The News Roundup

The News Roundup

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It has been a week of ups and downs. Starting Monday, the Dow fell a lot, then rose a little, then fell a lot and generally could not make up its mind. Democrats agreed to a budget bill with no DACA deal — despite Nancy Pelosi’s hours long speech in support of DACA … and President Trump wants a military parade. Internationally, the Winter Olympics have begun, while things in Syria deteriorated even further, with allegations of Russian and Syrian forces using chlorine gas against Syrian civilians. And Poland’s government makes it illegal to blame the Polish for any part of the Holocaust. | Want to support 1A? Subscribe to our podcast and give to your local public radio station at donate.npr.org/1A. Email the show at 1a@wamu.org.