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An Army Battalion in Fort Carson, Colorado has received a prepare to deploy order to Minnesota

as the Trump administration continues its immigration crackdown there.

That's according to an official not authorized to speak publicly.

President Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, which allows a president to deploy the military domestically.

The winter storm working its way across the U.S. will put stress on the nation's electric grid.

It comes five years after a winter storm caused widespread blackouts in Texas.

NPR's Kamala Dominovsky reports.

More than 40% of the nation's electricity comes from burning natural gas.

And during extreme cold snaps,

natural gas production, and transportation can both be disrupted, right as demand for the fuel

spikes. Power plants can be shut down by cold, too. Karen Panetta of ICCLE, the Institute of Electrical

and Electronics Engineers, also says that ice on power, combined with high winds and falling branches, create a, quote, perfect storm ripe for an outage.

Utilities in the storm's path have been trying to prepare by trimming trees and positioning teams of workers to respond to downlines.

Camila Dominoossky, NPR News.

Thousands of people attended an anti-abortion rights rally in Washington, D.C. today.

Vice President J.D. Vance touted new policies aimed at restricting abortion access. NPR's

Tamara Keith has more. Vance, who announced this week that he and his wife are expecting another child,

addressed the crowd on the national

mall. To our fellow Americans, we say you're never going to find great meaning in a cubicle or in front

of a computer screen, but you will find great meaning if you dedicate yourself to the creation

and sustenance of human life. Some in the anti-abortion movement are disappointed the Trump administration hasn't moved more

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