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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shay Stevens. The longest government shutdown in American history may soon end. The House is expected to vote today on a bipartisan measure to reopen, and President Trump says he'll sign it. More from NPR, Sam Greenglass. The House has not held any vote 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. A Utah judge has rejected the state's redrawn congressional matters. saying said to favor Republicans. Judge Diana Gibson also adopted an alternative proposal to create a Democratic-leaning district ahead of the 2026 midterms. Meanwhile, in Kansas, Republican leaders say they do not have the votes needed to call a special session for redistricting. President Trump has urged GOP-led states to create more seats to help the party retain its majority in Congress.

The record low temperature is being reported in the southeast and the first snow of the season. may make it seem as if winter has come early for parts of the U.S. But in Paris, Giles Snyder, reports that the freezing temperatures are on the way out. The National Weather Service says the unseasonably cold weather will gradually come to an end. Four cancers say temperatures will moderate toward normal for the second part of the week in the southeast, which was hit by a major cold snap that affected states like Florida, Alabama, and Georgia. Significant snow fell further north, icy interstate bridges led to multiple, multiple interstate crashes in West Virginia.

NPR's Giles Snyder. The European Union aims to ramp up its intelligence gathering capabilities in light of new threats. Terry Schultz reports that the plan is not likely to receive a unanimous welcome. The European Commission, the EU's executive branch, says it wants to make better use of information gathered by national spy agencies across the 27 members of the bloc. European Commission spokesperson Balas Ujjvari says

the plan to set up a separate intelligence cell is still at an early stage, driven by rising geopolitical challenges. The world is changing, and we have to strengthen our security and intelligence capabilities, and it is in this context that we are coming forward with this new initiative. It's not the first time such a plan has been suggested, but pushes for more coordination have failed, in part, because some EU governments are not eager to share more intelligence with EU officials or each other.

For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz in Brussels. This is NPR. The defense minister in Turkey says there were no survivors among the 20 personnel aboard a military cargo plane that crashed. The C-130 aircraft was heading home from Azerbaijan Tuesday when it went down near that country's border with Georgia. Turkey often uses one C-130s to transport armed forces and for logistics. California is two years into a mental health experiment called Care Court, which allows judges to order people with psychotic illnesses into treatment. From member station KQED, April Dimboski reports on new data,

suggesting that counties are focused more on coaxing people into care and less on coercion. Statewide data show only 19 people have been court-ordered into treatment, while more than 600 have entered care voluntarily. That's due in part to new California state funding that pays outreach workers to persuade patients to accept help before forcing them into it. Orange County social worker Giovanni Figueroa says it can take dozens of visits to build trust. When they see you one time, two time, three times, then they realize like, oh, wow, they really are here to help me.

They actually do care and I'm not invisible. As he sees it, the success of care court is getting people to accept treatment before a judge has to order it. For NPR News, I'm April Domboski in Orange County. U.S. futures are flat in after-hours trading on Wall Street following Tuesday's mixed close when Asia-Pacific markets shares are mostly higher at this hour down a fraction in Shanghai. 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.

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