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Mexico's new foreign secretary brings to the post a deep understanding of the U.S., a key skill in the age of Trump. LA Times
VOA VIEW: Liberal media stupidity.
The president and the pope are feuding, and neither is backing down. LA Times
VOA VIEW: The pope will lose.
Parts of the Midwest and the Plains are again in the bull's-eye of an expansive severe weather threat that covers more than 130 million people from Texas to New York. New York Post
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The state and city have been stonewalling the feds' enforcement actions by refusing to share information and rarely honoring immigration detainers, forcing local law enforcement "to release criminal alien offenders back into the very communities they have already victimized," the federal suit alleged. New York Post
VOA VIEW: Dems are putting Americans in jeopardy.
After the chaos and death that ensued during the deportation raids in Minneapolis, Stephen Miller, the architect of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign, is changing course on immigration New York Times
The woman said Mr. Swalwell, who resigned from Congress on Tuesday afternoon, raped her in a West Hollywood hotel room in 2018. She said she believed she was drugged. New York Times
VOA VIEW: Swalwell is a fool.
As the war in Iran extends into its seventh week and a truce feels increasingly shaky, many Americans expressed bewilderment about a conflict that came with little warning. New York Times
VOA VIEW: Forty-seven years of warnings.
A new study finds that an AI "therapist" named Kai helped college students struggling with anxiety and depression -- but psychologists remain skeptical. Washington Times
A federal judge blasted the press on Tuesday for sacrificing accuracy at the hands of speed, saying journalists are delivering "predictably inaccurate" coverage of court action. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: The liberal media is very careless.
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A landmark federal appeals court ruling last week struck down the 158-year-old ban on home distilling -- but for the millions of hobbyists eager to set up a still, the path forward is more complicated than the headlines suggest. Washington Times
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck a rural part of Nevada east of the state's capital of Carson City on Monday. Washington Times
A major U.S. Postal Service union is launching a national TV ad campaign promoting voting by mail, stepping into a politically charged debate as skepticism about mail-in ballots has been raised by President Donald Trump and others. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: Mail in Ballots are not good.
The Miss America organization emphasized that entrants must be female to compete in the nation's most famous pageant, updating its eligibility language on sex after being accused of opening the door to male contestants. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: As they should.
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Yom HaShoah, the annual Jewish day of remembrance for the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust, begins Monday evening and continues through Tuesday. Yet Holocaust education laws remain uneven across the United States: 29 states require such instruction in public schools, six encourage it but do not require it, and nine have no Holocaust education legislation of any kind. Washington Times
An Army veteran accused of revealing classified information about an elite commando unit - members' names, tactics and a unit alias among them - to a journalist and on social media will be released awaiting a possible trial, a judge ruled Monday. Washington Times
A man linked to white supremacist movements pleaded guilty on Monday to setting a fire that destroyed an office at a historic social justice center in Tennessee, a court document shows. Washington Times
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A Minnesota county is investigating the arrest of a Hmong American man by federal officers that was captured on video as a potential case of kidnapping, burglary and false imprisonment, officials announced Monday. Washington Times
A Los Angeles Unified School District strike has been avoided and schools are open Tuesday after the district and the Service Employees International Union reached an agreement. CBS
The report claims the Justice Department under Merrick Garland "violated the rights of Americans" by only applying the law to support those in support of abortion rights, not those who worked at anti-abortion rights facilities. CBS
The Department of Homeland Security has ordered thousands of furloughed employees back to work, even as the agency technically remains shut down and unfunded by Congress. CBS
VOA VIEW: The Dems created a costly mess.
President Trump invited DoorDash delivery worker Sharon Simmons to talk about his "no tax on tips" policy. CBS
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The cost of ground beef in the U.S. has soared in recent years and is forecast to jump even further in 2026. CBS
VOA VIEW: Things are tight.
Kevin Warsh, nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, detailed his holdings in newly released financial disclosures. CNBC
U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Monday that the next steps in U.S.-Iran peace efforts now depend on Tehran. CNBC
VOA VIEW: There is no benefit to talk to Iran.
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Republicans are trying to defend a razor-thin majority in the House and are running on tax policies passed last year. CNBC
Revolution Medicines' drug for pancreatic cancer succeeded in a highly anticipated Phase 3 trial, the company said. CNBC
A social media-organized teen takeover erupted in downtown Detroit Saturday, with a reported gunshot and multiple detentions raising safety concerns. FOX News
The U.S. military killed two men believed to be cartel operatives in the Eastern Pacific as part of broader efforts to disrupt narcotics trafficking. FOX News
A 49-year-old Mexican man who died in federal immigration custody on Saturday is the 16th migrant to die in ICE custody so far this year. UPI
U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, said he will resign his seat in Congress after admitting that he had an affair with an aide who died by suicide. UPI
Cuba's fuel shortages are disrupting the distribution of humanitarian aid managed by the Catholic Church and international organizations. UPI
Authorities in the Bahamas have released the 58-year-old American man detained last week in the investigation into missing American Lynette Hooker. UPI
A 20-year-old Texas man who police arrested after a Molotov cocktail was throw at that San Francisco home oof OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was charged Monday. UPI
The U.S. Navy has begun its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, not allowing any ships to or from Iranian ports. Both sides trade threats. UPI
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President Trump's first four years in the White House brought about significant changes to the federal judiciary and the Supreme Court, shifting it rightward.
But the president's second term could yield less of an impact on the federal bench, as a confluence of factors — fewer vacancies, a slower pace of retirements and the results of the upcoming midterm elections — are likely to slow the judicial machine that churned out more than 200 judges in Mr. Trump's first term. Liberal stupidity.
The Senate has so far confirmed 33 of Mr. Trump's nominees to the federal bench: six to the courts of appeals and 27 to the district courts. While that surpasses the 24 judges who were appointed in the first 13 months of the president's first term, those picks included one Supreme Court justice and 13 judges named to the courts of appeals.
There are 37 current vacancies on the nation's trial courts, and another six seats are set to open up in the coming months. There are also four future vacancies on the appeals courts. Of the 47 vacancies, current and future, Mr. Trump has announced just 12 nominees.
"Getting good judges on the courts was a very high priority in the first administration. I don't think it's as high a priority in this administration for three reasons: One, there just aren't as many seats available. Two, they succeeded so much the first time around, especially with the Supreme Court, that there's not that much more room for success.
And three, they are trying to do so much through executive action. That's clearly been the focus now," Ed Whelan, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center who is a leading commentator on judicial nominations, told CBS News. "I don't think that the vacancies are getting the same level of attention that they got the first time around."
