Background: Facing accusations that it was deliberately targeting young people, Juul Labs, the country’s dominant e-cigarette seller, announced last year that it would stop shipping most flavored pods, like mango and cucumber. But the administration said that just caused a shift to menthol and mint, which would also be banned.

The details: About one-quarter of American high school students reported vaping within the past 30 days, up from 20 percent last year.

The great floods of 2019

Flooding this year across the Midwest and the South affected nearly 14 million people. To visualize the extent of the disaster, The Times created a composite map showing areas that were inundated at some point from January through June.

Related: Globally, extreme weather events displaced a record seven million people during the first six months of 2019, according to a report released today, putting it on pace to be one of the most disastrous years in almost two decades.

Another angle: President Trump, seeking to justify his claim of a hurricane threat to Alabama, pressed for a federal scientific agency to “clarify” a forecast that contradicted him, according to people familiar with the events.