Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. A critical part of the federal government. The

Department of Homeland Security is shut down and Congress isn't in session to reopen it. Empire

Sam Greenglass reports this after lawmakers failed to reach an agreement to restrain the conduct of

immigration officers. It is the third shutdown in as

many months, and despite ongoing back and forth between the White House and Congressional Democrats,

a deal is not close. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said this week, that could change.

I think if people are operating in good faith and actually want a solution, that deal space is there.

I think this can get done.

But lawmakers have left town for a week-long recess, and though they could be called back,

this partial shutdown is more likely to last through the week or beyond.

In addition to immigration enforcement, the department also includes FEMA and TSA.

Critical functions will continue during the

shutdown. Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington.

Ukrainian president, Volodemir Zelensky, says there isn't a single power plant in Ukraine that hasn't been damaged by Russian air attacks.

Speaking at the Munich Security Conference today, he repeated his call for

quicker air defense deliveries, saying there are times when missiles would arrive at the last minute

before an attack. While we invest in interceptors and protection, Russia invests in breaking unity

between all of us, our unity with you, unity in Europe, unity in the Euro-Atlantic

community. They want to break it. Why? Because our unity is the best interceptor against Russia's

aggressive plans. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who's also at the Security Conference,

says he doesn't know if Russia is serious about ending its nearly four-year-old war in Ukraine.

The U.S. and China have swapped intelligence on combating drugs.

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