The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries.

• The State Department has revoked the green cards of relatives of slain Iranian general Qassem Soleimani
• The group that led the effort to name a major Austin street after Cesar Chavez is now calling for the name to be reversed back to First Street
• The Texas Board of Education will debate the latest changes to the K-12 social studies curriculum

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The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries.

• President Trump has issued a new deadline of Tuesday evening for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, threatening to strike power plants and bridges if the waterway remains unlocked
• New data shows that over 274,000 students have applied for Texas' new taxpayer funded school choice program as the initial deadline closed
• The City of Austin is getting set to move ahead with plans to change the name of Cesar Chavez Street

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The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries.

• President Trump has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi, appointing Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to fill the role temporarily
• Four Del Valle students are accused of kidnapping and torturing another classmate
• A 19 year-old is accused of selling firearms on Instagram to multiple students in the Austin school district

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The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries.

• In a prime-time speech, President Trump claimed U.S. strikes have decimated Iran militarily and economically, signaling the conflict (now in its fifth week) is close to ending
• Justices heard arguments on the administration’s push to reinterpret the 14th Amendment and limit automatic citizenship for children of non-citizens

• Hays County is one of the counties across the state still finalizing its plans to enter an agreement with immigration and customs enforcement as required by a new state law in Texas

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• President Trump has told reporters that the war in Iran could wrap up in two to three weeks even without a formal nuclear agreement
• The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 against a Colorado law banning so-called "conversion therapy" for minors
• Starting today Texas SNAP recipients can no longer use their Lone Star cards to buy candy, gum or sweetened drinks

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• President Trump has threatened to "obliterate" Iran's energy infrastructure if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened. Recent strikes have hit an oil refinery in Israel and a US air base in Saudi Arabia, injuring service members
• After a 44-day wait during a partial Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown, TSA officers have finally begun receiving retroactive paychecks
• The Austin ISD has sent a letter to families this week informing them that Blackshear Elementary school will be closing for good

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• Austin and other major cities across the country saw people gather for another "No Kings Protest", rallying against ICE and other Trump administration policies
• The trial over a lack of air conditioning in Texas prisons will start today in Austin
• Federal agents have busted a Houston-area man and several others for recruiting children into an extremist child pornography cult

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• In a rare overnight session, the Senate unanimously moved to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, but immigration enforcement components like ICE remain unfunded
• Trump delayed potential U.S. strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure for another 10 days while warning Tehran to "get serious" in negotiations "before it is too late"
• Austin has approved a Homeless Strategies and Operations Strategic Plan for 2025-2027 as well as the purchase of a new property for Austin Resource Recovery

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• A man in Bastrop was arrested after allegedly shooting at cars with an AR-15 rifle
• Austin city leaders hosted the first of a series of discussions over Austin's budget for the next fiscal year, giving the public a chance to voice what they want prioritized
• President Trump spoke at an annual fundraiser for the National Republican Congressional Committee at Washington's Union Station

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• President Trump claims the U.S. is in "productive" negotiations with a "most respected" figure in Iran to end the 26-day war. However, Iran's military has dismissed these claims, calling them "negotiating with itself" and vowing to continue fighting
• The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) remains in a six-week partial government shutdown, though a potential breakthrough in funding negotiations is emerging in the Senate
• Investigation into the Sunday night collision at LaGuardia Airport between an Air Canada Express jet and a Port Authority fire truck has revealed a series of technical and procedural failures

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