Today’s earlier-than-usual edition of quick hits.
* A breaking report out of Arizona: “A person was shot in an incident involving U.S. Border Patrol in Arizona on Tuesday, according to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson.”
* A staggering total published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies: “The number of Russian and Ukrainian troops killed, wounded or missing during nearly four years of war is on track to reach two million by this spring, according to a new study, a stunning toll as Russia’s assault on its neighbor grinds on.”
* A case worth watching: “Families of two Trinidadian nationals killed in a Trump administration boat strike last October sued the federal government on Tuesday, calling the attack a war crime and part of an ‘unprecedented and manifestly unlawful U.S. military campaign.’”
* It’s almost as if the trade deal he touted wasn’t a finalized trade deal: “President Trump threatened to increase tariffs on South Korean exports because the country had not ratified a trade deal with the United States quickly enough. In a post on Truth Social, Mr. Trump faulted Korea’s National Assembly for not approving a trade deal that he had reached with the president of South Korea on July 30.”
* Someday, pediatricians and the CDC will be on the same page again, but today is not that day: “The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends children be vaccinated against 18 diseases, more than the U.S. government directs after it overhauled its schedule. The doctors group, which released its recommendations Monday, kept its guidance largely unchanged from its previous version from last year. The group said it doesn’t endorse the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s childhood-vaccine schedule. The agency now recommends all children get vaccinated against 11 diseases.”
* The obvious call: “A federal judge in Oregon dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit seeking Oregon’s unredacted voter rolls on Monday in another setback to wide-ranging efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to get detailed voter data from states.”
* It’s tough to blame Italians for being concerned about ICE: “News that a unit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be present during the upcoming Winter Games has set off concern and confusion in Italy, where people have expressed outrage at the inclusion of an agency that has dominated headlines for leading the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.”
* The latest in a series: “Prize-winning composer Philip Glass has called off a scheduled world premiere at the Kennedy Center of a symphony about Abraham Lincoln, the latest in a wave of cancellations since President Donald Trump ousted the previous leadership. Glass’ Symphony No. 15, ‘Lincoln,’ was to have been led by Grammy-winning conductor Karen Kamensek for performances on June 12 and June 13.”
See you tomorrow.
