Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.
Chapter 2: What is the impact of the winter storm on the U.S.?
A mammoth winter storm is bearing down on much of the U.S. Tens of millions of people are under winter storm warnings. National Weather Service meteorologist Frank Pereira says these warnings reach from Albuquerque, New Mexico, across the U.S. to western Pennsylvania.
Perhaps even up to half the U.S. population will be impacted by this storm, which is going to develop later today over parts of the United central and southern Rockies into the plains. He's going to gradually work his way further to the east, bringing a widespread swath of heavy snow all the way from the southern central Rockies eastward to eventually New England by this weekend.
He says right after the storm passes, Arctic cold will settle on much of the same area. Snow and ice won't be able to melt. People who are in the dark might not get their power back for a while. Temperatures will be dangerously cold for days. Video-sharing app TikTok has finished negotiating a deal to sell most of its Chinese stake to new investors. This sale was motivated by a federal law.
It forces Chinese owners to divest from TikTok over U.S. national security concerns. The Republican-led House has blocked a resolution to limit President Trump's war powers in Venezuela. NPR's Claudia Grisales reports the resolution failed in a tie vote.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mass led the opposition against the resolution, arguing U.S. military operations in Venezuela are over. There are no troops in Venezuela. We are not at war. But Massachusetts Democrat Jim McGovern argues Republicans are making excuses.
The best we can get from the current majority here is that there's never a good time for Congress to assert its war powers.
Just two Republicans, Thomas Massey of Kentucky and Don Bacon of Nebraska, joined all Democrats in the vote to force President Trump to seek congressional approval for the use of military forces inside Venezuela. Claudia Gisales, NPR News.
President Trump had a consequential first year back in office. NPR's Tamara Keith reports he faced little internal pushback.
In Trump's first term, there were a lot of people in the administration who tried to rein in his impulses. This time, he said his people, quote, don't rebuff me too much.
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Chapter 3: What are the details surrounding TikTok's sale of its Chinese stake?
He says the correct local medical authorities will now review the study and decide whether it can proceed. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services contradicted that in a statement to NPR. It said the study has not been suspended. Gabriela Emanuel, NPR News.
And I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News in Washington.