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🎧 NPR’s Nina Totenberg tells Up First that the fact that the Supreme Court allowed the ban to proceed now, even on a temporary basis, is a strong indicator the administration is likely to prevail in the long run. The order appears to strengthen the order from the first administration by barring transgender individuals from enlisting and discharging active duty transgender service members. The decision about the ban will now go to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for the policy to be reviewed. The appeals court will attempt to make a decision on the issue, however, it can be appealed to the Supreme Court. 

🎧 The voting will begin after spiritual preparation today. NPR’s Jason DeRose, who is in Rome, spoke with Cardinal Michael Czemy, a Canadian Jesuit who works at the Vatican. It is his first time participating in a conclave. Czemy says he considers this primarily a religious experience, and the cardinals are not focused on church or world politics. The Vatican has said that the cardinals are discussing internal problems, including church finances, clergy sex abuse and divisions within the church over doctrine. 

🎧 NPR’s Diaa Hadid says that the locations of the strikes are significant, as several occurred deep within Pakistan and one was near the country’s second-largest city. Michael Kugleman, who writes for Foreign Policy’s weekly South Asia brief, says the scale and intensity of the recent strikes stand out. Hadid says the problem with the strikes is now with the death toll; Pakistan may feel like it has to strike back to show its people that their army isn’t weak.