Corva Coleman

From member station KUNM, Daniel Montano reports the smoke can drift for thousands of miles.

The U.S.

women's gold medal-winning ice hockey team won't attend the State of the Union address tonight.

The Olympians declined the president's invitation, citing scheduling conflicts.

The men's gold medal-winning team is also invited.

I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News in Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.

An NPR investigation finds that the Justice Department has withheld or removed some pages in the public database of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

These missing files are related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor around 1983.

There are records that show the FBI interviewed this accuser of Trump four times when she was an adult.

But only one of the interviews is in the public database, and it does not mention Trump at all.

Trump has consistently denied wrongdoing.

The former British ambassador to the United States has been released on bail after he was arrested yesterday.

NPR's Lauren Freyer reports from London Peter Mandelson was fired over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

President Trump delivers the first State of the Union address tonight of his second term in office.

It comes as polling shows many Americans say Trump is moving the country in the wrong direction.

Meanwhile, Democrats will offer two responses to the address tonight, one in English and one in Spanish.

The Department of Homeland Security remains partially shut down.

Congress has not yet passed a spending bill for it.

Democrats are demanding changes in how federal immigration agents operate.