During a congressional hearing, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended President Trump's decision to deploy troops to Los Angeles to quell immigration protests. The situation on the ground in L.A. has been less intense than described, with protests limited to a pocket of downtown. Meanwhile, a school shooting in Austria resulted in the deaths of 10 people, making it one of Europe's worst school shootings in years. Additionally, a retired American teacher was located in a Russian prison after being taken from his home in Ukraine by Russian soldiers.