Janine Hurst

Citizenship and Immigration Services says it would pause the review of all pending applications for green cards, visas, citizenship, or asylum from those countries.

It says it also plans to take another look at applications from those countries that go back to at least 2021.

I'm Janine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.

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

Dozens are dead.

More than 100 are injured after a deadly fire at a ski resort in the Swiss Alps.

Many of the victims were celebrating the new year at a bar that caught fire.

Switzerland's president calls it one of the worst tragedies in the country's history.

NPR's Ruth Sherlock has more.

NPR's Ruth Sherlock reporting.

They're also investigating whether the bar was overcrowded.

Mayor Zoran Mamdani was sworn in today in New York City on a bitterly cold day with a crowd of tens of thousands.

He spoke of a united New York City and pledged to serve those who voted for him and those who didn't.

NPR's Katia Riddle has more.

President Trump's expanded travel ban is now in effect.

NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports from Tel Aviv many Palestinians will no longer be able to get a U.S.

visa.

Wall Street was closed today in observance of New Year's.

U.S.

futures contracts are trading higher at last check.