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Estonian PM re-elected: The center-right Reform Party of Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, one of Europe’s most outspoken supporters of Ukraine, overwhelmingly won the Baltic country’s general election, while a far-right populist challenger lost seats in a vote that focused on national security and the economy. Preliminary returns from a completed ballot count showed the Reform Party, the senior partner in the outgoing three-party coalition government, received 31.2% of the vote — the biggest share in Sunday’s election.

Kotb returns: Hoda Kotb returned to NBC’S “Today” show on Monday after spending a few weeks tending to her 3-year-old daughter, Hope. Kotb’s daughter was in intensive care for a few days but is back at home. She thanked the doctors and nurses that cared for her daughter.

Former census chief dies:

Barbara Everitt Bryant, the first woman to run the U.S. Census Bureau and its leader during the contentious debate over how to compensate for undercounts of minority groups in the 1990 census, has died. She was 96. President George H.W. Bush appointed Bryant as Census Bureau director in 1989.

Manafort to pay $3.15 million:

The former chairman of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, Paul Manafort, has agreed to pay $3.15 million to settle a civil case over undeclared foreign bank accounts. Prosecutors allege that Manafort failed to disclose more than 20 offshore bank accounts he ordered opened.

Soil removal sought: Spain said Monday it has asked the United States to begin procedures to remove soil contaminated with radioactivity after a midair collision dumped four U.S. hydrogen bombs near a southern Spanish village nearly 60 years ago.