Your Thursday Evening Briefing

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Here’s the latest. Loic Venance/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images 1. 7,000 vessels, 11,500 airplanes, 156,00 Allied soldiers. World leaders gathered in Normandy, France, to [commemorate the 75th anniversary](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRe3BazP0R1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8wNi93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUvdHJ1bXAtZC1kYXktc3BlZWNoLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1ldmVuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMTkwNjA2VwNueXRCCgAms5H5XDsfG-1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) of D-Day, one of the most consequential military operations in history. Above, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and French officials at Juno Beach. “We are gathered here on freedom’s altar,” President Trump said. He left it to the French president, Emmanuel Macron, to praise the institutions built after World War II that are fraying under populist movements. Only a handful of veterans, now in their 90s and beyond, survive. [We gathered photos of the day they still remember](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRe3BazP0SEaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8wNi93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUvZC1kYXktcGhvdG9zLWFubml2ZXJzYXJ5LXBpY3R1cmVzLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1ldmVuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMTkwNjA2VwNueXRCCgAms5H5XDsfG-1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). And [field researchers](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRe3BazP0SBaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8wNS93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUvZC1kYXktbm9ybWFuZHktY29tbWVtb3JhdGlvbi5odG1sP3ImdGU9MSZubD1ldmVuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMTkwNjA2VwNueXRCCgAms5H5XDsfG-1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) in France have been digging up and preserving the physical remains of the invasion. _____ Daniele Volpe for The New York Times 2. Mexico and the U.S. made progress toward a deal to avoid tariffs that would [require migrants to seek asylum](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRe3BazP0RuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8wNi91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC1tZXhpY28uaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPWV2ZW5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAxOTA2MDZXA255dEIKACazkflcOx8b7VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) in the first safe country they enter. Above, an immigration checkpoint in Tapachula, Mexico. Mexico has also pledged to send thousands of troops to the border with Guatemala, if a deal is reached, and could also expand an American program in which asylum seekers wait in Mexico while their cases are processed. Any final agreement would await President Trump’s return from Europe. If Mr. Trump does impose the tariffs, it would be an atypical use of his emergency powers. [Here’s what that means](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRe3BazP0RnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8wNi91cy9tZXhpY28tdGFyaWZmcy5odG1sP3RlPTEmbmw9ZXZlbmluZy1icmllZmluZyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDE5MDYwNlcDbnl0QgoAJrOR-Vw7HxvtUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), and here are the [states that would be hardest hit](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRe3BazP0SEaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8wNS9idXNpbmVzcy9lY29ub215L21leGljby10YXJpZmZzLXN0YXRlLWJ5LXN0YXRlLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1ldmVuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMTkwNjA2VwNueXRCCgAms5H5XDsfG-1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). _____ Carlos Barria/Reuters 3. Republican Senators have threatened to revolt against President Trump’s tariff proposal. But that aside, the Senate tends to be where [action goes to die](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRe3BazP0R2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8wNi91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9zZW5hdGUtdGFyaWZmcy10cnVtcC5odG1sP3RlPTEmbmw9ZXZlbmluZy1icmllZmluZyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDE5MDYwNlcDbnl0QgoAJrOR-Vw7HxvtUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, has allowed barely a dozen roll-call votes this year on bills, amendments and legislation. Around 20 bills have been signed into law since January. Mr. McConnell, who has called himself the “grim reaper” of Washington, has devoted the Senate floor almost exclusively to confirming conservative judicial nominations and Trump administration appointees. _____ Hiroko Masuike/The New York TimesTimes 4. The car industry is begging to keep strong emission standards. In a letter [signed by 17 companies](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRe3BazP0SCaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8wNi9jbGltYXRlL3RydW1wLWF1dG8tZW1pc3Npb25zLXJvbGxiYWNrLWxldHRlci5odG1sP3RlPTEmbmw9ZXZlbmluZy1icmllZmluZyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDE5MDYwNlcDbnl0QgoAJrOR-Vw7HxvtUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) including Ford, General Motors, Toyota and Volvo, the world’s largest automakers told President Trump that his rollbacks of the