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Trump picks Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro as Washington DC prosecutor  BBC Trump Names Jeanine Pirro, Fox News Host, as Interim U.S. Attorney for D.C.  The New York Times Trump picks Fox News host after Tillis’ opposition ends Ed Martin’s nomination  Raleigh News &

India and Pakistan trade attacks amid risk of war between nuclear states  NPR India, Pakistan accuse each other of attacks as hostilities rise  Reuters India and Pakistan: The first drone war between nuclear-armed neighbours  BBC India-Pakistan Live: Tensions surge as both sides trade

Trump names Fox News host and former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC – as it happened  The Guardian

Conclaves are famously unpredictable affairs – and once again the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the new pope caught many by surprise.

Pope Leo’s relationship with the ascendant Catholic right in the U.S. could be a prominent issue in his papacy.

The U.S.-U.K. deal shows the trade war is here to stay  Axios U.S. and U.K. Unveil Framework for Trade Deal  WSJ US-UK trade deal squeezes China supply chains  Financial Times Britain’s Roller-Coaster Ride to a Trade Deal With Trump  The New York Times Detroit

Casey Means, Trump’s new pick for surgeon general, faces pushback  NPR Asked about his new surgeon general nominee, Trump says, ‘I don’t know her’  MSNBC News Trump Taps Wellness Influencer Casey Means For Surgeon General  U.S. News & World Report The MAHA Takeover

A fight over Medicaid cuts is threatening GOP plans for Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’  NPR A Budget Built on Illusion  The Atlantic Proposed Medicaid Cuts Put Vulnerable Republicans in a Political Bind  The New York Times Ways and Means chair to huddle with

It can be hard to pick a good karaoke song. You want it to be something you know well enough to pull off onstage, but also something you actually like. Here’s how to narrow down your options.

A federal court says Alabama can’t use a congressional map it found unconstitutional. The ruling comes in a voting rights case that resulted in the state getting a second Black member of Congress. (Image credit: J. Scott Applewhite)