Korva Coleman

Several dozen deaths have been reported.

Temperatures are still below freezing this morning as far south as Florida.

Federal safety investigators have released their findings about last year's deadly air collision near Washington, D.C.

NPR's Joel Rose reports they say warnings about a dangerous helicopter route had been ignored.

Consumer confidence dropped in January to its lowest level since 2014.

The private conference board says that's lower than what was seen during the pandemic.

The report measures how Americans feel about jobs and their incomes.

Economists say Americans could cut their spending.

The news comes as the Federal Reserve wraps up its two-day policy meeting on interest rates.

President Trump is pressuring the Federal Reserve governors to cut rates, but it's expected that rates will stay where they are.

I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman.

President Trump says he has canceled all meetings with Iranian officials until attacks against Iranian protesters come to a stop.

Trump had previously said he was looking at a request from Iran for a meeting.

That was after Trump threatened to attack Iran.

Writing online this morning, Trump told Iranians to keep protesting and, quote, help is on the way.

He didn't elaborate.

Javid Ali is a former National Security Council senior director.

He says the Trump administration needs to answer a legal question.

Last night, Trump also announced he'll impose tariffs on any country that does business with Iran.