In the day's other headlines, NATO chief Mark Ruta met with President Trump behind closed doors at the White House today in a bid to ease tensions between the U.S. and the military alliance.

Before the meeting, White House press secretary Caroline Levitt shared what she called a direct quote from the president about NATO's actions during the Iran war, saying, quote, they were tested and they failed.

Mr. Trump has repeatedly criticized the bloc for not backing his war and has threatened to withdraw

the U.S. from the 32-member alliance.

Earlier in the day, Ruta also met with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has said the

U.S. will have to re-examine its relationship with NATO. Southwest Airlines is said the U.S. will have to reexamine its relationship with NATO.

Southwest Airlines is the latest U.S. carrier to say it's raising baggage fees

as airlines grapple with higher energy costs brought on by the Iran War.

Starting tomorrow, passengers will pay $45 for their first checked bag and 55, 30 points.

Harris said as much to his supporters.

The reality of it is, we came up a little short, but we did not lose,

because nobody ever thought that a Democrat would actually have a performance like this.

Meantime, in Wisconsin, appeals court judge Chris Taylor beat back a conservative challenger

to expand that state's Supreme Court's liberal majority, 5 to 2.

Federal weather officials say last month was by far the warmest march on record for the continental U.S.

Data out today showed the average temperature was 50.9 degrees Fahrenheit.

That's more than nine degrees higher than the 20th century average,

which officials use as a benchmark to measure present-day temperatures.

And experts say nearly 20,000 daily records were shattered across the country in March.

The sweltering heat was inescapable for millions of Americans from summer-like conditions on the

west coast to record low snowpack in the Rockies and Sierra Nevada's.

And forecasters expect that trend to continue.

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