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⭘ The State Department said in a notice that it is launching a "visa bond pilot program" that aims to curb overstays for visitors who come to the U.S. for business or tourism.

⭘ US state department has plans to issue bonds for some tourism and business visas, according to a federal notice

⭘ Dozens of Texas Democrats left the state to protest a redistricting map, facing potentially steep consequences. Lawmaker walkouts have had mixed success in the past — so what is there to gain?

⬤ New York's governor welcomed state legislators who fled Texas to thwart a Republican gerrymander but said she would try to draft one of her own to bolster Democrats.

⭘ Texas Democrats arrived in New York and Chicago on Monday to prevent a redistricting vote while Gov. Kathy Hochul promises to pursue similar tactics.

⭘ President Donald Trump is pushing a comprehensive "all or nothing" ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that would see the end of hostilities and all the hostages returned, his Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, told hostage families over the weekend.

⭘ Ilay David says the Hamas video showing his brother Evyatar emaciated and weak is a "new form of cruelty" that has left his parents shattered.

⬤ Israel's leader is now pushing for an "all or nothing" deal with Hamas. He has not made the compromises needed to make it happen.

⭘ The weakness in job growth points to an economy that may be slowing even more than some of the traditional metrics are showing.

⬤ President Trump is using an "Art of the Deal" approach to get other nations to hand over cash to lower their tariffs.

⭘ President Donald Trump last month announced a trade deal with the EU that included 15% tariffs on most European goods to the U.S.

⭘ When Hamas captors released a video of Israeli hostage Evyatar David, he was so emaciated that his father did not recognize his voice, David's brother said.

⭘ It comes amid reports that PM Netanyahu is pushing to expand Israel's military operations in Gaza.

⭘ Daniel Savala urged generations of Chi Alpha students to get naked in his Houston sauna. Now some say the Assemblies of God campus ministry didn't do enough to stop him from abusing children.

⭘ Some 3,200 Boeing workers who build fighter jets in St. Louis, another Missouri site and one in Illinois are on strike, their union says.

⭘ More than 700 active wildfires burning across Canada and about two-thirds are currently out-of-control

⭘ A sea star wasting disease​ sparked a mass die-off from Mexico to Alaska, devastating more than 20 species and continuing today.

⭘ Sen. Elizabeth Warren clashed with CNBC's David Faber on Monday over Zohran Mamdani's policy ideas and raising taxes in New York City in a heated debate.

⬤ Zohran Mamdani won over Jewish voters in New York City who were energized by his economic agenda and unbothered by — or sympathetic to — his views on Israel and Gaza.

⬤ Goodbye to the age of consumer websites and mobile apps. Artificial intelligence has ushered in an era of what insiders in the nation's innovation capital call "hard tech."

⭘ Halo, the world's thinnest open-source AI glasses, packs more intelligence and capability than any other smartglasses that have come before it.