Corva Coleman

They want to block any construction of President Trump's triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery.

Trump says he wants to start building a 250-foot arch in commemoration of the nation's 250th anniversary.

But the Vietnam veterans say this arch will harm views of the military cemetery and disrupt visitors' experience of Arlington.

At the Winter Olympics today, the U.S.

men's ice hockey team will play Slovakia in the semifinals.

In the other matchup today, Canada will face off against Finland.

The winners will play for the gold medal in the game on Sunday.

Medical historians in Turkey are reporting a discovery.

It's connected to early human efforts to make medicine.

Ari Daniel has more.

And I'm Corva Kuhlman, NPR News, from Washington.

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

Stocks opened mixed this morning as the Commerce Department reported a slowdown in the nation's economic growth.

NPR's Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped about 40 points in early trading.

President Trump's border czar says he expects to finish drawing most federal immigration agents out of Minnesota by next week.

Some 3,000 federal agents were in the state until this month.

Speaking to CNN, Tom Homan says his goal is to reduce that number to about 150 officers.

Homan also says the federal immigration surge in Minnesota is over.

President Trump sent Homa to Minnesota after federal agents shot and killed two Minneapolis protesters last month.

Fire officials in Oklahoma say the Ranger Road fire has scorched nearly 450 square miles.