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"At the heart of the 11-page agreement is a joint investment fund that is intended to help rebuild Ukraine once the Russian invasion...ends." What's in the US-Ukraine minerals agreement. / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Experts cite a spike in postponed container ships previously set to arrive on the US West Coast as a sign that trouble is already looming. / WIRED

Whether it's seeing tariffs on receipts or, bizarrely, limiting the number of dolls a household can afford, MAGA wants to convince Americans to be happy with less. / The Dispatch

"On average, trade deals signed by the United States take 18 months to negotiate and 45 months to implement." The US is racing against time to solve its trade debacle. / The New York Times [+]

Americans disfavor impeachments because they're a challenge to institutional order—besides, without removal from office, impeachments mean little. / Good Politics/Bad Politics

NIH's autism registry may be scrapped, but the damage is already done, as families cancel medical appointments and ask for records to be destroyed. / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

See also: Misinformation is standard operating procedure for the Trump administration, which now wants to end NIH's research into misinformation. / Science

Trump's new executive order to defund NPR and PBS is not actually a thing that he can do because that money is appropriated by Congress. / WBUR

The Trump administration wants to halt $1 billion in mental health services for school districts, reversing bipartisan legislation with strong Republican support. / NPR

Rhode Island is the only state without a system for decertifying police officers—along with its secretive approach to tracking police misconduct, it's a dangerous combination. / The Public's Radio

"Perhaps it was more palatable to feel like I was losing him in installments; that I could say goodbye to each part as they left. Bye, legs; bye, feet; bye voice." Mariana Serapicos loses her dad to ALS. / Electric Literature

When bland, lookalike technology advertising was the norm in the 1980s and '90s, PC Connection stood out with Erick Ingraham's anthropomorphic raccoons. / Technologizer

Find a sunny cafe using maps that depict surrounding buildings' shade cover right now. / Sunseekr