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Wednesday, August 19, 2026

• Trump says U.S. and Canada reached deal to delay 50% U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports
  President Trump said he was delaying the 50% U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports after the two countries reached a last-minute deal less than two hours before the sanctions were to go into effect.
  

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

• Border wall expansion brings protests in national monument, other Arizona locations
  New efforts to establish a more elaborate "smart wall" along parts of the U.S.-Mexico border are spawning protests in Arizona.
  
• In Portland, this soap box derby combines downhill speed with extreme pageantry
  Soap box derbies send motorless cars down a steep incline. At one event, contestants make their cars look like cartoon characters, subway cars, food, and giant animals (among other outlandish shapes).
  
• Many recent grads say AI is making it harder to get a job. Economists aren't so sure
  The unemployment rate for young adults with new degrees is higher than the rate for all workers, according to the New York Fed. Is AI the problem, or is it more complicated?
  
• Jason Arday's rise and fall tells a larger story about academia, a critic says
  What can academia learn from Jason Arday's rise and fall? Atlantic staff writer and former academic Tyler Austin Harper weighs the questions his story left behind.
  
• Border construction paused at Big Bend National Park after public outcry
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott says he is "pausing all construction activity" on border infrastructure in Big Bend National Park, ahead of a visit to the area this week.
  
• A dispute about fact vs. fiction at the trial over Tupac Shakur's 1996 killing
  A prosecutor said that while few have been willing to speak about the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur, Duane "Keffe D" Davis is the "one person who has a hard time being silent."
  

Monday, August 17, 2026

• Part of a key firearms law lapsed following a federal court decision. What happens now?
  A federal judge's decision in Texas has major implications for the National Firearms Act. What does this mean for certain guns and other weapons?
  
• Testimony begins in the trial of rapper Tupac Shakur's 1996 killing
  Opening statements began Monday in the murder trial of rapper Tupac Shakur. The man implicated in the 1996 killing in Las Vegas is a former gang member.
  
• One Florida county sees the ripple effects of its cooperation with ICE
  Walton County, Fla., relies heavily on immigrant labor for its booming construction and tourism industries. We look at how county sheriffs' cooperation with ICE affects things.