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Trump's funding cuts are puncturing holes in U.S. academia — and Canada could benefit

The Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO) has proposed cutting its budget by a fifth. This comes after its largest contributor, the US, decided to withdraw. The organisation must now reduce its tasks and staff, it said.

By now, you’ve heard the story: Several of President Trump’s top national security officials used a publicly available nongovernmental messaging app to make plans to bombard Yemen, unwittingly added the editor in chief of The Atlantic magazine to the group chat and proceeded to share information that seems, to put it mildly, highly sensitive.

Some of the chat’s messages were set to auto-delete in what seems to be a violation of federal records-keeping laws. Watching the details unfold has been an exercise in shock compounding shock. By the end, it’s hard to figure out what to be most disgusted by. The recklessness? The incompetence? The danger? The use of prayer emojis before weapons were launched?

Add to the list: The mother lode of hypocrisy. After the Trump administration denied that any classified material was shared in the group chat, The Atlantic published the conversation nearly in full, redacting only the name of a C.I.A. employee. If the story was bad before, it’s now worse. And one thing is clear: In Trump world, the rules often — maddeningly — seem to apply only to other people.

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Reporting Highlights

• A First for “The First 48”: The exoneration of Edgar Barrientos-Quintana may be the first in the country related directly to the involvement of the television show.
• Partnerships Soured: Multiple cities ended their relationships with “The First 48” after problems, including Minneapolis; Miami; Detroit; Mobile, Alabama; and Memphis, Tennessee.
• Criticism From All Sides: Complaints about the show’s impact on criminal prosecutions have come from prosecutors and defense lawyers, as well as judges and city officials.

• Police Across the U.S. Welcomed Cop Show “The First 48.” Then Relationships Soured.

The Federal Election Commission has dismissed a complaint by Donald Trump’s presidential campaign that alleges The Washington Post made “illegal corporate in-kind contributions” to Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign.