Here are the stories shaping the day:

• The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to block a lower court order restricting the Department of Homeland Security from deporting illegal immigrants to nations other than their home countries.
• Health officials on Tuesday said they’re no longer recommending the COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children and healthy pregnant women.
• The European Union has formally adopted a landmark $170 billion defense financing program aimed at rearming the continent, bolstering its defense industry, and reducing reliance on the United States as the war in Ukraine rages on and questions swirl about America’s future engagement in Europe’s security amid increasing risks in the Pacific posed by communist China.
• 🍵Health: While the physical toll of obesity is well-known, mounting research shows that excess body fat changes the brain, affecting how we think, feel, and understand.

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