YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP | | | | Nicole Fallert
Reporter & Newsletter Writer
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Happy Friday! Welcome to the Daily Briefing. Here's what's breaking this morning: |
Nicole Fallert here, bringing you the news to know on Friday, from a bit more time to stave off a government shutdown to more winter weather headed for the East Coast this weekend. 🎤And music's biggest night is this weekend. |
A shutdown could still come |
Republicans and Democrats struck a deal Thursday evening to fund the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks. The deal represented a big win for Democrats, who've been uniformly pushing for widespread reforms to President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement campaign. |
It's still unlikely the compromise can avert a partial shutdown, though. The funding package has to go back to the House of Representatives, which has been in recess and where a thin margin and conservative hardliners could pose challenges to it surviving. |
In a Thursday night interview with USA TODAY, House Speaker Mike Johnson acknowledged the "logistics are a challenge" for completely averting a shutdown. |
🔊Listen to USA TODAY Congressional Reporter Zach Schermele explain the latest from the Capitol on USA TODAY's The Excerpt podcast. |
| • | Say "bombogenesis." That's the name of the weather process headed for much of the East Coast this weekend, as "a mid-latitude cyclone rapidly intensifies," or quickly drops in atmospheric pressure, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This results in a "bomb cyclone." Here's how much snow is expected to fall. | | • | Trump is naming his new Fed chair Friday. Trump, who for months has talked openly about the search for Jerome Powell's replacement, has narrowed his search down to these four finalists. | | • | Why was Tulsi Gabbard at a Georgia FBI raid? Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was at the FBI raid for materials related to the 2020 election in Fulton County. Senator Mark Warner, a Democrat from Virginia, said her presence meant one of two things. | | First Lady Melania Trump arrives for the premiere of the documentary film "Melania.' Kylie Cooper, REUTERS |
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