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A partial government shutdown seems increasingly likely as the Senate heads toward a crucial vote today on legislation that would fund the Homeland Security Department and other government agencies.

Senate Democrats say they will not agree to extend DHS funding without enforceable limits on President Trump's immigration crackdown.

And Minnesota Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar told NPR that Democrats want to overhaul immigration and customs enforcement.

During a search Wednesday, FBI agents took hundreds of boxes of 2020 presidential ballots from an election hub in Georgia.

Amanda Andrews with Georgia Public Broadcasting reports.

To Kentucky now, where bitter cold temperatures are keeping roads slick and with at least 13 storm-related deaths, schools and some businesses remain closed.

From Member Station WUKY in Lexington, Karen Czar says residents are still trying to dig out.

Hundreds of thousands remain without power.

Multiple southern states following last weekend's winter storm.

The hardest hit states are Mississippi and Tennessee.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Besant is warning Canada against picking a fight ahead of a formal review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal under the USMCA that took effect in 2020.

A joint review must be launched by July 1st this year, but trade relations worsened over the past week following Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Carney condemned economic coercion by major powers.

President Trump has threatened to impose 100% tariffs on goods imported from Canada if Ottawa moves forward with a trade deal with China.

Tesla profits fell 46% last year as the electric automaker saw sales decline year over year.

The company also announced its ending production of the Model S and Model X, as CEO Elon Musk focuses on a future that's more about self-driving taxis and robots.

NPR's Camilla Dominovsky reports.

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