The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries. 

• Texas Governor Greg Abbott is threatening to pull $2.5 million in grants from the city of Austin if they don’t reverse their policy limiting the Austin Police Department’s cooperation with ICE agents
• A 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon will take effect as the Middle East remains in a fragile state of partial de-escalation 
• The House of Representatives failed to pass two bills extending the FISA program but did pass a short term 10-day extension of FISA Section 702

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