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This state offered universal child care. Here’s what happened.

New Mexico now offers subsidized child care to all families, regardless of income. The Washington Post’s Annie Gowen reports on how the first year of the program has gone.

President Trump escalated his trade war with Canada, moving beyond tariffs to ban some Canadian goods. The Associated Press’s Rob Gillies explains where the dispute stands.

A federal appeals court in Louisiana is considering a case that could restrict access to abortion drugs nationwide. Politico’s Alice Miranda Ollstein breaks down the arguments.

Plus, Trump made his midterms pitch at a Republican convention in Dallas, a researcher resigned from Anthropic over concerns about AI safety, and how NFL teams are tackling a jet-lag problem as they prepare to play the league’s first game in Australia.

Today’s episode was hosted by Gideon Resnick.

Correction: A previous version of today’s episode said that the Republican party’s midterm convention is the first of its kind. Democrats previously held midterm conventions from 1974 to 1982.