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This is the fourth day of the Pope's first foreign trip.

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Additional National Guardsmen are due to join those already patrolling Washington, D.C.

NPR's Deepa Shivaram explains.

And PR's Deepa Shivaram reporting, Venezuela is now responding after President Trump declared that pilots should consider the airspace over and near that country closed.

As Julia Carnero reports, Venezuelan officials say the statement is a colonialist threat to their sovereignty.

More federal spending decisions await Congress as members return from their holiday break.

NPR's Deirdre Walsh reports that they face a January 30th deadline to avoid another shutdown, and that is going to involve some intense debate.

Authorities say a gunman killed four people, wounding others late Saturday afternoon at a family gathering in Stockton, California.

Police are searching for a suspect in what they believe may have been a targeted incident.

San Joaquin County District Attorney Ron Freitas says that children were among those in the line of fire.

Police are asking the public for help.

This is NPR News in Washington.

Ski resorts out west are a bit anxious due to lower-than-usual snowfall.

NPR's Kirk Sigler reports some are also bracing for a continued drop in Canadian visitors...

due to cross-border politics.

Indonesia says the death toll from this week's flooding on the western island of Sumatra has reached 435.

Michael Sullivan has details.

Michael Sullivan reporting.