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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly endangered U.S. troops when he posted details about a U.S. military operation in Yemen into a group chat on the messaging app Signal this past March, according to news accounts of a Pentagon inspector general report. The chat became public when a journalist was accidentally added. Mr. Hegseth reportedly refused to be interviewed by the inspector general but provided a short written statement. The findings are to be published today.

Immigration enforcement will surge in New Orleans, the Department of Homeland Security announced yesterday. 鈥淥peration Catahoula Crunch,鈥� named for Louisiana鈥檚 state dog, is the latest targeting of unauthorized immigrants in Democrat-run cities. The Trump administration says the crackdowns are necessary given 鈥渟anctuary policies鈥� limiting local aid to federal immigration authorities. Critics have decried violent arrests by masked federal agents in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Charlotte. U.S. citizens have at times been detained.

Israel said it will open Gaza鈥檚 Rafah crossing聽into Egypt for Palestinians to leave, but not for entry into the Strip. A government spokesperson reportedly said the crossing would open in both directions when the remains of the last two hostages believed to be in聽Gaza聽are returned. Hamas handed over one of the bodies yesterday, which Israel identified as a Thai agricultural worker. Israel has returned the remains of 345 deceased Palestinians under the fragile聽peace deal聽with Hamas.

The European Commission advanced a plan to fund Ukraine using a loan backed by frozen Russian state assets. That鈥檚 despite opposition from Belgium, where most of the Russian funds are held. Some analysts say the proposal could amount to confiscation and violate international law. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the 鈧�90 billion ($105 billion) plan would help Ukraine engage in ongoing peace talks 鈥渇rom a position of strength.鈥�

The scientific journal Nature retracted a widely cited study that said climate change is on track to slash more than 60% of economic output by 2100, after economists found one outlier had skewed the results. Removing problematic data from Uzbekistan, the economic losses would amount to 23% of output, closer to previous studies. Some researchers are pushing for studies to consider specific, real-world questions, rather than make long-term predictions.

West Virginia reinstated a school vaccine mandate after the state鈥檚 Supreme Court paused a lower court ruling allowing religious exemptions. One mother had filed a lawsuit in June arguing that the state鈥檚 vaccine mandate violates religious freedom. In recent years, Maine, New York, and Connecticut have also barred families from citing religious beliefs to opt out of vaccines. Two Massachusetts bills propose doing the same. Nearly 30 states and Washington, D.C., allow religious exemptions.

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For political opponents to find common ground on immigration matters seems rare. Yet, in Arizona, a progressive activist and a Republican district party chair are uniting around a detained woman who has been a positive force in her community.

It may look like business as usual when Vladimir Putin and Narendra Modi meet in Delhi this week, but the Russian and Indian leaders are under pressure to show they won鈥檛 be swayed聽by Donald Trump.

When it comes to religious tolerance, this town in Senegal goes beyond 鈥渓ive and let live.鈥� Here, people of different faiths find strength in their diversity.

Legends get frozen in time in collective memory. But they were people first, scholar聽Bobby Donaldson points out. He tells Ken Makin: 鈥淭here was very little in 1908 in Baltimore that would鈥檝e predicted that Thurgood Marshall would be the first African American member of the Supreme Court.鈥�

In this roundup of cookbooks, authors like Jacques P茅pin and Samin Nosrat share how their personal creative processes in the kitchen can have a harmonizing, restorative effect.

Immigration 鈥� both legal and illegal 鈥� is a hot topic in Western nations. Governments are taking measures to restrict the flow. And citizens are debating how to maintain a national identity while integrating those bringing different cultures and values.

In the United States, the issue has gone from boil to broil in the wake of two recent events 鈥� the shooting of two National Guard members (one of whom has died) and revelations of large-scale fraud in the use of Minnesota鈥檚 pandemic relief funds.

The alleged perpetrators are from communities made up largely of legal immigrants: An Afghan national, who served alongside American troops, has been charged in the shootings, and the large majority of those arrested in the fraud case have Somali roots.

President Donald Trump has now halted all immigration requests from Afghanistan (and 18 other countries) and ordered a reexamination of 鈥渆very single鈥� Afghan allowed into the U.S. since its 2021 military withdrawal. He also called for immigration raids in Minneapolis, using derogatory language about Somalis.

Pursuing justice and controlling immigration are a government鈥檚 rightful prerogatives. It is also not unreasonable, as The Washington Post wrote, 鈥渢o expect new arrivals to be enthusiastic about their adopted country,鈥� adding, 鈥淎nd the reality is that most are.鈥�

鈥淎merican society and ... Minnesota have been extremely good to Somalis,鈥� a Somali American professor told The New York Times. Many who fled their country鈥檚 civil war and corruption, he noted, had learned to survive through illegal means. Now, the illegal actions of some burden the entire community, another Somali American told the Times, making 鈥渋t easier for people already inclined to reject us to double down.鈥�

As with Somalis, thousands of Afghan immigrants are also building lives and community connections around the country. 鈥淚t would be a shame if this single act of betrayal [the National Guard ambush] became the excuse for deporting all Afghan refugees in the U.S.,鈥� The Wall Street Journal wrote.

To thrive, democracy requires trust and respect for individual dignity and cultural contributions. As more people avoid collective condemnation or assigning of guilt by association, that will help uphold calm and reasoned action. Just a few days after 9/11, then-President George W. Bush visited a mosque and urged Americans not to avenge the attacks by lashing out at innocent Arabs and Muslims. After the 2015 Charlie Hebdo magazine killings in Paris, France鈥檚 president voiced similar sentiments, as did the British prime minister last year after three girls were killed by a young man of Rwandan ancestry.

Will something similar now occur in the U.S. to prevent collective punishment of all Afghans and Somalis living here? If so, standing up for this simple justice would make America safer.