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States sue the Trump administration over a new policy affecting international students; Poland's right-wing president wins another term. Tonight's Sentences was written by Cameron Peters. TOP NEWS 17 states fight to allow international students to stay in the US Anik Rahman/NurPhoto via Getty Images - On Monday, 17 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration over a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy that could see international students whose schools do not plan to offer in-person classes kicked out of the country for the fall semester. [[New York Times](] - The policy, which ICE announced last week, would leave international students with few choices: For many, returning to their home countries would be impossible, and attending in-person classes poses a health risk, assuming universities are even offering them. [[Vox / Nicole Narea](] - It’s the second major suit filed against the government since the policy was announced. Last week, Harvard and MIT also sued, and at least 59 other US universities threw their support behind that challenge in an amicus brief filed Sunday. [[Reuters / Radhika Anilkumar and Shubham Khalia](] - Critics of the policy have argued that it is designed to use foreign students “as pawns to keep all schools open, no matter the cost to the health and well-being of these students and their communities.” [[NYT / Anemona Hartocollis and Miriam Jordan](] - Monday’s suit alleges that policy change, which affects the more than 1 million international students currently in the US, was “arbitrary and capricious,” and thus a violation of the Administrative Procedure Act. [[The Hill / John Kruzel](] - The act is a frequent nemesis of the Trump administration: When SCOTUS ruled last month that the Trump administration could not immediately end DACA, it was also because of an Administrative Procedure Act violation. [[Vox / Nicole Narea](] - By offering in-person independent study courses and coordinating class schedules, students and professors alike have tried to allay the worst effects of the policy change and protect international students while the lawsuits are pending. [[Forbes / Rachel Sandler and Jemima McEvoy](] - But it’s still poised to shatter the hopes of many international students studying in the US, who now have to deal with massive uncertainty in the midst of a pandemic. “It’s just very scary to think about these things,” one University of Washington student told the Washington Post. [[Washington Post / Joanna Slater and Niha Masih](] Five more years for Poland's president - On Monday, Polish President Andrzej Duda won a second five-year term by the narrowest of margins, according to the country’s electoral commission. He defeated Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski in an election that was initially too close to call when polls closed on Sunday. [[BBC](] - Duda is a far-right populist who leaned into homophobic and anti-Semitic rhetoric in the closing days of the campaign. His win means that Poland’s Law and Justice Party will remain in control at least through 2023. [[Guardian / Shaun Walker and Jennifer Rankin](] - It’s also a cause for consternation in the EU. The bloc has repeatedly criticized Duda’s Poland for illiberal reforms that it says have eroded the country’s democratic institutions, and Duda’s reelection means there’s likely no end in sight for those concerns. [[Reuters / Joanna Plucinska, Marcin Goclowski](] - Trzaskowski had championed a more liberal, more EU-friendly vision for the country, and he framed the election as “now or never” for Poland’s liberal opposition. However, Duda’s support from older, more rural voters was enough to get him across the line with 51.2 percent of the vote. [[NYT / Monika Pronczuk and Marc Santora](] MISCELLANEOUS For the first time in months, there were no coronavirus deaths in New York City on Saturday. [[NPR / Laurel Wamsley](] - As coronavirus cases surge in the US, Trump has a new plan: attack his own public health officials. [[Politico / Quint Forgey](] - Independent media outlets are under fire around the world. Trump's "enemy of the people" rhetoric is making things worse. [[NYT / Ben Smith](] - “The industry is getting away with murdering people”: How the pandemic has allowed corporations to exploit America’s most vulnerable workers. [[New Yorker / Jane Mayer](] - Breonna Taylor was killed by police in March. The officers involved have not been arrested. [[Vox / Anna North and Fabiola Cineas](] - After more than two decades of calls for change, Washington, DC's NFL team will finally "retire" its name. [[Washington Post / Les Carpenter](] VERBATIM "The Trump administration made it very clear: They don’t want new regulation. 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