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The nation's Democratic governors boycotted a White House dinner Saturday night after the president banned Maryland Governor Wes Moore from the event.

Moore is the nation's only black governor.

Colorado Governor Jared Paulus was also not invited.

The annual National Governors Association dinner is usually a bipartisan event.

Speaking at the dinner, Trump promised to help Utah's governor with low water levels that are now at the Great Salt Lake.

Trump also mocked the Democratic leadership of that organization.

A major winter storm is set to hit the East Coast in a few hours, with heavy snow and gusting winds expected.

Officials say power outages are also possible.

The National Weather Service has issued blizzard warnings for parts of several states, from the Mid-Atlantic to the Northeast, and that includes New York City.

Reporter Steve Kastenbaum says the city is preparing for its second major snowstorm in less than a month.

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The Washington Post and other outlets are reporting that the Department of Homeland Security is temporarily suspending the TSA pre-check and global entry programs.

They're both used during travel to reduce the time needed to make it through security screening.

DHS Secretary Christine Noem is blaming the action on a partial government shutdown that's now in its second week.

Search teams have now recovered the bodies of nine backcountry skiers who died Tuesday during an avalanche in California's Tahoe National Forest.

The body of one skier wasn't located until Friday night.

The recovery was slowed because the risk of another avalanche in the area was much too high.

Figure skaters took to the Olympic ice one final time at Saturday's exhibition gala.

There were no medals involved, but as NPR's Rachel Treisman reports, there were pandas.