⭘ 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.
⭘ 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.
⭘ 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.
⭘ 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.
⭘ 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."