Axios

MAGA is outraged over President Trump's announcement that he'll allow 600,000 Chinese students to attend U.S. universities, which touches on several of the movement's most potent third rails.

Why it matters: Trump's base is perpetually wary of Beijing's influence in the U.S., obsessed with protecting American jobs from foreigners, and hostile toward what it sees as "woke" ideology in higher education.

A Chinese trade official is due to visit the U.S. in coming days, but that will not be a prelude to future negotiations or a meeting of the countries' leaders, a source familiar with the negotiations tells Axios.

Why it matters: Talks between the world's two largest economies are in a delicate state. A tariff truce is holding, but pressure is increasing on both sides over issues ranging from tech to agriculture.

Top editors from Reuters and the Associated Press on Tuesday sent a joint letter to Israeli officials demanding a "clear explanation" for airstrikes on a Gaza hospital that killed five journalists on Monday.

Why it matters: The deaths underscore growing fears that Israel's Gaza campaign is endangering journalists at unprecedented levels, threatening global press freedom.

Happy National Dog Day to all the good boys and girls out there — including a breed that Americans truly labr-adore.

The big picture: The Labrador retriever is the top dog breed in the U.S., according to a new U.S. News & World Report analysis.

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused Iran on Tuesday of orchestrating at least two antisemitic attacks on the country and said he's expelling the Iranian ambassador to Canberra as a result.

The big picture: Albanese said at a briefing that officials from Australia's spy agency had "credible intelligence" that Tehran likely directed more attacks in addition to the one in Sydney and the one in Melbourne last year.

President Trump during a summit Monday with South Korea's president at the White House hailed his "great relationship" with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and said he wanted to meet with him again later this year.

Why it matters: Longstanding U.S. ally Seoul and Pyongyang are still technically at war after the 1950-53 Korean conflict ended without a peace treaty, though South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has sought to restore relations since being elected in June and has been rebuffed by the North.

A case of the flesh-eating New World screwworm parasite was detected in a person in Maryland who returned to the U.S. after traveling to El Salvador, the Department of Health and Human Services said Sunday evening.

Why it matters: "This is the first human case of travel-associated New World screwworm myiasis (parasitic infestation of fly larvae) from an outbreak-affected country identified in the United States," said HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon in an emailed statement that noted the risk to public health in the U.S. from this case "is very low."

President Trump called his comments questioning South Korea's political stability a "misunderstanding" on Monday after President Lee Jae Myung explained that a special prosecutor investigating the recent coup attempt in the country conducted a raid confined to the Korean side of a base operated jointly with the U.S.

Why it matters: The president's initial comments shocked South Korean officials ahead of the two presidents meeting and came less than a month after the countries agreed on a massive trade deal.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia now faces potential deportation to Uganda, despite the Trump administration calling reports of his deportation to a third country "fake news" earlier this year.

The big picture: The Maryland man, originally from El Salvador, has been a flashpoint in President Trump's immigration agenda. The Trump administration has repeatedly claimed that Abrego Garcia is a criminal and a known member of MS-13, and the Department of Justice has charged him with human smuggling.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia now faces potential deportation to Uganda, despite the Trump administration calling reports of his deportation to a third country "fake news" earlier this year.

The big picture: Abrego Garcia's case could prove to be a litmus test in how far President Trump is willing to take his immigration policies.

At least 20 Palestinians were killed on Monday in an IDF strike on the Nasser Hospital compound in the southern Gaza Strip, according to the hospital director Atef al-Hout and the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health.

Why it matters: The Nasser hospital is the only hospital currently operating in the southern Gaza Strip.

While the Trump administration has failed so far to end the war in Gaza, it has found slow but steady success in two other war-ravaged Middle Eastern countries.

Why it matters: The administration's diplomatic efforts in Syria and Lebanon have generated scant attention in Washington and in the news cycle. But they hold the potential for truly historic developments.

France's foreign ministry announced it will summon on Monday the U.S. ambassador to Paris Charles Kushner over an open letter to President Emmanuel Macron claiming the French government isn't doing enough to fight antisemitism in the country.

Why it matters: It is highly unusual for France to summon a U.S. ambassador. Kushner's case is even more remarkable because he is the father of Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law.