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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says the administration will withhold administrative funds beginning next week unless those states provide data, including names and immigration status.

Democratic states have been resisting the demand for data.

A federal judge ruled in October that

that the Agriculture Department cannot deny funds over data noncompliance.

For decades, scientists have struggled to develop a cure for HIV, but the disease can be controlled with daily medication.

And PRS Jonathan Lambert says new studies out this week brings researchers closer to controlling the virus without taking a pill once a day.

Winter weather advisories remain in place in the northeast, the region being hit by the first major storm of the season, leading to hundreds of flight delays Tuesday.

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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he did not see two survivors on an alleged drug boat that was struck in September by the U.S.

military.

But NPR's Franco Ordonez reports that Hegseth says the Navy admiral who made the call made the correct decision to sink the boat.

Franco Ordonez, NPR News, the White House.

President Trump is congratulating Matt Van Abs.

Trump posted a message on social media shortly after the Associated Press called today's hotly contested special election for a Tennessee House seat.

According to the AP, with most votes counted, Van Epp's lead was in the high single digits in a congressional district Trump won by 22 percentage points in 2024.

An NPR investigation found companies are charging veterans millions for help with VA disability claims.

NPR's Quill Lawrence reports that's even after the VA warned that it's probably illegal.

Winter weather advisories remain in place in the Northeast, the region being hit by the first major storm of the season.

Weather Prediction Center forecaster Ashton Robinson-Cook in Portland, Maine,