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These are today’s top news stories.

1. Blinken Makes Unannounced Visit to Middle East

• U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made another unannounced trip to the Middle East on Sunday, traveling to the occupied West Bank to meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

• Blinken also traveled to Iraq to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani in Baghdad and visit the US Embassy, where he received a security briefing on the threat to US facilities.

• “This is a process,” Blinken told reporters on Sunday. “Israel has raised important questions about how humanitarian pauses would work. We’ve got to answer those questions,” including how pauses would affect Hamas hostages. “We’re working on exactly that.’’

2. Trump to Testify in Civil Fraud Trial

• After his sons Eric and Don Jr. testified last week, former President Donald Trump is scheduled to testify Monday in the civil fraud trial brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is seeking $250 million in damages and to bar the former president from doing business in the state.

• James’ office is also looking to prove six other claims: falsifying business records, conspiracy to falsify business records, issuing false financial statements, conspiracy to falsify false financial statements, insurance fraud, and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud.

• While there are no criminal charges involved, the allegations have enraged the former president, who has attended the trial for multiple days and attacked it as a political witch hunt.

3. Trump Leads Biden in 4 Key Swing States, New Polling Finds

• Former President Donald Trump would beat President Joe Biden in hypothetical matchups in four key swing states, new polling from The New York Times and Siena College shows.

• In Nevada, a state Biden narrowly carried in the 2020 presidential election, Trump boasts 52% support to Biden’s 41%. Trump also tops Biden in Georgia, a state that was central to his ploy to overturn the last presidential election, with 49% to Biden’s 43%. Trump leads Biden in Arizona, too, with 49% to the president’s 44%. In Michigan, Trump holds a 5-point lead as well: 48% to Biden’s 43%.

• The latest battleground state polling underscores the considerable challenges facing Biden’s reelection bid, including low job approval ratings and questions about his age and ability to steer the country.

4. US Sends Guided Missile Sub to Middle East For Deterrenc

• In a rare announcement, the US military said a guided missile submarine has arrived in the Middle East, a message of deterrence clearly directed at regional adversaries as the Biden administration tries to avoid a broader conflict amid the Israel-Hamas war.

• US Central Command said on social media Sunday that an Ohio-class submarine was sent to the region, which are former ballistic missile subs converted to fire Tomahawk cruise missiles rather than nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles..

• The announcement is a clear message of deterrence directed at Iran and its proxies in the region, and the sub joins a number of other US Navy assets already in area, including two carrier strike groups and an amphibious ready group.

5. Netanyahu Suspends Minister over Gaza Nuclear Comment

• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday disciplined a junior member of his cabinet who appeared to voice openness to the idea of Israel carrying out a nuclear strike on Gaza, where the war with Hamas is inflicting a spiralling Palestinian civilian toll.

• Netanyahu’s office issued a statement saying that the minister concerned – Heritage Minister Amihay Eliyahu, from a far-right party in the coalition government – had been suspended from cabinet meetings “until further notice”.

• Eliyahu’s remark drew swift condemnation from around the Arab world, scandalised mainstream Israeli broadcasters and was deemed “objectionable” by a U.S. official.