With a deadline looming, countries race for a global agreement to cut plastic waste A United Nations official said negotiators have a “clear path to landing an ambitious deal” on plastic pollution. But environmentalists say the plastic industry is undermining an effective agreement. Read more on NPR

University protesters want divestments from Israel. Here’s what that means Campus protesters want administrators to sell off investments in companies with ties to Israel. Here’s a look at what divestment means — and why universities are saying no. Read more on NPR

Saying he was ‘too nice’ in his first term, Trump plots an aggressive second chance In a new interview with TIME Magazine, Trump promises to prosecute President Biden, unleash the National Guard on immigrants and says it’s “irrelevant” if he’s comfortable criminalizing abortions. Read more on NPR

The Biden administration is moving to reclassify marijuana. Here’s what that means The Justice Department is expected to propose a new, lower classification for marijuana that would lessen restrictions on the drug. But there’s another review process to come. Read more on NPR

An Agonizing Choice: Whether to Flee Southern Gaza Ahead of Assault Israel has been public with it’s plan to conduct an assault on the city of Rafah, in southern Gaza, absent a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. Such a military operation could be catastrophic for more than a million Palestinian civilians there, many having fled there…

Eight newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft for copyright infringement The New York Daily News, the Chicago Tribune and others contend that the tech companies illegally copied their work without seeking permission or ever paying the publishers. Read more on NPR

With mixed economic signals, the Federal Reserve is likely to stand pat on rates The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady this week — and possibly for months to come — as policymakers try to sort through mixed signals about the U.S. economy. Read more on NPR