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$event1 = current_time('Ymd'); //Get Current Date
$p_args = array(
    'post_type' => 'news-events',
    'post_status' => 'publish',
    'posts_per_page' => 4,
    'meta_query' => array(
        array(
        'key' => 'event_date_ends', //Check against Date field, Here I am using two Event Start and Event End
        'compare' => '>=', //Change depend on what/ how you are querying. 
        'value' => $event1,
        )
    ),
    'meta_key' => 'event_date_ends', //Arranges based on field
    'orderby' => 'meta_value',
    'order' => 'ASC',
    'paged' => $paged
);