ABCNEWS - Blanche meets with 2 key Republican senators ahead of confirmation vote
GOP Sens. Cassidy and Murkowski met with acting AG Blanche as they weigh whether to support his nomination to serve as attorney general, sources told ABC News.
STRIPES (Alison Bath) - More than a dozen US military members displaced by recent Naples-area earthquake | Stars and Stripes
More than a dozen members of the U.S. military community in Naples have been put out of their homes by a damaging earthquake that struck the region.
STRIPES - From the archives: Female aviators of WWII honored, 2010 | Stars and Stripes
Three aviators who served in the Women Airforce Service Pilots program during WWII are reunited at Arlington National Cemetery’s Women’s Memorial.
STRIPES (Jennifer H. Svan) - Hegseth disputes reports of depleted US missile interceptor stocks | Stars and Stripes
The U.S. has used nearly 80% of its THAAD missile stockpile and about half of its Patriot missiles since the war with Iran began, CNN reported.
STRIPES (Lydia Gordon) - Sew long, farewell: 43-year creator of Blue Angels flight suits supplanted by new contract | Stars and Stripes
The Blue Angels ended a 43-year partnership with Florida tailor Sewing Box, awarding a $1.69M uniform contract to Aquila, raising design-rights questions.
STRIPES (Alejandro Carrasquel) - Osan gate-crashers were student activists protesting US role in Korean semiconductor project | Stars and Stripes
Student activists breached Osan Air Base to protest perceived U.S. interference in a semiconductor project, prompting a security response and police investigation.
STRIPES (Matthew M. Burke) - Veterans’ disability payments limiting access to public assistance programs, report finds | Stars and Stripes
A think tank recommended that policymakers consider whether Veterans Affairs disability income should count toward eligibility for government aid.
NYTIMES (Apoorva Mandavilli) - Senate Confirms Dr. Erica Schwartz as C.D.C. Director
Dr. Schwartz, a deputy surgeon general in the first Trump administration, has publicly supported childhood vaccines.
NYTIMES (Eduardo Medina) - Scandal Leaves North Carolina G.O.P. With No Candidate and Little Time
Representative Chuck Edwards’s decision to drop his re-election bid amid sexual harassment charges came as a Democratic farmer, Jamie Ager, was already making inroads.
NYTIMES (Bayliss Wagner) - Trump-Backed Michigan Candidate Loses Primary to Rival Who Suspended His Campaign
Without running a single ad or filing a campaign finance report, Tom Smith, who had suspended his bid, soundly defeated Amir Hassan, a Navy veteran backed by President Trump.