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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly.
Chapter 2: What recent funding agreement have Senate Democrats reached to avoid a government shutdown?
Senate Democrats say they've reached a funding agreement with Republican lawmakers ahead of tonight's deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown. NPR's Barbara Sprunt says Democrats want changes made at the Department of Homeland Security on immigration enforcement before agreeing to any long-term spending proposal for DHS.
Originally, the Senate was going to vote on one big package with six funding bills for various agencies. Now, Senate Democrats say there's a deal on the table to vote for five appropriations bills and a separate two-week continuing resolution for the Department of Homeland Security. They've refused to support funding that agency without making major changes to immigration enforcement.
The move allows other government services to continue while carving out more time to negotiate on changes to DHS. But the House must also vote on those five funding bills, and they're on recess.
Chapter 3: What concerns do mayors have regarding immigration enforcement in their cities?
If the House acts quickly upon returning, the effects of a shutdown could be limited as most federal offices are closed on the weekend. Barbara Sprint and Bear News, the Capitol.
A bipartisan group of mayors is calling for the federal government to scale back its immigration enforcement efforts across the U.S. Aziv Zhukov with member station WBUR reports many of the mayors attending an annual conference in Washington worry their own cities might end up resembling Minneapolis.
Just ahead of the three-day conference, mayors released a statement calling for the Trump administration to end, quote, unnecessary chaos caused by ICE agents in Minneapolis.
Chapter 4: How is the winter storm affecting the southeastern U.S.?
Mayor Elizabeth Kautz, a Republican who represents Burnsville, Minnesota, says residents are being harassed, intimidated, and cruelly treated.
People are afraid to leave their homes, to go to the grocery store, and might never return, and their children are left. It is horrific.
Asked for a comment about the mayor's call to dial back ICE action, the White House pointed to remarks Monday by Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt, who said Trump doesn't want to see people getting hurt or killed in the streets. But she blamed Democrats for their, quote, deliberate and hostile resistance.
Chapter 5: What changes are happening in Venezuela's oil sector under the new acting president?
For NPR News, I'm Eve Zuckoff.
Winter storm warnings are in effect for the southeastern U.S. from northeast Georgia to southern Virginia. The National Weather Service says some areas could receive more than six inches of snow from a storm moving up the Atlantic coast.
Chapter 6: What legal challenges are prediction market companies currently facing in the U.S.?
Raleigh, North Carolina is forecast to see four to eight inches of snow by tomorrow night. Charleston, South Carolina is expecting up to four inches of accumulation. More than 200,000 homes and businesses from Texas to New England remain without power as a result of last weekend's massive winter storm.
Most of the outages remain in three states, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana, where ice was a big problem. This is NPR News. Weeks after the U.S. military seized the president of Venezuela and his wife from Caracas, that country's acting president has signed a law to open the nation's oil sector to privatization.
Delcy Rodriguez made it official yesterday, hours after Venezuela's National Assembly approved the overhaul. The change is prompting the Trump administration to formally begin easing sanctions on Venezuela's oil sector.
Ousted President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Celia Flores are due back in federal court in New York in March after having pleaded not guilty to charges that include drug trafficking. The prediction market industry is locked in nearly 20 lawsuits over its future in the U.S. As NPR's Bobby Allen reports, critics of the popular apps say they're supercharging gambling addiction.
An NPR analysis shows leading prediction market site Cauchy is defending its legal status in nearly 20 federal cases. The app allows people to bet on sports and things like migrant deportations. And what song will kick off Bad Bunny's NFL halftime show?
Opponents of the industry say live betting on sports, press conferences and foreign invasions invites insider trading and fuels gambling addiction. But Cauchy's lawyers say it has enough rules regulated under somewhat obscure futures contract laws with the Trump administration's blessing.
Many states and Indian tribes are suing the company, claiming it's an unlicensed gambling operation hiding behind clever language. The Supreme Court could eventually settle the matter. Bobby Allen, NPR News.
This year's Grammy Awards will be handed out Sunday night in Los Angeles. I'm Dave Mattingly in Washington.
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