With foot traffic down and fewer international visitors, local vendors and storefronts are citing less business compared to last summer. It's because L.A. isn't the traveling destination it once was. LA Times

VOA VIEW: Bad news.

Mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani fired on ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s “record of broken promises” Monday — zeroing in on his second-place foe after Eric Adams announced he was dropping out of the race. New York Post

VOA VIEW: Cuomo is no prize, but better than Mamdani.

The Zaporizhzhia site in southeastern Ukraine has lacked external power to cool its reactors for five days. Kyiv says Moscow has manufactured the crisis. New York Times

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The man admitted to killing and consuming two of the birds over a feud with a neighbor who was feeding them, according to an affidavit. New York Times

President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday amid U.S. efforts to broker an end to the conflict in Gaza. OANN

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a $625 million investment aimed at revitalizing the U.S. coal industry. This initiative is part of the Trump administration's broader strategy to bolster energy production and support coal communities nationwide. OANN

VOA VIEW: Good!

House Republican leaders urged their members to stay united ahead of a looming government shutdown, telling colleagues on a Monday conference call that their strategy is to push Senate Democrats into accepting a clean short-term continuing resolution to keep federal agencies funded. OANN

VOA VIEW: Good.

President Donald Trump announced that all foreign-made movies will face a 100% tariff, arguing that the industry has been “stolen from the United States.” OANN

VOA VIEW: As he should.

Vice President JD Vance announced that the United States is currently considering providing Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles, just days after President Donald Trump suggested that Kyiv could “WIN all of Ukraine back.” OANN

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The Trump administration said Monday it will open 13 million acres of federal lands for coal mining and provide $625 million to recommission or modernize coal-fired power plants as President Donald Trump continues his efforts to reverse the year-long decline in the U.S. coal industry. Washington Times

VOA VIEW: Good.

Justice Clarence Thomas defended the Supreme Court's overturning precedent in a recent appearance at Catholic University Law School. Washington Times

Iowa officials have revoked the education license of Ian Andre Roberts, an illegal immigrant from Guyana who managed to become school superintendent in Des Moines, the state's largest education system. Washington Times

Airplane maintenance workers at a North Carolina airport found the body of a suspected stowaway in the landing gear compartment of an American Airlines flight that had recently arrived from Europe, police said. Washington Times

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Tropical Storm Imelda formed Sunday and is expected to become a hurricane off the U.S. East Coast early next week. Washington Times

The top four leaders in Congress are set to meet with President Trump at the White House on Monday afternoon as Washington barrels toward a 2025 shutdown. CBS

State Attorney General Dan Rayfield said Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth sent a memo to Gov. Tina Kotek authorizing 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to the city of Portland. CBS

VOA VIEW: Too bad.

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Hurricane Humberto's swells will probably cause "life-threatening surf and rip current conditions," the National Hurricane Center warned. CBS

The case underscores Washington's intensified targeting of Mexican cartels and marks an expansion in the way U.S. counterterrorism policy is applied. CBS

VOA VIEW: Good!

America's farmers are caught in a crisis between a combination of high operating costs, low commodity prices and lost markets. CBS

VOA VIEW: Liberal media stupidity.

Trump has repeatedly criticized Powell for his cautious approach to cutting interest rates, nicknaming him "Too Late Powell." CNBC

Vice President JD Vance weighed in on the president's recent executive order regarding the acquisition of TikTok on "Fox News Sunday." CNBC

VOA VIEW: Still questionable.

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Ex-Marine Thomas Jacob Sanford allegedly killed four people and wounded eight in a Grand Blanc Township church shooting before being killed by police. FOX News

Scott Kimball pleaded guilty to four murders while working as an FBI informant and was sentenced to 70 years in prison in 2009 for his crimes in Colorado. FOX News

Chancellor Tedd L. Mitchell mandates Texas Tech employees follow new requirements recognizing two sexes amid President Donald Trump and Gov. Greg Abbott directives. FOX News

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss a possible cease-fire in the war in Gaza. UPI

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced the release of a U.S. citizen who was considered wrongly detained in Afghanistan. UPI

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday condemned a "vile" Russian airstrike that lasted more than 12 hours overnight Saturday, killing at least four people in Kyiv. UPI

VOA VIEW: Russia is closing all it's options.

Rudy Giuliani has settled with Dominion Voting Systems, which had filed a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against him for 2020 election fraud allegations. UPI

A decade after they were lifted, economic and military sanctions were reimposed on Iran Sunday over its nuclear program. UPI

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