Winter Storm Fern's reported death toll reaches 85 nationwide as Mississippi continues recovery efforts with hundreds of thousands still without power.
House GOP lawmakers barreled through conservative rebellion threats on the Senate's federal funding bill, setting up a vote on final passage on Tuesday afternoon.
Iranian gunboats unsuccessfully attempted to intercept a U.S. oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday before a U.S. Navy vessel intervened, reports say.
President Donald Trump suggested that Republicans should take over voting in 15 states, but Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., rejected the notion.