The Best of the Week’s News

• Trump threatens a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports unless they stop trying to hold their former fascist president accountable for his failed coup. (Prospect, NYT)
   

• Aid to Texas flood victims was delayed because Kristi Noem has to personally sign off on all expenditures over $100,000. Plus, the head of warning coordination at the National Weather Service was pushed out by DOGE. (WaPo, NYT)
   

• Trump’s Department of Labor is dismantling critical workplace protections. (EPI)
   

• Benjamin Netanyahu dragged out the war in Gaza in order to stay in power. (NYT)
   

• Lawsuits allege Eric Adams created a culture of cronyism at the NYPD, including selling promotions. (Gothamist, Hellgate)