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AXIOS (Brittany Gibson) - Scoop: ICE detention numbers slip

ICE has empty detention bed space and the average daily number of detainees has slid to 58,000, Axios has learned from two sources familiar with the data. Why it matters: ICE went on a $38 billion buying spree to rapidly expand the number of available beds. But after its detention population more than doubled in President Trump's first year in office, the numbers have gone in the other direction. - Trump backed off aggressive city-wide enforcement strategies following the killing of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis, and the detention population — and therefore the number of arrests — dipped. - Agency data shows ICE reached a peak of nearly 72,000 migrants in custody in January. - ICE hasn't released official detention statistics…

NPR (Mary Louise Kelly) - Trump says he has canceled planned strikes on Iran and peace deal is near — again

President Trump has canceled planned strikes in Iran, claiming, once again, that a peace deal is near. This is just the latest salvo in a series of whiplash proclamations when it comes to the U.S.-Israel-led war in Iran.