• Via The Hill: Record number of Americans applying for UK citizenship.
• Via Ars Technica: Trump’s trade war risks splintering the Internet, experts warn.
• Via ABC News: Ashli Babbitt’s family to receive $5 million in settlement with Trump administration: Sources.
• Via WaPo: Wall Street warns Trump aides the GOP tax bill could jolt bond markets.
• Via Stat: 25 million cavities and $9.8 billion: Study estimates the costs of removing fluoride from water. But, hey, MAHA!!
• Via NBC News: After Rubio seeks to revoke their visas, Chinese students say U.S. resembles the country they left.

Chinese students who spoke to NBC News on Thursday said that they came to the U.S. for freedoms they felt they did not have back in China but that now the Trump administration is starting to resemble the strict regime they left behind.

“USA stands for freedom. It stands for democracy. … That’s why we come here to chase our dreams,” said one Chinese Ph.D. student at a New Jersey university, who requested anonymity out of fear of retaliation. “In China, the government can control education, high schools, colleges, universities. We thought that the USA could be different.”