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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. Funding for the Department of Homeland Security will run out Friday unless Congress can come to a spending agreement for the agency. Democrats and Republicans cannot agree on potential changes for federal immigration operations. Democrats are feared after federal agents killed two Minneapolis protesters last month. NPR's Ximena Bustill reports. If there is a partial government shutdown, immigration operations will not be immediately affected.
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If they can't come to an agreement, parts of DHS may see their funding slow down. Now this would be particularly things like the Transportation Security Administration or disaster response. Now, Border Patrol and ICE got that infusion of cash last summer from Congress so they can continue to dip into that and work and get paid even if there is a shut down to the agency.
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And Piers Heman and Bastillo reporting, a federal judge has ordered the disclosure of an affidavit. The unsealed affidavit explains the reasons why FBI agents searched an elections office near Atlanta, Georgia, last month. It shows the investigation was initiated by a lawyer who helped President Trump try to overturn the 2020 presidential election. And it's based on misleading and already disproven claims about the Georgia vote. From Georgia Public Broadcasting, Sarah Kalis has more.
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The newly unsealed affidavit says The FBI took 2020 ballots, tabulator tapes and ballot images from a recount from the warehouse. The document was released because of a lawsuit filed by Fulton County, Georgia's commission chairman, Rob Pitts, who says the search was politically motivated.
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These accusations have already been debunked, but here we go again on a merry go round.
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Georgia's Republican secretary of state released a statement saying the state's elections are safe and it's time to move on from past elections. The affidavit did not say where the seized material was being held. For NPR News, I'm Sarah Kallis in Atlanta.
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Ukraine says it destroyed nearly 6,000 Russian drones when it hit a military facility in Russia. Ukraine routinely attacks Russian war infrastructure, including oil depots. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports. These help Moscow finance its war and supply the Russian army.
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Ukraine's general staff says the strike was on a drone storage warehouse in the southern Russian Russian city of Rostov on Don. Drones are the key weapon in this war and can fly much farther with fiber optic cables that keep them from being jammed. They're guided by operators miles from the front. Some seven miles of land on both sides of the front line are now inside what's known as the kill zone, and neither side can maneuver within this area. Ukraine says it killed more soldiers in January than the Russian army recruited. For the month, 22,000 Russian soldiers were recruited. Ukraine says more than 30,000 were killed in verifiable drone attacks captured on video. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News.
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Keev, you're listening to NPR News. The Federal Aviation Administration has suddenly closed the airspace around El Paso, Texas, and New Orleans. No explanation has been given. Both notices were issued overnight. The El Paso airspace is closed for 10 days through Friday, February 20th. The New Orleans closure starts this Friday and goes through next Wednesday. Amtrak is unveiling its next generation of passenger trains. NPR's Joel Rose reports. These will replace aging trains on some of the railroad's busiest routes.
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Amtrak's aero trains will make their debut in the Pacific Northwest later this year, but the railroad gave a preview at Union station in Washington, D.C. railroad President Roger Harris says these trains will modernize much of Amtrak's aging fleet in the Northeast, too.
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It really is a complete renewal of the customer experience in the Northeast on Amtrak, and that's what's really so exciting.
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Amtrak launched its newest next gen high speed Acela service last year. By comparison, these trains are workhorses. They top out at 125mph and will rarely go even that fast because of track conditions. Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.
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Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins says she is seeking re election this year. This would be her sixth term in the office. She's previously won support from independent Mainers. She was reelected in 2020 when Democrat Joe Biden won Maine decisively that year. Collins now faces challenges from two Democrats, Maine Governor Janet Mills and veteran and oyster farmer Graham Platner. I'm Korva Coleman, NPR News from Washington.
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