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This is AP News Minute. 

Arkansas executed 2 prison inmates¹ Monday night. Convicted killers² Jack³ Jones and Marcel Williams received lethal⁴ injections about 3 hours apart. It was the first double executions in the United States since back in 2000.  

Republicans and Democrats⁵ in Congress are trying to reach a budget deal to keep the government from shutting down at the end of the week. President Trump⁶ boasted the effort by backing off his demand for funds for a wall on the US-Mexican border.  

North Korea has marked the anniversary of the founding of its military. Ceremonies included soldiers and citizens, waving flowers at the statues of the country’s last two rulers.

And heavy rain is causing floods in several southeastern states. Some vehicles got stuck in the deep water, covering Charleston, South Carolina streets. 

Matt Small, Associated Press with AP News Minute.