Trump’s $47 Billion-Dollar Border Wall Plan, and Why a Tupac Murder Trial Is Starting After 30 Years

Plus, inside the scramble to track cyclospora.

Here’s what we’re covering:

Border Construction in Big Bend Is Halted After Drawing Criticism (nytimes.com/2026/08/17/us/big-bend-border-wall…), by J. David Goodman

It’s Crunchtime Again for Canada to Avoid New U.S. Tariffs (nytimes.com/2026/08/18/world/canada/trade-tari…), by Matina Stevis-Gridneff

Trump Votes by Mail Again in Florida (nytimes.com/2026/08/17/us/politics/trump-mail-…), by Chris Cameron

How Cyclospora Evaded the U.S. Food Safety System to Sicken Thousands (nytimes.com/2026/08/15/health/cyclospora-inves…), by Christina Jewett and Julie Creswell

Why Is a Trial Happening 30 Years After the Shooting? (nytimes.com/live/2026/08/17/arts/tupac-murder-…), by Julia Jacobs

Can You Hear the Theaters Ka-Ching? A Battered Industry Turns to ‘Les Miz.’ (nytimes.com/2026/08/18/theater/les-miserables.…), by Michael Paulson

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