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Trump escalates a trade war with Mexico, Canada, and the EU; Denmark passes a law banning the burqa (and other face coverings).      Tonight's Sentences is written by Ella Nilsen.  Top News Trump picks a huge trade fight with ... everyone Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump is expanding his trade war with China to include Mexico, Canada, and the European Union. [ Washington Post / David J. Lynch, Damian Paletta, and James McAuley ]  The Trump administration, through US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, announced today that the US would levy significant tariffs on aluminum and steel imports from the EU, Mexico, and Canada. [ Politico / Doug Palmer ]  The US is imposing a 25 percent tariff on steel and a 10 perce

Thursday, May 31, 2018 - The Day's Most Fascinating News from Dave Pell Thursday, May 31, 2018 1 FLAT CHANCE Anyone in the news business should be willing to publicly share their biases, so here's one from me: I don't believe the Earth is flat. That said, I find the plausibility of the Earth's flatness to be greater than many of the conspiracy theories and outright lies that dominate our headlines. So, while Flat Earthers remain outliers, they've taken a few steps toward the intellectual center over the past few years (which, at least in their view of things, means a few steps away from the edge). So now is as good a time as any to examine what they believe and why. From The New Yorker's Alan Burdick: Looking for Life on a Flat Earth . "The flat Earth is the post-truth landscape. As a group, its residents view themselve