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Good evening. Here’s the latest.
1. New turmoil in trade.
Canada’s foreign minister, Chrystia Freeland, above, rushed to Washington to meet with the U. S. trade representative.
On Monday, the Trump administration announced it had revised the North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico, which they intend to sign on Friday. And top Trump advisers warned that the new deal could leave Canada out, which could leave its economy reeling.
So far, the biggest changes deal with how to avert automobile tariffs, a topic closely watched around the world. We’ll update our story as soon as possible with a readout from the meeting, which was to begin around 5 p.m. Eastern.
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2. Primaries: In Arizona, Joe Arpaio is among the Republicans facing off for a shot at replacing Senator Jeff Flake, an outspoken Trump critic. And there are governors’ races there and in Florida. We’ll have live results this evening. In the meantime, here are the top issues to watch.
And a panel of judges ruled again that North Carolina’s congressional map was unconstitutional, and was unfairly drawn to favor Republican candidates. The decision is likely to be appealed to the Supreme Court.
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3. President Trump attacked Google because search results turn up news stories from mainstream news organizations, which tend to be critical, rather than supportive views from lesser-known organizations. He hinted that he might take action, and later expanded his criticism to include Facebook and Twitter.
“I think that Google and Twitter and Facebook, they are really treading on very, very troubled territory and they have to be careful,” he said.
And Monday night, at the White House State Dining Room, Mr. Trump urged evangelical leaders to use their pulpits to help Republicans win in the midterm elections. That’s according to an audiotape of his remarks provided to The New York Times by someone who attended the event.
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4. It’s hard to separate Elon Musk from Tesla, the company he leads.
He’s the force behind the decisions at the company, responsible for everything from its push into renewable energy to the design of the air vents in its newest electric car.
But after a tumultuous month, when Mr. Musk’s impulsiveness sent investors and the market into a frenzy, many are wondering: Is that kind of chaos good for the company?
And California’s state Legislature is considering a vote to mandate that 100 percent of the state’s electricity come from carbon-free sources. The bill would give the state until 2045 to meet the goal.
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5. The toll of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, in stark numbers:
A new report found that nearly 3,000 more deaths than expected occurred in the months after the storm — about a 22 percent spike.
It’s the first official independent assessment of the disaster, where in some cases the damage unfolded over several months. Puerto Rico’s governor commissioned the study after The Times and other media outlets and researchers last year estimated that the death count far exceeded the government’s official toll of 64.
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6. “I never got to meet her, I never got to tell her that I love her. But I’ll be damned if I ain’t gonna say goodbye to her.”
That was one of the thousands of Aretha Franklin’s fans who paid their respects — and registered the impact her music had on their lives — at a public viewing in Detroit.
They began gathering Monday night at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History for Tuesday’s viewing, in a line that stretched for blocks. There will be another 12-hour viewing on Wednesday.
A private, invitation-only funeral will be held on Thursday.
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7. American Roman Catholic leaders are in open conflict over the explosive allegations that Pope Francis knew about, and ignored, accusations of sexual abuse against a now-disgraced American cleric.
The accusations came in a letter from the Vatican’s former envoy to the U. S.
Our Rome bureau chief writes, “With the letter — released in the middle of the pope’s visit to Ireland — an ideologically motivated opposition has weaponized the church’s sex abuse crisis to threaten not only Francis’ agenda but his entire papacy.” (He speaks about the story on “The Daily” podcast .)
And Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s attorney general, spoke about his role in pushing forward the grand jury investigation that found decades of Catholic abuses and cover-ups in his state: “It just was the most purposeful thing, short of giving life to our four children, I’ve ever done in my life.”
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8. News from the U. S. Open:
It’s too hot.
With temperatures climbing into the 90s, the tournament instituted a new heat-wave rule for men’s matches, allowing them to take a 10-minute break between the third and fourth sets. (There was already one in place for women after the second set.)
Caroline Wozniacki, the No. 2 seed, above, earned her first victory in nearly two months, beating Sam Stosur, 6-3,6-2.
Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic will also take to the courts today. We’ll have live updates of the matches.
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9. Louis C. K. made a surprise appearance at the Comedy Cellar in New York over the weekend.
Was it #MeTooSoon? It was his first performance since admitting last year to sexual misconduct with women in the comedy world.
He did a 15-minute set that touched on what the club owner called “typical Louis C. K. stuff” — racism, waitresses’ tips, parades. “It sounded just like he was trying to work out some new material,” the owner said, “almost like any time of the last 10 years he would come in at the beginning of a new act.”
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10. And finally, a story you don’t hear every day.
Thousands of bees swarmed part of Times Square (not all that far from your briefing writer, who was mercifully indoors). They zoomed around and then settled on a hot-dog vendor’s stand.
Well, the New York City Police Department has beekeepers.
