By Emma Tucker
The investigation into last month's Air India crash is focusing on the actions of the pilots and the switches controlling fuel flow to the jet's two engines. So far, it doesn't point to a problem with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. We also turn to rural America, where we discovered a surprising factor behind the rapid rise in killings by police: sheriff's departments. And Ford has acquired an unfortunate record: the most safety recalls of any car company in a year -- and it's only July.
Today's Headlines
President Trump announced a 35% tariff on some Canadian imports starting Aug. 1, citing Canada's dairy market and the flow of fentanyl into the U.S.
Harvard is exploring a new center for conservative scholarship as the school fights the Trump administration's claims that it is too liberal.
Two Boston Consulting Group partners are stepping down from leadership roles, the latest fallout from a pro-bono project in Gaza that spiraled into a crisis.
The new "Superman" movie kicks off a plan that Warner Bros. executives and fans agree is the studio's last, best hope to revitalize DC Comics.
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Read It Here First
Pilots' actions and fuel switches take early focus in the Air India probe.
Preliminary findings indicate that switches controlling fuel flow to the Boeing jet's two engines were turned off, leading to an apparent loss of thrust shortly after takeoff, Andrew Tangel, Shan Li and Krishna Pokharel report. The switches would normally be on during flight and it is unclear how or why they were turned off. The stakes for determining what factors led to the crash have ramifications for India's oldest carrier, which turned its operations around after decades under state ownership, and Boeing, which is trying to recover from a string of safety and quality problems.
Killings by police are rising in rural America.
Sheriff's departments, which generally patrol more rural slices of America, were involved in about a third of police killings in 2024, despite making up just a quarter of law enforcement nationwide, according to the nonprofit Mapping Police Violence. Killings by sheriffs rose 43% from 2013, while that number rose 3% for police departments, which patrol cities and towns. The numbers speak to a widening gap between urban and rural law enforcement, just as big-city problems start to stretch into rural America, Zusha Elinson reports.
Expert Take
Q: Trump is wielding tariff threats for more than just trade deals. What else is he aiming to get?
This week, Trump cited the trial of his close political ally, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, as part of the rationale for a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports. It is one of the latest -- and perhaps most brazen -- examples of his use of tariffs as a cudgel for political priorities outside of trade, Gavin Bade and Marcus Walker write.
A: During Trump's first term, the president baffled U.S. allies such as Canada when he invoked national security to justify tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. But his second-term linkage of trade measures with a growing array of political concerns has little precedent.
In January, Trump threatened tariffs on Colombia over repatriation flights for migrants back to that country. Then he imposed steep duties on Canada, Mexico and China over their role in the fentanyl trade, and threatened eye-watering tariffs on countries that buy oil from Venezuela. He has also used the threat of tariffs to attempt to secure more military spending from Asian nations such as Japan and South Korea.
Trump cited the flow of fentanyl again in his latest tariff threat to Canada on Thursday. Canadian officials have argued that very little fentanyl gets into the U.S. from Canada, but have nonetheless taken steps to placate Trump on the issue. The government has announced it is investing almost $1 billion to boost border security, and appointed a "border czar."
Trump is betting the threat of reducing access to the American consumer will force nations to capitulate on his political priorities. But he risks getting rebuked by the courts -- and political blowback if prices for goods rise.
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Happening Today
Trump will visit Kerrville, Texas, to review the damage from catastrophic flash floods.
Number Of The Day:
88
The number of safety recalls Ford has issued this year through the end of June, according to federal data. That's more than any car company ever has recorded in an entire calendar year. Ford said nine of its recalls this year are expansions of earlier ones and that 33 recalls -- about 37% of the total so far -- have been issued as a result of an audit of past recalls.
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