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Tuesday Briefing: Trump’s Tariff Leverage

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via NYT > World News Also, a hit musical at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

U.S. to Require Some Foreign Visitors to Pay Bonds of Up to $15,000 for Entry

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via NYT > World News A State Department pilot program will tie the cash deposits to tourist and business visas for people from countries with high visa overstay rates.

Razia Jan, 81, Who Built an Enduring Girls’ School in Afghanistan, Dies

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via NYT > World News Before 9/11, she ran a dry cleaning business in Massachusetts; in the aftermath, she returned home after decades away to educate young girls.

Oasis Fan Dies in Apparent Fall at Wembley

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via NYT > World News A concertgoer apparently fell from the upper tiers at Wembley Stadium as the band’s reunion tour show was winding down.

Monday Briefing: An ‘All or Nothing’ Gaza Deal

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via NYT > World News Plus, influencers feted by the Vatican.

More Than 60 Migrants Dead After Boat Capsizes Off the Coast of Yemen

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via NYT > World News The trip across the Gulf of Aden is the first leg of one of the world’s riskiest — and busiest — migration and smuggling routes.

How Trump Is Transforming the U.S. Government’s Environmental Role

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via NYT > World News The E.P.A. said this week it would revoke its own ability to fight climate change. It’s the latest move in an extraordinary pivot away from science-based protections.