Janine Herbst

Michigan Democratic Senator Gary Peters says they want common-sense guardrails.

Speaking there to NPR's weekend edition.

China's foreign minister offered a conciliatory tone with Washington at a speech at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, pushing for more cooperation with the U.S.

NPR's Emily Fang reports this as President Trump prepares to visit Beijing in April.

President Trump says he will make an official visit to Venezuela and that he thinks the interim leader there is doing an excellent job.

His comments highlight the close coordination and support between the U.S.

and the new government after the U.S.

removed its president.

One of the biggest sewage spills in U.S.

history has sent tons of raw sewage into the Potomac River.

And Piers Amy Held reports it could be months before the issue in Washington, D.C.

is fully addressed.

This major ecological issue.

Federal health officials say at least 177 new measles cases have been reported in just the last week.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 910 infections have been confirmed in 24 states, with the majority of them from unvaccinated people or those whose vaccination status isn't known.

And the majority of the cases are in people under the age of 19.

I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News in Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.

A critical part of the federal government, the Department of Homeland Security, is shut down and Congress isn't in session to reopen it.

NPR's Sam Greenglass reports this after lawmakers failed to reach an agreement to restrain the conduct of immigration officers.