House Speaker Mike Johnson won a dramatic vote to keep the gavel. Security barriers are at the center of an investigation into the suspected terror attack in New Orleans. A major winter storm will bring snow, ice and rain to millions in the US this weekend. President Joe Biden blocked Japan’s Nippon Steel from acquiring US Steel. Plus, the US Surgeon General is sounding the alarm about the link between alcohol and cancer.

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