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More than a thousand people recently gathered on frozen Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisc., for a celebration of winter. But a changing climate is affecting life above the ice.

The House Ethics Committee has found evidence that Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick violated House rules. This comes after the panel held a rare public hearing to review investigations into allegations against the Florida Democrat.

The House voted to approve a stop-gap bill to fund DHS through May 22, Late Friday. This came after House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., called the earlier Senate vote to fund much of DHS "a joke."

The Bush-era tax cuts expire at the end of the year, along with the payroll tax break; the nation's borrowing authority bumps against its limit; and huge mandatory spending cuts — half targeting defense — are set to kick in. All this could trigger another recession, but Congress is unlikely to do much about it until after November's election.

Natasha Trethewey is a two-time U.S. Poet Laureate and a Pulitzer Prize winner. Now she's written a memoir about her mother. She talks to NPR's Sarah McCammon about Memorial Drive.

Pittsburgh producer INEZ works with young musician Na'Chelle Simone on a song for radio WYEP's Reimagination program.

Israel has agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon, part of a complex web of Mideast negotiations, from Iran to Gaza.

At a concert in Budapest, musicians and concertgoers express criticism of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's leadership.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer asks University of Texas at Austin energy researcher Jorge Pinon about the economic and political implications of Cuba's reliance on Venezuelan oil.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Paris Jackson - yes, THAT Paris Jackson, daughter of the late Michael - about her debut album, Wilted.