Louise Schiavone

Rescuers discovered a debris field, an empty life raft and one body in the water.

But what happened is still under investigation.

Cold weather and stormy conditions had made the search rough.

A Massachusetts federal judge has ruled that a secretive group of climate skeptics convened by the Department of Energy violated federal law.

NPR's Jeff Brady reports.

The federal government has entered a partial shutdown after Congress failed to meet a deadline to complete work to prevent funding from expiring across nine departments.

A House vote Monday could resolve the standoff.

I'm Louise Schiavone and PR News.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone.

A federal judge today rejected an effort by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to block the surge of immigration resources that the Trump administration has sent to the state.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem welcomed the decision.

Speaking to reporters in Miami on a related subject, Noem says the FBI is leading the current investigation into the shooting and death of Minnesota protester Alex Preddy.

Protests against the federal government's immigration enforcement tactics are happening across the country this weekend.

Once again, some demonstrators are calling for a boycott of Target, which is headquartered in Minneapolis.

NPR's Kristen Wright reports.

Severe winter weather has attributed to at least 15 deaths in Kentucky in the last week, including an inmate at a Kentucky prison.

Karen Czar with Member Station WUKY in Lexington reports.

The southeastern U.S.

is beginning to feel the effects of a meteorological bomb cyclone ushering in blizzard-like conditions.

And for the East Coast and general very frigid temperatures, 6 to 10 inches of snow could fall in Georgia, the Carolinas, and parts of the Appalachians.