standards threaten to hurt their profitability and produce “untenable” instability. [Global automakers are already under siege](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRe3BazP0R5aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8wNi9idXNpbmVzcy9hdXRvLWluZHVzdHJ5LWZpYXQtcmVuYXVsdC5odG1sP3RlPTEmbmw9ZXZlbmluZy1icmllZmluZyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDE5MDYwNlcDbnl0QgoAJrOR-Vw7HxvtUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) as the industry transitions to electric vehicles and self-driving cars. And we look at the sudden collapse of Fiat Chrysler’s proposal to [merge with Renault](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRe3BazP0RyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8wNi9idXNpbmVzcy9maWF0LXJlbmF1bHQtbWVyZ2VyLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1ldmVuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMTkwNjA2VwNueXRCCgAms5H5XDsfG-1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). _____ Mandel Ngan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images 5. We told you last week about revelations in the files of a deceased Republican strategist that undercut the Trump administration’s rationale for adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census. We now know [the files contained much more](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRe3BazP0R-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8wNi91cy9ub3J0aC1jYXJvbGluYS1nZXJyeW1hbmRlci1yZXB1YmxpY2FuLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1ldmVuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMTkwNjA2VwNueXRCCgAms5H5XDsfG-1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). Thomas Hofeller, the mastermind behind the G.O.P.’s gerrymandering strategy, left behind four hard drives and 18 thumb drives containing more than 75,000 files that were found by his estranged daughter after his death in August. A group challenging the map for North Carolina’s state legislature says the files show that [Republicans misled a federal court](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRe3BazP0R-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8wNi91cy9ub3J0aC1jYXJvbGluYS1nZXJyeW1hbmRlci1yZXB1YmxpY2FuLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1ldmVuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMTkwNjA2VwNueXRCCgAms5H5XDsfG-1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) to prolong the life of gerrymandered districts. Separately, security experts warn that time is running out for campaigns to create [protections against the cyberattacks](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRe3BazP0R3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8wNi90ZWNobm9sb2d5L2Z0Yy1ydWxlcy1jeWJlcmF0dGFja3MuaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPWV2ZW5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAxOTA2MDZXA255dEIKACazkflcOx8b7VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) and disinformation seen in recent elections. _____ Bettye Lane 6. “The actions taken by the N.Y.P.D. were wrong, plain and simple.” New York’s police commissioner apologized for a violent raid that set off the [1969 Stonewall uprising](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRe3BazP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8wNi9ueXJlZ2lvbi9zdG9uZXdhbGwtbnlwZC5odG1sP3RlPTEmbmw9ZXZlbmluZy1icmllZmluZyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDE5MDYwNlcDbnl0QgoAJrOR-Vw7HxvtUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), speaking just weeks before the 50th anniversary of the milestone for gay rights, which coincides with World Pride month celebrations. “The actions and the laws were discriminatory and oppressive, and for that, I apologize,” Commissioner James O’Neill said. “I vow to the L.G.B.T.Q. community that this would never happen in the N.Y.P.D. in 2019. We have, and we do, embrace all New Yorkers.” History lesson: The Gay Liberation Front was the [first queer activist organization](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRe3BazP0RyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8wNC91cy9zdG9uZXdhbGwtcmlvdHMtZ2F5LXByaWRlLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1ldmVuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMTkwNjA2VwNueXRCCgAms5H5XDsfG-1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) formed after Stonewall. _____ Christina Simons for The New York Times 7. An Australian doctor, above, has implanted a device he invented into thousands of opioid abusers there. Now, American researchers are exploring whether the implant, which blocks physical cravings, could be an [effective new tool](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRe3BazP0SIaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8wNi93b3JsZC9hdXN0cmFsaWEvb3BpYXRlLW9waW9pZC10cmVhdG1lbnQtbmFsdHJleG9uZS5odG1sP3RlPTEmbmw9ZXZlbmluZy1icmllZmluZyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDE5MDYwNlcDbnl0QgoAJrOR-Vw7HxvtUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) in the U.S. The National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health, awarded Columbia University $6.8 million over the next two years to begin clinical trials of the implant. Separately, an Ohio doctor accused of [deliberately prescribing fatal