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1. Trump's counterterrorism strategy makes targeting drug cartels the top priority

   President Trump has signed off on a new U.S. counterterrorism strategy that sets eliminating drug cartels in the Western Hemisphere as the administration's highest priority.

2. Secretary Howard Lutnick is questioned by House lawmakers over his Epstein ties

   Lutnick said last year that he cut ties with Epstein, his former neighbor, in 2005. But the Epstein files indicate that the two kept in contact, including for a 2012 lunch on Epstein's private island.

3. Antisemitism is a campaign issue in UK regional vote

   After a spate of attacks on Jews in Britain, politicians there are accusing each other of antisemitism ahead of local elections.

4. CNN Anchor Christiane Amanpour remembers Ted Turner

   NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with CNN's Christiane Amanpour about broadcaster Ted Turner's legacy.

5. These companies help parents try to pick their babies' traits. Experts are wary

   Prospective parents can now pick embryos based on risk predictions for thousands of diseases and odds for specific traits. But should they?

6. Republicans want to add $1 billion for Trump's ballroom security to ICE funding plan

   Republicans in Congress are proposing $1 billion in funding for security for President Trump's White House ballroom as part of their partisan plan to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

7. Preserving pollinators is good for health -- and income

   Pollinators have economic and health benefits, but those benefits have been difficult to quantify. A new study puts some numbers to how important pollinators are for both nutrition and income.

8. How Silicon Valley's new tech right has profited by aligning with MAGA

   Atlantic writer George Packer discusses how tech venture capitalists, who are heavily invested in AI and cryptocurrency, aligned with Trump and influenced policies related to their own investments.

9. Greetings from a sea village in Indonesia, where Indigenous fishing gets help from mangroves

   As a water taxi rounded a corner at sunset, the village of Torosiaje came into view, with its colorful stilted houses perched over the Molucca Sea.

10. 'A trailblazer, a rabble-rouser, a do-gooder': CNN founder Ted Turner dies at 87

    Turner had a larger-than-life personality, and used it to launch the country's first 24/7 all-news network.