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Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter has died at the age of 85. MPR's Nina Totenberg has

more. Souter, appointed at the Supreme Court by a Republican

president, was an old-fashioned conservative, who was initially a centrist on the Supreme Court,

but as the court grew more conservative, he voted more and more reliably with the court's

liberal justices. Political conservatives were so infuriated by his drift to the

center left that the next time there was an opening on the court, their rallying cry was no more

suitors. But over his 19-year tenure, Souter came to be widely admired by all of his colleagues.

As Chief Justice Roberts put it in a statement on Friday, Souter

brought uncommon wisdom and kindness to a lifetime of public service. Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington.

President Trump leaves to the Middle East Monday. NPR's Franco Ordonez reports, Trump will travel to

Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates for his first

policy-focused foreign trip of his second term. The White House says the trip will highlight greater

cooperation in the region, where it says extremism is being replaced with commerce and cultural

exchanges. Trump also plans to visit with U.S. troops stationed at the Al-Udid air base outside of Doha in Qatar.

Trump strode into office promising to bring peace in the Middle East quickly and stop Iranian

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