On today's episode:

• DHS plans to deploy 250 border agents to Louisiana in major immigration sweep, AP sources say.
• Congress acts swiftly to force release of Epstein files, and Trump agrees to sign bill.
• Poland to shut Russia's last consulate in the country after railway sabotage.
• Sharp disagreements over economy threaten Federal Reserve interest rate cut.
• Fear spreads as federal immigration crackdown in North Carolina expands to Raleigh.
• Federal judges block Texas from using its new US House map in the 2026 midterms.
• After years away from Washington, Saudi crown prince gets warm embrace from Trump, US business.
• Tennessee judge blocks Trump's use of National Guard in Memphis but gives time for government appeal.
• Judge approves opioid settlement for Purdue Pharma and Sackler family members who own the company.
• Texas governor declares Muslim civil rights group a terrorist organization.
• Stocks drop after another jarring day as worries about too-high prices keep dogging Nvidia, bitcoin.
• After years away from Washington, Saudi crown prince gets warm embrace from Trump, US business.
• The Pistons win again to improve to 13-2, a record-setting season debut for the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, the top three stay the same in the latest CFP rankings, a four-time NFL MVP quarterback could play through an injury while another QB remains sidelined and a trade in baseball.
• Cowboys will try to keep winning for Kneeland; mental health in the NFL.
• Commissioner Jim Phillips says ACC freed to focus on future with legal fight resolved.
• Russian aerial attacks target multiple Ukraine regions.
• Israeli airstrike on a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon kills 13 people, Lebanese ministry says.
• 1 Israeli killed and 3 wounded in West Bank attack as UN approves Trump's Gaza plan.

—The Associated Press

About this program

Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.

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