January so far has been stormy and cold, and there's more wild winter weather on the way. Also in the news: The cause of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's undisclosed hospitalization has been revealed and "Mean Girls" is back (with plenty of pink to go around this Wednesday). | |  |
Here is the news to know Wednesday. |
Potential 'bomb cyclone' brewing as January weather ramps up |
The deadly storm that's raking the entire eastern U.S. is the opening act for what's to come over the next week: A potential "bomb cyclone" blizzard for the Midwest, an Arctic blast courtesy of the polar vortex, and possibly the first real East Coast snowstorm in years. The next storm, expected to careen across Midwest, South and East into Saturday could be even stronger than Tuesday's storm, forecasters said. The massive system affected more than 30 states with snow, ice, rain or thunderstorms, and encompassed more than 2 million square miles. At least three people died in the storm. Read more |
Senate Republicans want another extension to dodge a government shutdown |
Senate Republicans want to once again extend current government funding levels, likely into March, in order to buy more time to avoid a shutdown and negotiate spending bills. |
It would mark the third time Congress has pushed its own deadline to fund the government in recent months. Now, lawmakers are racing to meet deadlines on Jan. 19 and Feb. 2 in order to keep the government's doors open for Americans. |
Blinken gathers Mideast support for postwar plan |
On his fourth trip to the Middle East in three months, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is presenting Israel the tantalizing prospect of security and acceptance in the region, with a caveat: Agreeing to a Palestinian state is required. Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog and other leaders Tuesday in Tel Aviv, hoping to curb civilian deaths and find common ground on Gaza's postwar future. Blinken did not answer a question about whether Israel is receptive to a Palestinian state, a likely sign Netanyahu's opposition to that idea hasn't wavered. Read more | US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) meets with Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz (2nd-R) in Tel Aviv on January 9, 2024. EVELYN HOCKSTEIN, POOL/AFP via Getty Images |
Trump's lawyers contend he is immune from prosecution |
During arguments at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, a lawyer for Donald Trump said as president he could have ordered the military to kill his political rivals and still would be immune from prosecution for those crimes today unless he were first impeached and then convicted in a Senate trial. The argument came as the former president, who attended the hearing, contends he is immune to federal charges of conspiring to interfere in the 2020 election because his actions took place while he was president. He was impeached in the House of Representatives and acquitted in the Senate for similar allegations that he incited the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021. Read more |
Why was Lloyd Austin hospitalized? |
Facing a flurry of questions about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's illness, the Pentagon finally disclosed Tuesday that he has been hospitalized since Jan. 1 because of complications from prostate cancer surgery. The surgery resulted in a severe infection that has hospitalized him, but the Defense Department didn't alert the White House that Austin was in the hospital until three days after he was admitted and didn't make the information public until late last Friday, the day after the White House was notified. Even then, the Pentagon did not divulge − to the president or the public − the nature of his illness. Read more |
Photo of the day: 'Mean Girls' red carpet premiere |
The girls played nice at the premiere for the upcoming musical movie "Mean Girls" starring Reneé Rapp. Stars from the original 2004 film ushered in the new cast on the pink carpet during the New York City premiere on Jan. 7, 2024. Click here for more photos. | (L-R) Reneé Rapp, Lorne Michaels, Tina Fey and Lindsay Lohan attend the "Mean Girls" premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on January 08, 2024 in New York City. Arturo Holmes, Getty Images |
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