Dave Mattingly

Also on the ice in Milan, American Alyssa Liu won gold in women's figure skating.

It's the first such gold medal for the U.S.

in 24 years.

I'm Dave Mattingly, NPR News in Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly.

The White House says officials from more than 40 countries will be in Washington today for the first meeting of the President's Board of Peace.

That board is trying to raise money and troops for the reconstruction and stabilization of Gaza, as NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports.

There's still no word of any progress being made to end the partial shutdown of the federal government.

The Department of Homeland Security remains unfunded as Democrats in Congress push for reforms to federal immigration enforcement.

A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments today on whether to extend an order that protects refugees who are lawfully in Minnesota from being arrested and deported.

The temporary restraining order is set to expire next week.

A Democratic congresswoman in Arizona is raising concerns about ICE detaining elderly people following her visit to a federal detention center in her state.

Nick Rommel with Arizona Public Media has more.

Authorities in Northern California say crews have recovered the bodies of eight backcountry skiers who were caught in an avalanche this week northwest of Lake Tahoe.

A ninth skier remains unaccounted for.

Six others in the group were rescued hours after Tuesday's slide of snow, rock and debris.

The skiers were on a three-day trek through the Sierra Nevadas when a powerful wintel storm hit.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he still believes science has yet to prove social media causes mental health issues.

Zuckerberg's comment came during yesterday's testimony in a courtroom in Los Angeles, where a 20-year-old woman is suing, arguing social media platforms addict and harm children.