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Meanwhile, separate diplomatic efforts are taking place to resolve conflicts in Lebanon and Gaza.

NPR's Daniel Estrin reports from Tel Aviv.

Congressman Tony Gonsalves and Eric Swalwell have resigned their seats ahead of expected action by their House colleagues to expel them.

Both are accused of sexual misconduct and sexual assault.

Last month, Gonzalez, a Republican from Texas, acknowledged an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide.

Swalwell, a Democrat from California, has denied sexual misconduct and assault allegations.

It is tax day.

If you're planning to file a tax return by mail, you may want to stop by a post office in person today.

NPR's Hansi Lo Wong reports the U.S.

Postal Service may not postmark some tax returns and other mail on the same day that they are sent.

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A federal appeals court has blocked a lower judge's effort to investigate former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other Trump officials for potential criminal contempt.

The appeals court ruling was 2-1.

It said Judge James Boasberg abused his discretion by probing Noem's actions in sending deportation flights to El Salvador.

The appeals court judge who disagreed said the ruling will hurt future judges who need to examine the actions of the executive branch.

There have been more than 1,700 U.S.

measles cases so far this year.

A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds a 1 percent drop in measles vaccinations could cost the U.S.

$1.5 billion a year.

The U.S.