WHAT TO KNOW

* Senators return to Capitol Hill today to vote on the Republican short-term spending bill as the government shutdown continues amid a statement between lawmakers over healthcare. * President Trump will posthumously award conservative activist Charlie Kirk the national’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. * After the release of the last living hostages and Palestinian prisoners, the tenuous ceasefire in Gaza was holding Tuesday while questions remain over other key parts of a U.S. plan for the region. * Argentinian President Javier Milei is set to meet with Trump at the White House today. The visit comes as the Trump administration bailed out the cash-strapped country with $20 billion.

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