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Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. To edit or delete this email alert, please go to [Manage My Alerts](. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Daily Update Compiled: March 12, 2018 4:24 AM [NYTimes.com/MyAlerts »]( [The idea for a military-style exercise to question climate science encountered widespread resistance within the administration, officials said.]( Tom Brenner/The New York Times [The E.P.A Chief Wanted a Climate Science Debate. Trump’s Chief of Staff Stopped Him.]( By LISA FRIEDMAN and JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS The idea for a military-style exercise to question climate science encountered widespread resistance within the administration, officials said. [The loss of Mr. Cohn, who carried the banner for free trade and free markets in the White House, portends more populist trade and economic policies to come.]( Eric Thayer for The New York Times [Cohn’s Departure Widens Policy Rift Between Party and President]( By ANA SWANSON and JIM TANKERSLEY The loss of Mr. Cohn, who carried the banner for free trade and free markets in the White House, portends more populist trade and economic policies to come. Advertisement [The Texas Senate campaign began with a bang on Wednesday as Senator Ted Cruz mocked Representative Beto O’Rourke for using a childhood nickname.]( Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times [Et Tu, Rafael? Cruz Asks Democratic Rival, Beto O’Rourke, ‘What’s in a Nickname?’]( By MICHAEL TACKETT The Texas Senate campaign began with a bang on Wednesday as Senator Ted Cruz mocked Representative Beto O’Rourke for using a childhood nickname. [A reader asks, “What ever will we do without him?”]( Illustration by Nicolas Ortega; Photograph by Stephen Crowley/The New York Times [Jared Kushner the Indispensable]( A reader asks, “What ever will we do without him?” [The president of Chile, China’s foreign minister and the head of the European Central Bank all weighed in on President Trump's metals tariffs.]( Meridith Kohut for The New York Times [A Storm of Reaction to Trump’s Tariffs]( The president of Chile, China’s foreign minister and the head of the European Central Bank all weighed in on President Trump's metals tariffs. [Readers cite the possible perils of such talks, congratulate President Trump and suggest a Marshall Plan for North Korea.]( Jenn Liv [North Korea’s Offer of Nuclear Talks]( Readers cite the possible perils of such talks, congratulate President Trump and suggest a Marshall Plan for North Korea. Advertisement [Op-Ed Columnist]( [A 15-year-old stood up to the Parkland gunman, yet the president won’t stand up to the N.R.A.]( Broward County Sheriff's Office, via Associated Press [Mr. Trump, Here’s a Teenage Hero; It’s Your Turn!]( By NICHOLAS KRISTOF A 15-year-old stood up to the Parkland gunman, yet the president won’t stand up to the N.R.A. [The administration is expected to formally announce tariffs on Thursday despite pushback from Republican lawmakers and as officials began signaling carve-outs for certain countries.]( Jeff Kowalsky/European Pressphoto Agency [Trump Prepares to Formalize Tariffs but Floats Exemptions]( By ANA SWANSON The administration is expected to formally announce tariffs on Thursday despite pushback from Republican lawmakers and as officials began signaling carve-outs for certain countries. [The president also intends to establish a federal commission to examine school safety proposals, but the administration’s efforts appeared to be piecemeal and of limited scope.]( Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press [Trump to Push Ahead on Gun Training for School Employees, White House Says]( By MAGGIE HABERMAN The president also intends to establish a federal commission to examine school safety proposals, but the administration’s efforts appeared to be piecemeal and of limited scope. [The federal Fish and Wildlife Service will consider allowing some hunters to bring home tusks and hides from certain African countries, overturning an Obama-era prohibition.]( Hoberman Collection/UIG, via Getty Images [U.S. Lifts Ban on Some Elephant and Lion Trophies]( By RACHEL NUWER The federal Fish and Wildlife Service will consider allowing some hunters to bring home tusks and hides from certain African countries, overturning an Obama-era prohibition. [The attorney general announced a suit claiming the state’s immigrant-protection laws violated federal law, while Gov. Jerry Brown struck back in his own appearance.]( Jim Wilson/The New York Times [Jeff Sessions Scolds California in Immigration Speech: ‘We Have a Problem’]( By THOMAS FULLER and VIVIAN YEE The attorney general announced a suit claiming the state’s immigrant-protection laws violated federal law, while Gov. Jerry Brown struck back in his own appearance. [Alex M. Azar II, the secretary of health and human services, said doctors and hospitals should disclose costs to patients before they were treated.]( Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press [Health Officials Assail ‘Pricing Schemes’ That Gouge Patients]( By ROBERT PEAR Alex M. Azar II, the secretary of health and human services, said doctors and hospitals should disclose costs to patients before they were treated. [Gary Cohn Says He Will Resign as Trump’s Top Economic Adviser]( By KATE KELLY and MAGGIE HABERMAN Mr. Cohn had made clear his opposition to the steel and aluminum tariffs that Mr. Trump plans to impose. It’s the latest departure from a White House in chaos. [The principle of federal supremacy over immigration established in a Supreme Court ruling in favor of the Obama administration could help the Trump Justice Department advance a different goal.]( Noah Berger/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images [Sessions Targets California Immigrants Using a Ruling That Protected Them]( By ADAM LIPTAK The principle of federal supremacy over immigration established in a Supreme Court ruling in favor of the Obama administration could help the Trump Justice Department advance a different goal. [Mr. Cohn, the White House’s top economic adviser, was a voice for mainstream economic policies and a key gatekeeper for corporate executives.]( Tom Brenner/The New York Times [Gary Cohn’s Departure From White House Has Wall St. Worried]( By DAVID GELLES and KATE KELLY Mr. Cohn, the White House’s top economic adviser, was a voice for mainstream economic policies and a key gatekeeper for corporate executives. Follow NYTimes [Facebook] [FACEBOOK]( [Twitter] [@nytimes]( Get more [NYTimes.com newsletters »]( | Get unlimited access to NYTimes.com and our NYTimes apps. [Subscribe »]( ABOUT THIS EMAIL This is an automated email. Please do not reply directly to this email from NYTimes.com. [Unsubscribe]( | [Manage My Alerts]( | [Change Your Email]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Contact]( | [Advertise]( Copyright 2017 The New York Times Company 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018