TODAY’S NEWS FLASH:
Political Landscape
U.S. to resume "neighborhood checks" for citizenship applications as part of Trump push to heavily vet immigrants
The Trump administration is reinstating a long-dormant practice of conducting "neighborhood checks" to vet immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship, expanding its efforts to aggressively scrutinize immigration applications, according to a government memo obtained by CBS News.
New FBI deputy director will help Trump ‘weaponize’ bureau, top Democrat says
The Trump administration’s new pick for co-deputy director of the FBI, Andrew Bailey, brings more legal and managerial experience than current Deputy Director Dan Bongino. Bailey, who was resoundingly re-elected as Missouri’s attorney general last fall, says his focus is on “enforcing the laws as written” and “protecting the Constitution.”
Global Impact
Brazil judge orders round-the-clock surveillance of ‘flight risk’ Bolsonaro
Jair Bolsonaro must be under constant police surveillance, a supreme court justice has ruled, to prevent Brazil’s former president from fleeing days before the start of the trial that could see him jailed for more than 40 years.
European and Iranian diplomats fail to agree on how to avoid reimposing U.N. sanctions
Representatives of three European countries threatening to reimpose U.N. sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program failed to agree with their Iranian counterpart on Tuesday on how to avoid the measures days ahead of a deadline, a diplomat said.
Economic Pulse
How firing the Fed's Lisa Cook would be a test of the agency's independence — and Trump's executive power
President Trump is testing his power to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, advancing an unsettled legal debate over the agency's independence.
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Cracker Barrel will go back to old logo after conservative backlash
Uncle Herschel is returning to the Cracker Barrel chair.
Quick Takes
Chrissy Teigen had a total mom moment during her guest appearance on Meghan Markle’s show and had to call in her husband, John Legend, for backup.
Most Americans are simply clueless to this weird scientific fact about your eyes.
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce transformed a garden into a love story by proposing to his girlfriend, Taylor Swift.
A German court on Tuesday convicted a 16-year-old boy of supporting a foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Austria last year.
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