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🎧 Democrats want to mandate that immigration officers make arrests with a judicial warrant, NPR’s Ximena Bustillo tells Up First. They argue that DHS-issued administrative warrants, which are not signed by a judge, raise questions about violations of people’s constitutional rights against unreasonable searches and seizures. While some Republicans are interested in negotiating, others, like House Speaker Mike Johnson, have already discouraged it. Lawmakers also disagree on whether agents should wear face coverings. Democrats want to ban them, while the majority of Republicans oppose a ban because they say it would make it easier for people to doxx agents.  

🎧 Trump asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to pause strikes on Ukraine while negotiations were underway. Russia held off for a couple of nights, but the strikes resumed Monday night, says NPR’s Eleanor Beardsley, who is in the Ukrainian capital. However, there has been significant progress on security guarantees. These are crucial to Ukraine in ensuring Russia doesn’t use its gains as a launching pad for a future reinvasion. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Europeans are prepared to deploy peacekeeping troops to Ukraine once the fighting stops. Rutte also says Trump has agreed that the U.S. will serve as a backstop, meaning peace would be guaranteed by “hard force” rather than signed papers. 

🎧 NPR's Miles Parks says the administration has spent much of Trump's second term encroaching on states' responsibilities for elections. "But this is the clearest we've heard the president just come out and say he wants to take over in some places," Parks says. The president has no role in elections under the Constitution. States run their elections, but Congress can pass laws setting national regulations. Democrats have been vocal about the possibility of federal interference in the elections. Parks says he has also heard from some Republican election officials that they have been preparing for that possibility.