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1. House passes war powers resolution directing Trump to end hostilities with Iran

   The vote marked a rare bipartisan rebuke of the war, but is mostly symbolic. Democrats have been unable to pass a war powers resolution in the Senate, and even if they could it would likely be vetoed.

2. Senate Republicans start debate on ICE funding package

   The Senate voted along party lines to start debate on a Republican bill to fund immigration enforcement through the end of President Trump's term.

3. Trump strips job protections from 8,000 federal workers

   President Trump signed an executive order that puts some 8,000 high-ranking civil servants into a new category of employees who can be fired for any reason.

4. Trump confirms calling Netanyahu 'crazy,' says they still get along

   The president also acknowledged that he cursed at the Israeli leader in a heated phone call in which he told Benjamin Netanyahu not to bomb the Lebanese capital Beirut.

5. People with cancer or HIV could lose Medicaid under new work rules, advocates say

   Adults on Medicaid will be required to work 80 hours per month. The Trump administration says people who are sick will have to prove they are too sick to work to be exempt from the new work rules.

6. Michael Jackson's shadow of doubt

   A sanded-down biopic about the King of pop and propaganda has resurfaced his music on the charts — along with questions about how his enduring magic became make-believe

7. Firings at CBS' '60 Minutes' reflect the fight for media control in the age of Trump

   The show's new leader says he fired star Scott Pelley for insubordination. Pelley says he was defending the integrity of the show's journalism after three top executives and two reporters were fired.

8. How a single decision made a century ago split a family in half by race

   Pope Leo's Black family roots inspired journalist Susan Saulny to research her Creole great-uncle who moved to Chicago, became white and didn't return. She describes her journey to reunite her family.

9. Greetings from Porto, whose lanes are lined with colorful textiles

   Linen scarves, cotton aprons and dishtowels adorn the entrances to souvenir shops, many of which are run by Bangladeshis whose home country shares Portugal's rich tradition of textile manufacturing.

10. Takeaways from Iowa's primaries. And, DOJ nixes Trump's 'anti-weaponization' fund

    Polls have now closed in six states that held primary elections yesterday. Here are the key takeaways. And, the Justice Department has scrapped plans for Trump's "anti-weaponization" fund.