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Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig says President Trump froze key federal agencies, including the FBI and Dept. of Defense, whose job it was to investigate and stop threats to national security.

Other top stories of the morning include: a report that Herman Cain will endorse Newt Gingrich's bid for the GOP presidential nomination; details of upcoming Post Office cuts; run-off elections begin in Egypt.

The former national chairman of the far-right Proud Boys was sentenced to 22 years in prison. Tarrio had been convicted for seditious conspiracy for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

A year after the attack on the Capitol, there's a growing realization that traditional tools to counter extremism in the U.S. may not apply.

Avoid layoffs at any cost. Set up emergency financing for states and cities to help health systems. Cut regulations to speed medical response. Those are some recommendations from leading economists.

Daphne Caruana Galizia, who investigated corruption in Malta, was killed by a car bomb in 2017. Residents joined her relatives at a march and vigil. It coincides with a trial of the alleged hitmen.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to NATO Ambassador Julianne Smith about the alliance's annual summit, and how the U.S. plans to reassure allies that Ukraine funding will continue.

Some 2,000 scientists, including dozens of Nobel Prize winners, have signed an open letter warning that the U.S. lead in science is being "decimated" by the Trump administration's cuts to research.

Also: Malala, Pakistani girl shot by Taliban, speaks out; Iran says Israel will regret strike on Syria; hostage situation continues in Alabama, where a 5-year-old boy has been held for almost a week.

The death toll is rising in Turkey and many are feared trapped. In the U.S., President Obama plans a series of executive actions in bid to boost job growth, The New York Times reports.