Immigration, Supreme Court, Intel: Your Thursday Evening Briefing

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Good evening. Here’s the latest.

1. Back to tough talk on immigration.

A day after reversing his hard-line position of separating immigrant children from their families, President Trump took to Twitter with demands: Change the laws, build a wall, and do not hire immigration judges.

An American official told us that the Department of Health and Human Services asked the Pentagon to make preparations to house thousands of migrant children on military bases.

And Melania Trump went to Texas to visit one of the facilities where some of the separated children are being held, raising eyebrows by boarding her plane in Washington in an olive green coat that read in white capital letters, “I really don’t care. Do U?”

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2. On Capitol Hill, House Republican leaders delayed until Friday a vote on an immigration bill. Above, Speaker Paul Ryan.

The bill would provide a path to citizenship for the young, unauthorized immigrants known as Dreamers while keeping migrant families together and funding the border wall. Meant as a compromise, it appeared threatened by divisions between moderate and conservative Republicans.

We discussed the president’s executive order to detain migrant families together — and what it means for immigration policy — on “The Daily” podcast.

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3. The Supreme Court overturned a 1992 decision, ruling that internet retailers can be required to collect sales taxes in states where they have no physical presence.

Writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy said the previous decision, which had spurred the rise of internet shopping, had distorted the nation’s economy.

Brick-and-mortar businesses have long complained that many of their online competitors do not have to charge sales tax. And states have missed billions of dollars in tax revenues.

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4. The head of Intel resigned. The cause: a consensual relationship with an employee.

The Silicon Valley giant, whose semiconductors power most computers, said that its chief executive, Brian Krzanich, above, had violated a non-fraternization policy. The company’s shares, which have risen sharply over the past year, declined 2 percent.

Intel’s chief financial officer will step up while the company conducts a search for a permanent replacement.

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5. The European Union is counterattacking.

Penalties on $3.2 billion of American products have just gone into effect.

The E.U. tariffs focus on products that tend to be manufactured in Republican strongholds: whiskey and playing cards from Kentucky, recreational boats from Florida, and rice from Arkansas. Above, a Mack Truck plant in Pennsylvania.

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6. Maine’s lobster boom may be headed for a bust.

Since the 1980s, climate change has warmed Maine’s waters to the ideal temperature for lobsters, helping grow the state’s fishery to a half-billion-dollar industry. Now there are fears the waters will get too warm and bring the business to a standstill.

One fisherman’s grim view: “We’re past the point of climate change helping us. We’re on the downward spiral.”

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7. Turkey’s election, set for Sunday, is shaping up to be a referendum on the changes President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has brought during his 15 years in power.

Among them: gargantuan building projects that have left an indelible stamp on the nation. Above, a mosque under construction on Istanbul’s highest hill overlooking the Bosporus.

Now, as he campaigns, he’s planning his biggest one yet: a canal that would open a new, Turkish-owned trade route.

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8. This year was Peru’s first World Cup appearance since 1982, and one broadcaster set out to narrate the matches in his native language, Quechua.

Luis Soto, above left, spent a decade compiling a soccer dictionary for speakers of the language of the ancient Incas.

But he had to report a big loss: France defeated Peru, eliminating the team from the tournament.

The first match tomorrow is a good one: Brazil vs. Costa Rica at 8 a.m. Eastern..

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9. The Warped Tour, the traveling punk-rock extravaganza, begins its final full cross-country run, in California.

When it began in 1995, three of the 21 headlining bands included women. The gender imbalance remains striking: only 7 percent of the bands on this year’s bill do.

So we spoke to 75 women and nonbinary musicians who have performed at the festival. (Above, Joan Jett playing there in 2006.)

Shawna Potter of War on Women said: “We had dads coming up to us saying, ‘I’m so glad my daughter got to watch you, you guys are awesome.’ And little trans kids still figuring their [expletive] out, saying, ‘Thank God you’re here.’”

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10. Finally, this is your periodic reminder that it’s not all bad news out there.

In our latest Week in Good News: Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s prime minister, became the first world leader to give birth while in office in nearly three decades; a grass-roots march for peace in Afghanistan; and, above, the glamorous grandmas of Instagram.

Have a great night.

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