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Good afternoon and welcome to your afternoon news update from AP. Today, the government shutdown continues, what’s inside the handbook detainees get at “Alligator Alcatraz,” and Israel orders Palestinians to leave Gaza City.

UP FIRST

People take photos with a sign announcing that the Library of Congress is closed on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Live updates: Vote to end government shutdown fails as Democrats hold firm on health care demands 

A vote to end the government shutdown hours after it began failed Wednesday, as Democrats in the Senate held firm to the party’s demands to fund health care subsidies that President Donald Trump and Republicans refuse to provide. Read more.

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Inside ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ detainees must wear color-coded uniforms based on criminal history

Detainees arriving at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades are given color-coded uniforms and segregated based on criminal history and flight risk. That is according to a handbook made public as part of a lawsuit over attorney access at the site known as “Alligator Alcatraz.” Read more.

Israel orders Palestinians to leave Gaza City, saying those who stay will be considered militants

Israel’s defense minister on Wednesday ordered all remaining Palestinians to leave Gaza City, saying it was their “last opportunity” and that anyone who stayed would be considered a militant supporter and face the “full force” of Israel’s latest offensive. Read more.  

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