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Top CNS stories for today including President Donald Trump’s proposed budget would cut spending by $2.7 trillion over 10 years, make certain welfare programs contingent on a work requirement and seek $8.6 billion to build his long-promised wall along the southern border; Milwaukee was officially selected to host the 2020 Democratic National Convention over fellow finalist cities Houston and Miami; Two new studies paint a grim picture of the effects of climate change on global ecology, and more.

Your Monday night briefing from the staff of Courthouse News

Top CNS stories for today including President Donald Trump’s proposed budget would cut spending by $2.7 trillion over 10 years, make certain welfare programs contingent on a work requirement and seek $8.6 billion to build his long-promised wall along the southern border; Milwaukee was officially selected to host the 2020 Democratic National Convention over fellow finalist cities Houston and Miami; Two new studies paint a grim picture of the effects of climate change on global ecology, and more.  

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National

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on March 6, 2019. The federal budget deficit is ballooning on Trump’s watch and few in Washington seem to care. And the political dynamics that enabled bipartisan deficit-cutting deals decades ago has disappeared. That’s the reality that will greet Trump’s latest budget, which probably will promptly be shelved after it’s received by Congress on Monday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

1.) The budget President Donald Trump proposed Monday would cut spending by $2.7 trillion over 10 years, make certain welfare programs contingent on a work requirement and seek $8.6 billion to build his long-promised wall along the southern border.

This March 7, 2018 photo shows the downtown skyline of Milwaukee. The Democratic National Committee has selected Milwaukee to host the 2020 national convention. (Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

2.) After months of speculation and campaigning, Milwaukee was officially selected Monday to host the 2020 Democratic National Convention over fellow finalist cities Houston and Miami.

This composite image shows Washington Governor Jay Inslee and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro. Vying to represent the Democratic ticket in the 2020 presidential election, the spoke on Sunday at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas.

3.) The parade of Democratic presidential hopefuls continued Sunday at the South by Southwest festival, where discussions with Washington Governor Jay Inslee and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro highlighted the strategies primary candidates are taking to try to set themselves apart in a crowded field.

4.) A vintage aircraft collector cannot lay claim to a P-51 Mustang fighter plane he says was pieced together from parts of another plane stolen from him because he waited too long to bring a lawsuit, the Seventh Circuit ruled.

5.) California cities should be allowed to create and use their own public banking system, according to lawmakers who introduced a bill Monday they say will pave the way for a financial system that is more transparent about how money is spent by local governments.

Science

In this Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018 file photo, plumes of smoke rise from Europe's largest lignite power plant in Belchatow, central Poland. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

6.) Two new studies issued Monday paint a grim picture of the effects of climate change on global ecology.

Residents watch a road damaged by an earthquake in Sapporo, Hokkaido, northern Japan, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. A powerful earthquake shook Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido early Thursday, causing landslides that crushed homes, knocking out power across the island. (Hiroki Yamauchi/Kyodo News via AP)

7.) A strong earthquake might feel frightening to anyone caught in the middle, but a study from researchers in quake-prone Tokyo say new sensors originally meant to observe the gravitational waves from the Big Bang could one day be used to give people as much as a 10-second warning before a temblor hits.

8.) A trip to the eye doctor may someday reveal Alzheimer’s disease before any symptoms manifest, according to a study published Monday in the journal Ophthalmology Retina.

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