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A federal judge in Massachusetts has ruled that a secretive group of climate skeptics convened by the Federal Department of Energy violated federal law.

NPR's Jeff Brady reports the group's work was used to bolster a Trump administration effort to stop regulating climate pollution.

Starting today, travelers without a real ID will face a new fee at airport security.

NPR's Windsor Johnson reports how the federal government is trying to speed up compliance.

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A bomb cyclone has dumped about a foot of snow in some parts of North Carolina, making the snowfall one of the biggest in years.

The North Carolina State Patrol says there were about 750 traffic collisions Saturday, but none of those were fatal.

Freezing temperatures have stretched all along the East Coast and through the Midwest.

Overnight temperatures in Orlando were in the mid-20s.

Danish veterans led thousands to the U.S.

Embassy in Copenhagen Saturday to protest President Trump's disparaging language towards NATO troops, NPR's Frank Langfitt reports.

Houston Democrat Kristen Menefee easily won a special election Saturday to win a seat in the U.S.

Congress.

Menefee will assume the seat held by the late Congressman Sylvester Turner, who died nearly 11 months ago.

His win gives the Republicans the control in the House with 218 seats.

Democrats have 214.

Several special elections are planned.

I'm Dan Ronan, NPR.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan.

The federal government is partially shut down after Congress failed to fully fund it, but the House Speaker says he expects the shutdown to end this week.