People’s attitudes towards politics shape their outlook, influencing how they rate their life satisfaction and make investments. It’s not crazy, then, that if Americans see their favoured candidate win the White House, they’ll feel more optimistic and have more kids. Sure enough, our data journalists found evidence that presidential elections affect the partisan fertility gap. Could MAGA country see another baby boom?

And a judge has said, for the time being, that the Trump administration cannot stop Harvard from enrolling foreign students. The government’s assault on universities is part of a wide-ranging—and deeply worrying—campaign against science.

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