doses](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRe3BazP0R9aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8wNS91cy9vaGlvLWRvY3Rvci1tdXJkZXItZmVudGFueWwtb3ZlcmRvc2UuaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPWV2ZW5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAxOTA2MDZXA255dEIKACazkflcOx8b7VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) of painkillers has been charged with 25 counts of murder. It is one of the state’s largest murder cases in history. _____ Ezra Shaw/Getty Images 8. The Toronto Raptors took Game 3, but the N.B.A. finals aren’t over. So says our sports columnist, who writes that last night was [a reluctant giveaway](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRe3BazP0SNaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8wNi9zcG9ydHMvbmJhLWZpbmFscy10b3JvbnRvLXJhcHRvcnMtZ29sZGVuLXN0YXRlLXdhcnJpb3JzLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1ldmVuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMTkwNjA2VwNueXRCCgAms5H5XDsfG-1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). (Also, the N.B.A. is investigating a [Warrior](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRe3BazP0SDaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8wNi9zcG9ydHMvd2FycmlvcnMtbWFyay1zdGV2ZW5zLXNob3ZlLWt5bGUtbG93cnkuaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPWV2ZW5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAxOTA2MDZXA255dEIKACazkflcOx8b7VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA)[s](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRe3BazP0SDaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8wNi9zcG9ydHMvd2FycmlvcnMtbWFyay1zdGV2ZW5zLXNob3ZlLWt5bGUtbG93cnkuaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPWV2ZW5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAxOTA2MDZXA255dEIKACazkflcOx8b7VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA)[owner](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRe3BazP0SDaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8wNi9zcG9ydHMvd2FycmlvcnMtbWFyay1zdGV2ZW5zLXNob3ZlLWt5bGUtbG93cnkuaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPWV2ZW5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAxOTA2MDZXA255dEIKACazkflcOx8b7VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) who shoved Kyle Lowry of the Raptors and has barred him from games.) From the basketball court to the tennis court: Ahead of a Friday semifinal at the French Open,[Rafael Nadal’s coach](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRe3BazP0SWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8wNi9zcG9ydHMvdGVubmlzL3JhZmFlbC1uYWRhbC1yb2dlci1mZWRlcmVyLWZyZW5jaC1vcGVuLWNhcmxvcy1tb3lhLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1ldmVuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMTkwNjA2VwNueXRCCgAms5H5XDsfG-1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) told our columnist about the challenges the tennis ace has faced in recent years and how, like Roger Federer, he had revived his career. _____ Bryan Derballa for The New York Times 9. And now our music critic goes out on a limb. At its peak, he says, Hootie & the Blowfish was a genuinely excellent band. In the 25 years since the release of “Cracked Rear View,” one of the defining albums of the 1990s, the band has been generally reviled, or shrugged off, or forgotten. Now, it’s time for a reassessment. “To become aggressively uncool, you have to at least engage with the axis of cool,” [Jon Caramanica writes](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRe3BazP0SKaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8wNi9hcnRzL211c2ljL2hvb3RpZS1hbmQtdGhlLWJsb3dmaXNoLWNyYWNrZWQtcmVhci12aWV3Lmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1ldmVuaW5nLWJyaWVmaW5nJmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMTkwNjA2VwNueXRCCgAms5H5XDsfG-1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). “But Hootie never even bothered. Its music was a refinement of an intensely vernacular sound.” Separately, we’re compiling a playlist of songs that are about, evoke or otherwise have some connection to California. [And we want to hear from you](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRe3BazP0R6aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8wNi91cy9jYWxpZm9ybmlhLW11c2ljLXBsYXlsaXN0LXNwb3RpZnkuaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPWV2ZW5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAxOTA2MDZXA255dEIKACazkflcOx8b7VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). _____ Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times 10. And finally, an ode to washing dishes. In this week’s [“Letter of Recommendation”](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRe3BazP0SGaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8wNC9tYWdhemluZS9sZXR0ZXItb2YtcmVjb21tZW5kYXRpb24td2FzaGluZy1kaXNoZXMuaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPWV2ZW5pbmctYnJpZWZpbmcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAxOTA2MDZXA255dEIKACazkflcOx8b7VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA)in The Times Magazine, one writer meditates on cutting through clutter, in life and the kitchen sink. Washing dishes by hand afforded him time to remember that the ordinary isn’t the enemy of experience, but its bedrock. “Look at dishes this way and washing up isn’t the shouldering of a burden,” he writes, “but a renewal of the conditions by which all this — the talking, the eating, the communion — can happen again.” Have a spick-and-span night. _____ Your Evening Briefing is posted at 6 p.m. Eastern. And don’t miss Your Morning Briefing. 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