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Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Jerusalem on Monday, where he weighed in on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans for a judicial overhaul.

• Plus, the future of private spaceflight.
• And, a very rare green comet appears in the night skies.

Guests: Axios' Barak Ravid and Miriam Kramer

Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Alexandra Botti, Naomi Shavin, Fonda Mwangi and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.

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• Blinken urges Netanyahu to build broad consensus around judicial overhaul plan
• Private human spaceflight's future hangs on looming regulation
• Green comet zooming our way, last visited 50,000 years ago

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen traveled to Africa last week to deepen U.S. ties in the continent. That comes as China is working on how to restructure debt in the region after loaning around $700 billion to Africa over the last two decades.

• Plus, the end of the Memphis Scorpion police unit.
• And, a surge in violence between Israelis and Palestinians.

Guests: Axios' Hans Nichols and Shawna Chen.

Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Alexandra Botti, Naomi Shavin, Fonda Mwangi and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.

Go Deeper:

• Yellen warns of debt ceiling "catastrophe" for U.S. and beyond
• China's first African debt rodeo is playing out in Zambia
• Why Memphis' specialized police unit is under fire after Tyre Nichols' death

Editor's note: This episode has been corrected to reflect that the roughly $700 billion in outstanding African debt belongs to many countries and institutions, not just China, which has roughly 12%.