NYTIMES (Emiliano Rodríguez Mega) - Costa Rica Agrees to Take Migrants Deported by the Trump Administration
The agreement is part of President Trump’s efforts to find governments willing to accept people who have been detained in the United States.
NYTIMES (Motoko Rich) - Italy’s Meloni Seemed Unbeatable. A Referendum Defeat Has Dented Her Aura.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had led one of Italy’s most stable postwar governments. Now she’s under pressure after failing to convince Italians to back a judicial overhaul.
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NYTIMES (Jeffrey Toobin) - The One Question Trump’s Judicial Picks Refuse to Answer
“Who won the 2020 election?” is the question that Trump’s nominees to the federal bench each refuse to answer in the same exact way.
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NYTIMES (David E. Sanger, Coleman Lowndes, Laura Salaberry, Nikolay Nikolov, Rafaela Balster, Alexandra Ostasiewicz and Whitney Shefte) - Why President Trump Has a Big Oil Problem
Our national security correspondent David E. Sanger looks at President Trump’s trouble handling retaliatory attacks by Iran that have largely choked off the Strait of Hormuz.
ABCNEWS - WATCH: Passengers stuck in mid-air as carnival ride stalls in Texas
A woman captured the moment her husband and other passengers got stuck for about 10 minutes when a ride appeared to malfunction at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
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WASHINGTONPOST (Salvador Rizzo, Andrew Ackerman) - Prosecutor admits government lacks evidence of misconduct by Fed chair
The admission during a closed-door hearing undercuts President Donald Trump’s claims of “criminality” in the central bank’s $2.5 billion office renovations.
NPR (Jaclyn Diaz) - Senate confirms Trump's pick for new role of fraud enforcement at Justice Department
The confirmation comes just days after the White House announced details of its own task force to pursue fraud in government programs.
WASHINGTONPOST (Julian Mark) - Justices seem inclined to revive Trump policy blocking migrants at border
The Supreme Court weighed a policy that would allow agents at U.S. borders to block migrants from entering the country to seek asylum.
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NPR (Daniel Estrin) - The Israeli military wants several more weeks to fight Iran war, officials say
The Israeli military estimates it would need several more weeks of fighting to complete its war goals in Iran, at a time when President Trump says the U.S. is negotiating an end to the war.
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NYTIMES (David C. Adams and Patricia Mazzei) - Marco Rubio Testifies in Corruption Trial Against Former U.S. Rep. David Rivera
To much ado, the secretary of state took the stand against David Rivera, a former congressman accused of secretly lobbying on behalf of the Venezuelan government.
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