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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.

Canada's Liberal Party voted overwhelmingly for former central banker Mark Harney

to replace Justin Trudeau as the new leader of the party and Prime Minister of Canada.

Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noem announced new leadership for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Agency or ICE.

And peers Juliana Kim has more.

In a statement, Noem said she's appointing Todd Lyons as the acting director of immigration and

customs enforcement,

a key role in President Trump's plans to aggressively crack down on immigration.

Lyons had previously served as the assistant director of field operation in ISIS enforcement

and removal operations, the branch responsible for identifying, arresting, and detaining immigrants without legal status.

Noam also said she's appointing her former aide, Madison Sheehan, as ICE's next deputy director.

On Sunday, Noam also told CBS's face the nation that she's ramping up polygraph tests for her department's employees,

days after she said two workers leaked information about

her department's operations. Juliana Kim, NPR News.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is 100 days into her second five-year term.

The head of the EUS executive branch says this time around involves responding to a fundamental shift in

geopolitics. Terry Schultz has more.

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