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

The Headlines

The New York Times

August 18, 2026

Show Notes

Plus, inside the scramble to track cyclospora.

Here’s what we’re covering:

Border Construction in Big Bend Is Halted After Drawing Criticism, by J. David Goodman

It’s Crunchtime Again for Canada to Avoid New U.S. Tariffs, by Matina Stevis-Gridneff

Trump Votes by Mail Again in Florida, by Chris Cameron

How Cyclospora Evaded the U.S. Food Safety System to Sicken Thousands, by Christina Jewett and Julie Creswell

Why Is a Trial Happening 30 Years After the Shooting?, by Julia Jacobs

Can You Hear the Theaters Ka-Ching? A Battered Industry Turns to ‘Les Miz.’, by Michael Paulson

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