The Trump administration proposed new rules today that could revoke tax-exempt status from any college or private high school that offers targeted support to minority students. Officials in the administration have said that they consider such programs to be a form of discrimination.

The plan, set to take effect no sooner than May, would thrust the I.R.S. into the center of President Trump’s efforts to reshape American higher education. Education groups have already indicated that they intend to challenge the move in court. Universities in particular have long used race-based programs to address the nation’s history of discrimination.

Tax exemptions can be especially valuable for colleges, many of which rely on donors who are able to deduct the money they give. The Treasury Department said that the rules could apply to as many as 18,000 schools.

In other Trump administration news:

Jury in Clancy trial appears to be split 11-1

After six days of deliberations, the Massachusetts jury considering murder charges against Lindsay Clancy for the deaths of her three children is still deadlocked. Clancy’s lead defense lawyer said this afternoon that a single juror appeared to be standing in the way of a verdict. Here’s what we know.

After a heated sidebar, the lawyer said the holdout appeared to be ignoring the judge’s instructions regarding the standard of reasonable doubt. He called for the juror to be removed, but the judge denied the request.

Gloria Steinem personified the women’s movement

Gloria Steinem, the writer and crusader who helped millions of women gain a measure of equality and helped extend second-wave feminism to women of color, lesbians and other marginalized groups, died yesterday at 92.

During an itinerant childhood, Steinem had scant formal education until the sixth grade. But she read voraciously, and began her career in New York as a freelance writer in 1960. By 1968, she had co-founded New York magazine, which led her to her feminist awakening when she reported on a group of women discussing their illegal abortions.

Two years later, Steinem co-founded Ms. magazine; all 300,000 copies of the first issue sold out in eight days. Read our appraisal of her writing, and watch a never-before-seen interview with The Times, in which she reflected on the many facets of her career.

For more: Steinem became not just the voice, but also the face of feminism, and used her glamour as a means to an end, our chief fashion critic writes. See her life in photos.

The nation’s largest school districts restrict A.I. use

Officials in Los Angeles announced that the area’s public school system, the second-biggest in the country, will ban the use of most artificial intelligence tools at all grade levels. The move came just days after America’s largest school system, in New York City, announced it would ban most A.I. through 8th grade.

Both developments follow extraordinary pushback from parents hoping to slow down the incursion of technology and screens into childhood. A growing body of research also shows that individuals who use chatbots can experience reduced critical thinking.

Scientists identify genes linked to personality

Do you feel naturally anxious? Highly adventurous? More argumentative than you’d like to admit? Ever wondered why? Researchers announced that they had found 1,260 genetic markers tied to dimensions of personality, like extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism and openness to experience.

Nearly two-thirds of the markers were identified for the first time, revitalizing a decades-old effort to determine to what extent our DNA shapes who we become.

More top news

• Housing: Mortgage rates climbed to their highest level in more than a year.

• Immigration: A federal grand jury indicted an ICE officer on charges of making false statements about a shooting during the crackdown in Minnesota last winter.

• Business: Volkswagen said it is cutting 50,000 jobs in the face of surging Chinese competition and energy prices.

• Trade: As spending on data centers drove up imports, the U.S. trade deficit bounced back up to its highest level in 16 months.

• Politics: Elon Musk began to unleash what is expected to be a $100 million-plus war chest to help Republicans in the midterms.

• Ukraine: As an interagency rivalry burst into the open, the country’s two foremost intelligence agencies engaged in a shootout on the streets of Kyiv.

• Social media: Grainy, threatening footage of Dr. Seuss’s Cat In the Hat character, seemingly made with A.I., has terrorized schoolchildren and prompted investigations.

• Media: The Athletic, which is owned by The Times, found that the relationship between Dianna Russini, a former reporter, and Mike Vrabel, the head coach of the New England Patriots, violated its guidelines.

A book so engrossing that our columnist forgot to eat dinner

My colleague Jennifer Harlan reads tons of fantasy books every year. It’s her job as our Book Review’s fantasy columnist. So my ears perked up when I heard that she had declared Lex Croucher’s “The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones” her favorite read of the year so far.

The book — part action adventure, part tender romance — follows former childhood best friends who cross paths again at an upper-crust English school. Jennifer said she “completely lost my grip on time” when reading the book. “I forgot to eat dinner.”

Making jazz out of the mundane

Every day, dozens of Amtrak trains rumble down the tracks, shuttling passengers up the East Coast or across the heart of the country. Now, each one of those trips is part of a seven-instrument online jazz ensemble.

The trains play notes according to how far they’ve traveled along their routes; the symphony can be subdued or energetic depending on the time of day and various delays. Listen here, and see if you learn anything new about America’s rail system.

For another interesting listen: Check out what scientists believe Jurassic forests sounded like.

A delicate tradition passed down for 500 years

In a tiny Portuguese village, Isabel Rama begins each morning by kneading, resting and stretching out a high-gluten dough across the floor into a giant, billowing blanket. With each pull, the dough gets thinner and more translucent, until, as tradition dictates, a Bible could be read through it. Then it’s time to wrap the sheets around a sweet egg custard, creating pastel de Tentúgal.

The now-famous recipe was invented in the 16th century by nuns in the area who were looking for something to do with their extra eggs. It’s now become the lifeblood of the village, passed down by generations of women. “It’s a privilege to make a part of this history,” Rama said. Follow the process from start to finish.

Have a sublime evening.

Thanks for reading. I’ll be back tomorrow — Matthew

Eli Cohen was our photo editor.

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