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Why this matters:

• Trump is reconsidering whether to move forward with the $1.8 billion fund, a person familiar with his thinking said Monday.
  
  

• The extraordinary standoff comes after Trump announced the fund with no heads up to lawmakers as part of a settlement to resolve his lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns. When word of the settlement broke, the Senate halted progress on legislation to fund Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies.  
  
  

• Senate Republicans want more information from the Trump administration about the future of the fund, which could go to Trump supporters who beat police and attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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• Pentagon bars journalists from its press office, saying it has become a ‘classified space’
  
  
• Pentagon policy illegally banned transgender troops from military service, appeals court panel rules
  
  
• California holds crowded primary in race to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom
  
  
• LA Mayor Karen Bass, acknowledging mistakes, angles for second term in struggling city
  
  
• Sen. Bernie Sanders stands by Graham Platner after controversy over sexually explicit texts
  
  
• Iowa Democrats to settle a tense Senate primary as the party looks to flip GOP seats this fall
  
  
• What to watch in Tuesday’s primaries
  
  
• Colorado elections clerk released from prison after governor commutes sentence
  
  
• US to drastically slash the number of embassies in Africa that can process visas

WORLD NEWS

Israel kills 8 in southern Lebanon, a day after Trump said Israel and Hezbollah would de-escalate

Israeli drone strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed eight people, including a father and his son and daughter, a day after President Donald Trump said Israel and Hezbollah agreed to dial back fighting. Read more.

Why this matters:

• Israeli forces recently made their deepest incursion into Lebanon in more than a quarter-century. Israel threatened on Monday to strike Beirut’s southern suburbs and Hezbollah fired rockets at northern Israel. Iran has demanded an end to the war in Lebanon in its talks with the United States.

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• Rubio to testify before Congress for the first time since the start of the Iran war
  
  
• A Lebanese hospital is in ruins and people flee a Beirut suburb after Israel’s threat, in photos
  
  
• Ultra-Orthodox protesters block roads and trains across Israel over military draft

US NEWS

Young and unemployed? Remote work, not AI, may be the problem, study finds

The rise of remote work since the pandemic has made businesses more reluctant to hire young, inexperienced workers and is the key driver of higher unemployment rates for recent college graduates, a study released Monday has found. Read more.

Why this matters:

• The study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York lands amid widespread concern over the employment prospects of college graduates as artificial intelligence makes inroads into a variety of white-collar jobs. The study concludes that businesses are reluctant to hire new college grads into remote work because it is harder to train and mentor them when they are working remotely.