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In the news today: A bipartisan group of six senators call for Trump to abandon his Russian diesel plan; a judge orders the administration to cancel taxpayer-funded TV ads; and why the fish in McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish is fueling a fight in Alaska. Also, here’s a very special video of rescue kittens on a field trip to SEA LIFE that may help beat those Monday blues.

Four Republican senators and two Democratic senators on Sunday called for President Donald Trump’s administration to “immediately reverse course” on a plan to purchase diesel from Russia as part of an effort to lower high fuel prices. What to know: Related coverage → Kyiv says Russian strikes on energy facilities continue despite Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’ ion commercials paid for with millions of dollars in taxpayer money to promote his political message, a federal judge ordered Sunday night, even as the administration said the ad campaign was coming to an end.

Related coverage → AP source: Trump, Rubio weigh firing US envoy to Greece after mounting reports of improper conduct Feud spills onto South Carolina debate stage as Darline Graham, Annie Andrews snipe in Senate race A Spanish-language radio show overflows with voters’ frustration in Pennsylvania battleground Potential presidential candidates are positioning themselves during midterms Bycatch — marine life caught unintentionally while fishers target something else — makes up 2% of the pollock fishery’s total catch, including: skate, crabs, jellyfish and, among the most consequential, salmon — the fish at the center of a growing political and cultural fight over industrial trawling in Alaska.

IN OTHER NEWS Nobel memorial prize in economics: American-born Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford win Hurricane Simon: Category 3 storm ravages Mexico’s Pacific coast Pennsylvania shooter: Man who killed 8 was family’s patriarch Anthropic: AI submits a false tip on an unsolved homicide case Brexit vote: UK prime minister say it is ‘clear’ Russia interfered in 2016 referendum 2 months after Spain’s worst border crisis: Migrants at a Ceuta tent camp weigh their choices ‘Cockroach’ movement: India cracks down on youth protests, in photos Today in History: In 1973, Nixon nominates Gerald R. Ford as VP WATCH Therapy dogs: Canines offer comfort at Colorado school traumatized by shooting Take me to your checkout: Humanoid robots coming to Danish grocery stores 1,500-figure nativity scene: Quito cathedral unveils 3,000-square-foot display While many of us start Monday morning with a coffee (maybe some eggs too), Ricky Blanding begins his by collecting the leftovers.

Every Monday, Blanding — the CEO of Scrap Soils — drives through Detroit, stopping at homes and restaurants to pick up buckets of food scraps and then delivers them to a compositing site. Blanding’s company is one of the many food waste collection services across the country helping to divert food from landfills and making composting more accessible.about his work here . These services are especially important for those who can’t compost at home, who live in cities without municipal curbside pickup or who can’t get to a drop-off location.