Wednesday Briefing

Trump’s first 100 days in office.

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Citing N.I.H. Cuts, a Top Science Journal Stops Accepting Submissions

With federal support, Environmental Health Perspectives has long published peer-reviewed studies without fees to readers or scientists.

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Judge Temporarily Blocks Border Patrol’s Stop-and-Arrest Tactics in California

Border Patrol agents carried out sweeps in California’s Central Valley. Lawyers argued that people were stopped and arrested based on their skin color.

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A key lawmaker proposes funding for aviation safety improvements.

The proposal would fund upgrades to radar, telecommunications and other critical systems used by the Federal Aviation Administration, while also addressing staffing shortages that have strained control towers across the United States.

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Trump Says He Could Free Abrego Garcia From El Salvador, but Won’t

Trump’s comments undermined previous statements by his top aides and were a blunt sign of his administration’s intention to double down and defy the courts.

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U.N. Orders Agencies to Find Budget Cuts, Including via Staff Moves From N.Y.

The instructions from the office of Secretary General António Guterres were reviewed by The New York Times and came after President Trump ordered a review of U.S. funding to the agency.

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Mark Carney Has to Deliver on Trump and the Economy After Canada Election Win

The Canadian prime minister achieved a stunning political upset, running on an anti-Trump platform and promising to revive the economy. Now, he needs to deliver.

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Pierre Poilievre Raised Canada’s Conservative Party, Only to Be Tossed From His Seat

Pierre Poilievre lost the vote for a constituency he has held for 21 years to a Liberal political neophyte. His populist approach may have been to blame.

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What We Know About Phthalates in Plastic and Heart Disease

The paper linked phthalates, commonly found in plastics, to 350,000 deaths globally. But the data come with caveats.

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Humans’ Wounds Heal Much More Slowly Than Other Mammals’

We naked apes need Band-Aids, but shedding the fur that speeds healing in other mammals may have helped us evolve other abilities.

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