Today’s edition of quick hits.

* Crisis conditions in Minneapolis continue: “Outrage has intensified over violent encounters between federal agents deployed by the Trump administration and residents in Minnesota following multiple arrests and another shooting by a federal agent this week.”

* The world moves on without us: “Canada will lower tariffs on some Chinese electric vehicles and China will do the same for Canadian canola products, a major shift in policy that was announced on Friday during a landmark state visit by Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada to Beijing.”

* Clean energy scores another win in court: “A federal judge on Friday cleared U.S. power company Dominion Energy to resume work on its Virginia offshore wind project, the third legal blow this week to President Donald Trump’s anti-offshore wind agenda.”

* Speaking of the Trump administration’s court losses: “California scored a key victory on Thursday against the Trump administration over access to the names and personal information of the state’s 23 million voters, persuading a federal judge to dismiss a Justice Department lawsuit filed last year demanding the data.”

* Kari Lake adds to an ignominious record: “Kari Lake — the figurehead tapped by Donald Trump to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media, or USAGM, where her leadership may not even be legally sanctioned — admitted this week that she had prevented Radio Free Europe from broadcasting into Iran, as she faces ongoing allegations of hampering the congressionally funded organization in ways that undermine U.S. diplomacy.”

* Another website tweak within HHS: “The Food and Drug Administration quietly removed webpages saying cellphones aren’t dangerous as the Department of Health and Human Services under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launches a study on cellphone radiation.”

* The latest in series of regressive steps on higher education and academic freedom: “Less than a week after naming a new dean, the University of Arkansas Law School has rescinded the offer after state politicians raised concerns about her views on transgender athletes. It was the latest example of how politics is influencing university decisions about faculty hiring, once the exclusive purview of academics.”

Have a safe weekend.

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