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Today’s edition of quick hits.
* The latest on the Air India crash: “Rescue workers in India were searching for survivors Thursday after a plane carrying 242 people crashed shortly after takeoff into a building where medical students were sitting down to lunch. The police commissioner for the city of Ahmedabad said none of those aboard the London-bound Air India plane survived the crash. But local media reported that one man was able to escape the airliner alive.”
* I ran out of time before I could write about this: “The Republican-led House voted 214-212 on Thursday to pass a proposal from President Donald Trump to cancel $9.4 billion in previously approved federal funding. The ‘rescissions’ package would claw back $8.3 billion for foreign aid and $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides funding to NPR and PBS.”
* At the White House: “President Donald Trump signed three resolutions on Thursday barring California from mandating electric vehicle sales and setting tailpipe emissions standards designed to galvanize the transition away from combustion engines.”
* A victim of Trump’s trade policies: “A key supplier to Nissan and Jeep owner Stellantis filed for bankruptcy protection, marking one of the first big companies to collapse under the weight of the Trump administration’s tariffs.”
* Imagine that: “Protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles have triggered a flood of falsehoods and conspiracy theories online, and Russia has sought to exploit and amplify them, experts say.”
* A “review” worth watching closely: “The Trump administration is reviewing whether a deal to equip Australia with nuclear submarines is “aligned with the president’s America First agenda,” sowing doubt on the future of a landmark agreement meant to counter China’s rise in the Asia Pacific.”
* I’m not an attorney, but at face value, it looks to me as if the officers have a strong case: “Two police officers who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack filed a federal civil lawsuit, asking a judge to order the hanging of a plaque to honor police heroes who protected the Capitol, lawmakers and staff from rioters.”
* Important research: “States with permissive gun laws experienced a rise in pediatric deaths from firearm injuries between 2011 and 2023, whereas states with stricter laws did not. That’s according to a new study published in JAMA Pediatrics.”
* Conservatives are against boycotts, except when they’re not: “Some supporters of President Donald Trump are calling for a Walmart boycott after an heiress to the nation’s largest retailer took out an ad in the New York Times to promote a protest of the president’s policies.”
See you tomorrow.