Your Tuesday Evening Briefing

Trade, Ivanka Trump, Wildfires | View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Tuesday, July 24, 2018 [NYTimes.com »]( [Your Tuesday Evening Briefing]( By KAREN ZRAICK AND HIROKO MASUIKE Good evening. Here’s the latest. Daniel Acker/Reuters 1. If you need evidence that President Trump intends to stay the course with tariffs, look no further. His administration announced up to [$12 billion in emergency relief for farmers]( hurt by the escalating trade war. Republicans were among his fiercest critics. “This administration’s tariffs and bailouts aren’t going to make America great again, they’re just going to make it 1929 again,” said Senator Ben Sasse, a Nebraska Republican. [Here’s what to watch]( over time to assess the trade war’s impact on the economy. And in other White House news, [Ivanka Trump is shutting down her namesake fashion brand](. _____ John Bazemore/Associated Press 2. Polls close in Georgia’s Republican primary runoff at 7 p.m. Eastern, [and we’ll have live results here](. The rivals: two longtime state officials [who have been jockeying to prove their conservative bona fides]( and their fidelity to President Trump. Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, left, is backed by the popular governor. But his challenger, the secretary of state, Brian Kemp, has Mr. Trump’s blessing. The winner will face Stacey Abrams, who is among the best-known Democrats to seek statewide office in the South in recent years. _____ Marian Carrasquero/The New York Times 3. The Trump administration was preparing to tell a federal court that [more than 450 migrant parents whose children were separated]( from them are no longer in the U.S. Above, Elsa Ortiz, who was deported to Guatemala last month after being separated from her 8-year-old son. Immigrant advocates said many parents signed forms they didn’t understand, or agreed to be deported because they thought it would allow rapid reunifications with their children. Essentially, they did not realize they were leaving their children behind. _____ ABC Laos News, via Getty Images 4. Rescue operations are underway in Laos, where hundreds of people are unaccounted for after a [billion-dollar hydropower dam that was under construction]( collapsed. Homes were swept away, and the death toll is unknown. The country’s news agency said more than 6,600 people were displaced from the affected area, which lies along the border with Vietnam and Cambodia. _____ Angelos Tzortzinis/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images 5. In Greece, [wildfires near Athens]( have ravaged seaside areas, killing at least 74 people. The country deployed its entire fleet of water-dropping aircraft and called on the E.U. for help as gale-force winds pushed the fires through coastal regions. Thousands were forced to flee, leaving behind charred resorts and smoldering farms. Some people tried to swim to safety. Europe’s unusually hot, dry summer has fueled significant fires in several countries, but arson was also suspected. _____ David Cohen/Flash90, via Associated Press 6. Israel shot down a Syrian fighter jet that it said [crossed into Israeli-controlled airspace over the Golan Heights]( as it advanced on rebel forces. Syria confirmed the jet was shot down but offered a different account, saying it was bombing rebels. Above, smoke trails from Patriot missiles that the Israelis fired at the jet. It was only the second time during the seven-year Syrian war that Israel had intercepted a warplane, and Israeli forces were on alert for any possible Syrian retaliation. _____ Farooq Naeem/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images 7. Is Imran Khan, a legendary cricket player and former international playboy, [about to become the leader of Pakistan?]( As Pakistan holds elections on Wednesday, Mr. Khan is the party leader widely seen as most likely to emerge with a shot at forming a government. Critics say he’s a “puppet” of the country’s powerful military, which plays a pivotal role in politics. Here’s a quick look at [the main players and issues](. _____ Evan Cohen 8. A growing collection of research suggests that our bodies function optimally when we [align our eating patterns with our circadian rhythms]( the innate 24-hour cycles that tell us when to wake up, eat and sleep. Disrupting this rhythm — by eating late meals or nibbling on midnight snacks, for example — could be a recipe for weight gain and metabolic trouble. The research seems to confirm the adage: Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper. _____ Mike Greenwell 9. Speaking of science, a study confirms what you already knew: [You should actually send that thank you letter.]( The study, published last month in the journal Psychological Science, attempted to figure out why so few people actually send thank yous. It found that many people underestimate the impact their note will have — or worry that their writing’s not up to snuff. But most recipients didn’t care how the notes were phrased, they cared about warmth. In fact, they were “ecstatic” to receive the notes. _____ CBS 10. Finally, the late-night hosts were back in action, [poking fun at President Trump’s vitriolic, all-caps tweet]( to Iran’s president. “It seems like an all-caps note is not necessarily the way to deal with a hostile foreign leader,” Stephen Colbert said. “It’s barely the way to deal with a co-worker who keeps stealing your yogurt from the fridge.” Have a great night. _____ Your Evening Briefing is posted at 6 p.m. Eastern. And don’t miss Your Morning Briefing. 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