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Hurricane Isaias, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, came ashore as a Category 2 storm near Destin, Florida, before pushing into Alabama, leaving extensive flooding, tornadoes and hundreds of thousands without power. At least four deaths have been linked to the storm; some of the most violent wind gusts were recorded in Milton, Florida, where one resident said a tree fell on her home while she was inside.

Meanwhile, the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel battered the Southern California coast, causing flooding damage in Long Beach and bringing flooding as far away as the Las Vegas Strip before the storm was downgraded as its winds and rain turned inland. Forecasters said it offered a preview of what may come as California braces for a possibly record-setting El Niño. Recovery efforts were underway on both coasts as of Monday.

A bipartisan group of six senators — four Republicans and two Democrats — called on President Trump to "reverse course" on a plan to import diesel from Russia, saying the administration failed to consult Congress or justify the decision as required by statute. The deal was announced weeks before the U.S. midterm elections, with average U.S. diesel prices still stuck above $6 a gallon.

Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksandr Merezhko called the deal a "betrayal." The Kremlin has welcomed the deal and Trump's criticism of Zelenskyy, saying the revenue — though relatively small — will help replenish Moscow's war coffers. Rising diesel prices are also becoming an issue in Great Plains midterm races, with some voters in Iowa saying they're reconsidering their usual support for Republican candidates.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin defended the Pentagon's plan to livestream the execution of the former Army major convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, rejecting concerns the broadcast could make the killer a martyr and fuel radicalization.

Republican lawmakers, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, have voiced opposition to the livestream plan, though Trump said Sunday that while he approved of it, the decision may not be final. Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who leads the U.S. military's Catholic archdiocese, said Catholic service members assigned to the firing squad should ask to be excused, calling the broadcast contrary to church teaching; military justice expert Eugene Fidell of Yale Law School separately raised questions about the plan with NPR.

Federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington, D.C., home on Monday as part of a criminal investigation, officials said. The Democratic congresswoman, a frequent target of Trump administration criticism, was first elected to Congress in 2018. CBS News reported the investigation centers on Omar's immigration documents, involving paperwork filled out by her late father when she was a child, and that Department of Homeland Security investigators carried out the search.

Omar said the search was "an attempt to target political enemies" and vowed she "will not be silenced." House Democratic leaders condemned the search as an "abuse of power," saying Trump and far-right extremists have "relentlessly targeted" the congresswoman.

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes on Monday ordered a 24-hour halt to tree-cutting at East Potomac Golf Links, a historic Washington, D.C. golf course that is part of President Trump's plans to remake the city. Government lawyers acknowledged that 430 trees had been cut down at the course over the weekend.

Reyes chastised Justice Department lawyers over the tree removal during Monday's proceedings.

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration Sunday night to cancel any remaining taxpayer-funded television commercials promoting the president's political message. The Department of Homeland Security had tapped $20 million in public money for the ads, which the White House has defended as public service announcements.

NPR reported Monday that the government had spent nearly $22 million in taxpayer funds airing the ads, with almost half of that spent after Trump said his super PAC would take over funding them.