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MIDDLE EAST | Updates from regional conflicts:

• Israel’s military moved tanks into the occupied West Bank yesterday for the first time since 2002. Israeli officials also said forces should prepare for an extended stay in some West Bank refugee camps and that residents who have recently fled the camps would not be allowed to return. [more]
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that his country’s military forces will continue to occupy parts of southern Syria indefinitely and that Syria’s new army and the insurgent group that led the ouster of former President Bashar Assad would not be allowed in areas south of Damascus. [more]

UKRAINE | Today is day 1096 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Here are your updates:

• More than a dozen international leaders, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, are in Kyiv today to show their continued support for Ukraine and to mark the third anniversary of the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion. [more]
• Russia carried out its largest drone attack of the war yesterday, launching 267 drones at targets across Ukraine, according to officials. [more]
• The U.N. General Assembly is scheduled to vote today on two competing resolutions marking the third anniversary of the Ukraine-Russia war: a Ukrainian, European Union-backed resolution demanding an immediate withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine and a U.S. Trump administration-backed resolution that decries the loss of life in the conflict, but never mentions Russia’s invasion and which has been characterized as a “good move” by Russian U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia. [more]

U.S. GUN VIOLENCE | One police officer was killed, and five other people were injured, Saturday when a man took hostages at UPMC Memorial Hospital in York, Pennsylvania, before being killed in a shootout with police. Authorities say the suspect, 49-year-old Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz, had recent contact with the hospital’s intensive care unit in connection with the care of another person. [more]

U.S. FEDERAL WORKERS | Hundreds of thousands of federal employees received an e-mail from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency over the weekend asking them to detail their accomplishments over the past week, with Musk posting on social media that failing to respond to the request by midnight Monday would be taken as a resignation. Multiple federal agencies, including the FBI, State Department, Homeland Security, and the Defense Department have instructed employees to not comply with the request, citing potential legal issues and agency policies. [more]

U.S. FOREIGN AID | The Trump administration put most employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development on administrative leave over the weekend and notified at least 1,600 employees that there were being fired. The moves follow a court decision Friday that allowed the administration to move forward with its dismantling of the agency's workforce. [more]

U.S. MILITARY | President Donald Trump fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. from his role as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, and said he would nominate retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine to be the next chairman. Responding to an interview question about this and other potential firings, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said, ““We have a very keen eye towards military leadership and their willingness to follow lawful order.” [more]

U.S. POLICING | The Washington Post cites the U.S. Justice Department as confirming that a nationwide database tracking misconduct by federal police officers has been shut down by President Donald Trump. The National Law Enforcement Accountability Database was first proposed by Trump himself following the 2020 police killing of George Floyd and was implemented under the Biden administration. [more]

CALIFORNIA | Gov. Gavin Newsom has reportedly asked Congress to approve nearly $40 billion to assist in recovery efforts from the recent Los Angeles-region wildfires. Reports note that total damage and economic loss from the wildfires has been estimated at more than $250 billion. [more]

GERMANY | Provisional results indicate that the center-right Christian Democratic Union received the most votes in Germany’s national election yesterday. CDU leader Friedrich Merz is set to become the country’s next chancellor, though he will need to work with other parties to form a coalition government. The far-right Alternative for Germany party had the second strongest showing, but is not expected to be part of a coalition government, as other parties, including the CDU, continue their traditional refusal to work with the far right. Commenting on recent U.S. policy shifts, Merz suggested that the administration of President Donald Trump "does not care much about the fate of Europe" and said a stronger Europe needs to "achieve independence from the USA." [more]

JAPAN AND PHILIPPINES | Amidst continuing concerns over longstanding territorial disputes with China in the South and East China Seas, Japan and the Philippines agreed today to increase their defense collaboration and information sharing. [more]

SUDAN | As the country’s civil war approaches its two-year mark, Sudanese government officials say their military has broken a more than year-long siege on the south-central city of Obeid by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. [more]

CRYPTO | Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit said Friday that an online hack of its crypto transfers resulted in the loss of about $1.5 billion worth of digital currency – one of the largest online thefts in history. [more]

SOCCER | The U.S. Women’s National Team defeated Australia, 2-1, yesterday in the SheBelieves Cup tournament. The U.S. women play Japan on Wednesday to determine the tournament winner. [more]

ENTERTAINMENT | “Conclave” won the top movie prize at last night’s 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards. Timothée Chalamet won best actor for his role in “A Complete Unknown,” while Demi Moore won best actress for her leading role in “The Substance.” [full list of winners] [more]

WEEKEND MOVIES | "Captain America: Brave New World" topped the North American box office over the weekend with an estimated $28.2 million in receipts, followed by "The Monkey" and "Paddington in Peru." [more]

TODAY IN HISTORY | On this date in 1803, in its landmark Marbury v. Madison decision, the U.S. Supreme Court established judicial review of the constitutionality of laws and statutes, meaning that American courts have the power to strike down laws and statutes they find to violate the Constitution of the United States. Marbury, which established that the U.S. Constitution is actual law, not just a statement of political principles and ideals, is regarded as the single most important decision in American constitutional law. [more history]