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March 20, 2025
Good Thursday afternoon. Today's newsletter, edited by Sam Baker, is 488 words, a 2-min. read. Thanks to Sheryl Miller for copy editing.
1 big thing: New advice for visiting the U.S.
The U.K. and Germany have beefed up their travel advisories for people visiting the U.S., after residents of both countries were swept up in aggressive immigration enforcement.
- The U.K. updated its travel advice to say: "The authorities in the U.S. set and enforce entry rules strictly. You may be liable to arrest or detention if you break the rules."
- Germany updated its travel guidance yesterday to note that a visa doesn't guarantee entry into the U.S. It issued a separate advisory earlier this month specific to transgender and nonbinary people planning to travel to the U.S.
🔎 Between the lines: A handful of foreign tourists have been detained at the U.S. border recently, Axios' April Rubin reports.
- One German tourist spent two weeks in detention after incorrectly answering a question about where he lived, reportedly due to a language barrier.
- Another was detained for more than six weeks, including eight days of solitary confinement, because she was traveling with tattoo equipment, and border officers assumed she was intending to work illegally in the U.S.
- A Welsh tourist on vacation was also detained at the border when trying to enter Canada.
2. 🥚 The end of egging
The shocking spike in egg prices may mark the final blow to an age-old tradition: egging someone's house.
- Once upon a time, people used to throw eggs at houses as a prank. But kids these days seem to have moved on, Axios' Nathan Bomey writes.
🏡 What they're saying: "We can't even egg houses no more Eggs so damn expensive," one person wrote on X.
🪧 Between the lines: It's not just kids — protestors and pranksters have a long history of throwing eggs at politicians and celebrities.
3. Catch me up

- 🍎 President Trump signed an executive order to begin dismantling the Department of Education. The White House has acknowledged that only Congress could eliminate the department completely. Go deeper.
- 🚙 Almost every Tesla Cybertruck is being recalled, due to an exterior panel that can fly off in traffic. It's the eighth recall in roughly 15 months. Go deeper.
- ☘️ The Boston Celtics have agreed to be sold to private equity investor Bill Chisholm, in a deal that will ultimately be worth $7.3 billion — the most ever paid for a professional sports team. Go deeper.
4. 🏀 Obama's bracket
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