play the Washington Commanders on Sunday in Spain. This follows high demand for games in other cities like Dublin this year. I'm Ryland Barton.

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