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Former US president Donald Trump says "law-abiding citizens" should be allowed the firearms they need, to defend themselves against "evil" to members of the National Rifle Association, rejecting calls for tightened gun controls following the Texas school massacre. SOUNDBITE
A former US ambassador to Bolivia and member of the National Security Council has been charged with spying for Cuba for 40 years, US Attorney General Merrick Garland announces. "This action exposes one of the highest reaching and longest lasting infiltrations of the US government by a foreign agent," Garland says. SOUNDBITE
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tells reporters the US Justice Department asked an appeals court on Monday to stay a ruling by a federal judge in Texas that would ban a widely used abortion pill. The ruling "could open the floodgates for other medications to be targeted and denied to people who need them," she adds. SOUNDBITE
Thousands of Israelis block one of Tel Aviv's main highways during a protest against proposed judicial reforms, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a compromise plan touted by Israeli President Isaac Herzog. IMAGES
US Attorney General Merrick Garland announces that the US Justice Department has filed a civil antitrust lawsuit to block the $3.8 billion JetBlue-Spirit airline merger. SOUNDBITE