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Hot off the presses: The president's budget proposal for fiscal 2021 at the Government Publishing Office. The election year proposals are unlikely to gain traction in the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives.

Trump To Again Propose Slashing Foreign Aid In Budget

President Trump is expected to propose steep cuts to foreign aid and other programs in his budget for fiscal 2021. The blueprint is expected to be declared dead-on-arrival in Congress.

Rising temperatures in Alaska are melting permafrost, widening rivers and eroding homes in the remote village of Newtok, where about a third of residents relocated to higher ground last year.

Climate Change Complicates Counting Some Alaska Native Villages For Census

Rising temperatures are speeding up erosion in some Alaska Native villages and making traveling on ice roads more dangerous, threatening the Census Bureau's plans for an accurate count.

Armed Special Forces soldiers of the Salvadoran Army, following orders of President Nayib Bukele, enter congress in San Salvador, El Salvador, on Sunday. Bukele has called on supporters to converge around the country's parliament after legislators refused to gather to vote on a $109 million loan to better equip the country's security forces.

Troops Occupy El Salvador's Legislature To Back President's Crime Package

Police and army soldiers, carrying rifles and dressed in battle fatigues, entered the building to show support for President Nayib Bukele's $109 million loan plan to better equip them.

British Airways Flight 112 flew from New York to London in under five hours, setting a new record.

British Airways Sets Record, New York to London In Under 5 Hours

Propelled by the jet stream, Flight BA112 topped a ground speed of 800 mph, by one expert's estimate. It traveled from New York's JFK to London's Heathrow in 4 hours, 56 minutes overnight Saturday.

Global Entry Trusted Traveler Network kiosks at Dulles Airport in Virginia. The Department of Homeland Security says it will no longer allow New York residents to enroll in trusted travelers programs.

New York State To Sue Trump Administration Over Trusted Traveler Restrictions

Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to challenge Homeland Security's attempt to suspend enrollment in Global Entry and other trusted traveler programs for New Yorkers over access to state motor vehicle records.

Bernie Madoff, shown here arriving at a court session in 2009, is currently being held at FMC Butner, a federal prison in North Carolina.

Wall Street Financier Seeks Early Release Because He Has 'Less Than 18 Months' To Live

A lawyer says Madoff, who is serving a 150-year sentence, suffers from terminal kidney failure. The Federal Bureau of Prisons denied a similar request for release last year.

The quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship has 65 new cases of coronavirus, Japanese officials announced Monday. Here, passengers with ocean-facing rooms stand on their balconies as the ship sits at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, Japan.

65 More Coronavirus Cases On Diamond Princess Cruise Ship Stuck In Japan

The new cases include 45 Japanese and 11 Americans, as well as smaller numbers of people from Australia, Canada, England, the Philippines and Ukraine.

President Trump meets with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (center) and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at the White House on June 19, 2017. The Pentagon has selected Microsoft for a $10 billion cloud computing contract also sought by Amazon.

Amazon Wants Trump To Testify About Military Contract Awarded To Microsoft

Amazon accuses the president of interfering in the process over a personal rift with CEO Jeff Bezos. Microsoft won the Pentagon's $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract after months of controversy.

Attorney General William Barr at a news conference on Monday at the Justice Department.

Barr: 'Door Is Open' To Giuliani Tips On Ukraine, Though They'd Be Scrutinized

The attorney general tried to mollify President Trump and Republicans by suggesting he'd be receptive to a briefing by Rudy Giuliani — but said everything that comes in must be scrubbed well.

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, German Chancellor Angela Merkel's designated successor, says she will quit her role as head of the Germany's strongest party in summer and won't stand for the chancellorship.

Merkel's Succession Plan Falls Apart As Her Protégée Bows Out

"I regard this decision with great respect, though I greatly regret it," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said after Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer announced that she won't run for chancellor.

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