A person was detained for questioning in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today host Savannah Guthrie, according to the Pima County Sheriff's Department. The announcement was made on X, formerly Twitter, Tuesday night, and indicated the detention was a collaborative effort with the FBI.
Meanwhile, the possibility of a partial government shutdown loomed as Democrats on Capitol Hill rejected a White House counteroffer regarding President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. Funding for the Department of Homeland Security was set to expire after midnight on Friday, and talks between Senate Democrats and the White House remained stalled over restrictions on federal immigration agents. Democratic leaders insisted they would not vote to fund the department without new binding guardrails on those agents, according to Time.
In other news, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt contradicted President Trump regarding an effort to rename Penn Station after him. Leavitt stated that Trump had floated the idea during a conversation with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, according to Time. However, Trump had previously insisted that Schumer suggested the renaming as part of a deal to unfreeze federal funding for the Gateway rail tunnel project.
Former NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen reflected on Europe-U.S. relations in an interview with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly ahead of the Munich Security Conference. Rasmussen's comments came amid a backdrop of potential anti-U.S. protests, with Denmark being a surprising location, according to NPR.
Finally, two announcements in the past four months highlighted the importance of managing urban groundwater supplies under climate change, according to Nature News. The article emphasized the crucial and urgent need to preserve water resources under megacities.
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