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On Today’s Episode:

Israel Agrees to Staggered Pauses in Fighting to Allow for Polio Vaccination, U.N. Says, by Lara Jakes and Ephrat Livni

7 Takeaways From Harris’s First Major Interview, by Reid J. Epstein

Trump Floats Coverage Mandate for I.V.F. Treatment, by Neil Vigdor and Michael Gold

On the Covid ‘Off-Ramp’: No Tests, Isolation or Masks, by Emily Baumgaertner

Another Icon-of-the-Seas-Style Megaship? Make That 3 More, by Ceylan Yeğinsu

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