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Plus, Lego crime. 

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Iran War Live Updates: Oil Prices Rise as Iran Vows Retaliation for Cargo Ship Attack, by The New York Times

Trump Administration to Begin Refunding $166 Billion in Tariffs, by Tony Romm and Ana Swanson

The 27-Year-Old Diplomat Waging Trump’s Cultural War With Europe, by Michael D. Shear, Catherine Porter, Jane Bradley and Christopher F. Schuetze

What the New Loan Caps Will Mean for Grad Students This Fall, by Amy Fan

Humans Who Used a Bear Suit to Defraud Car Insurers Are Sentenced to Jail, by Hannah Ziegler

Man Charged in Lego Theft Scheme of Replacing Pieces With Pasta, Police Say, by Rylee Kirk

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10-Day Cease-Fire Between Israel and Lebanon Goes Into Effect, by Euan Ward, Isabel Kershner, Eric Schmitt and Thomas Fuller

Hegseth Again Threatens Attacks on Iran’s Civilian Infrastructure, by John Ismay

White House Declines to Offer Congress an Estimate of Iran War Cost, by Tony Romm

In Las Vegas, Trump Brushes Off Rising Fuel Prices, by Chris Cameron

Trump to Nominate Doctor Who Has Publicly Supported Vaccines as C.D.C. Director, by Apoorva Mandavilli

Utah Becomes the New Center of U.S. Measles Cases, by Teddy Rosenbluth

Roger Adams Dies at 71; Invented the Rolling Sneakers Known as Heelys, by Richard Sandomir

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Plus, forget sneakers — Allbirds is going A.I.

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Jesus Memes, Threats and a War in Iran: A Portrait of Trump Under Pressure, by Katie Rogers

Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate, by Peter Baker

As War Chills Economy, Dubai’s Most Vulnerable Bear the Cost, by Raja Abdulrahim

Stocks Hit Record High as Wall St. Looks Beyond War, by Joe Rennison

5 Takeaways From the Live Nation Antitrust Trial, by Ben Sisario

Saudi Fund to Back Away From LIV Golf Under Mounting Financial Pressures, by Lauren Hirsch, Vivian Nereim and Alan Blinder

Sneaker Company Allbirds Plans to Pivot to A.I. Yes, A.I., by Livia Albeck-Ripka

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Plus, will the World Cup bring tourists back to the U.S.?

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51 Percent of Americans Think the War in Iran Has Not Been Worthwhile, by Ruth Igielnik

A Divided America Processes a War That Trump Has Scarcely Explained, by Jack Healy, Pooja Salhotra, Jazmine Ulloa, Anna Griffin, Emily Cataneo and Ruth Igielnik

Rare Direct Talks Between Israel and Lebanon Focus on Hezbollah, by Michael Crowley, Euan Ward, Anushka Patil and Thomas Fuller

Gallego Dismissed Rumors of a ‘Flirty’ Swalwell, Highlighting a Culture of Silence, by Michael Gold

‘I Got Back Every Penny’: Inside Trump’s Supercharged Tax Season, by Andrew Duehren

Hampshire College Will Close Amid Student Enrollment Declines, by Mark Arsenault

Will the World Cup Bring Tourists Back to America? by Gabe Castro-Root

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Plus, the rise of big bagel. 

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U.S. Is Negotiating an Iran Deal That Would Buy Time, Again, by David E. Sanger and Tyler Pager

Swalwell Says He Will Resign From Congress After Sex Abuse Accusations, by Michael Gold, Jill Cowan and Emily Cochrane

Tony Gonzales, a Texas Congressman, Says He Will Resign, by J. David Goodman

Pope Leo Heads to Africa to Meet the Future of Catholicism, by Motoko Rich

To File or Not to File: Undocumented Immigrants Face a Tax Return Dilemma, by Miriam Jordan and Andrew Duehren

Big Money Is Betting on Bagels, by Julia Moskin

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Plus, Eric Swalwell suspended his campaign after sexual assault allegations. 

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Trump Was Watching a U.F.C. Fight in Miami While Iran Talks Collapsed, by Katie Rogers

How Would a Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz Work? Here Are Some Possibilities., by Ephrat Livni

4 Takeaways From Viktor Orban’s Defeat in the Hungarian Election, by Lara Jakes

For Many, Ban on Transgender Military Service Means Full Pay but No Work by Dave Philipps, by Dave Philipps

Swalwell Suspends Campaign for California Governor Amid Sexual Assault Accusations, by Jill Cowan

San Quentin Uses Sports as Rehabilitation. It Could Soon Be a Model Elsewhere., by Eli Tan

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Plus, your Friday news quiz. 

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How Trump Purged Immigration Judges to Speed Up Deportations, by Nicholas Nehamas, Allison McCann, Steven Rich, Jazmine Ulloa and Hamed Aleaziz

Vance Faces a High-Profile Test of His Negotiating Skills With Iran Talks, by Katie Rogers and Tyler Pager

Lebanon Mourns After Israeli Onslaught Kills More Than 300 People, by Euan Ward, Hwaida Saad and Christina Goldbaum

Melania Trump Says She Was Not Associated With Jeffrey Epstein, by Shawn McCreesh

America’s Furniture Stores Struggle to Survive a Frozen Housing Market, by Kim Bhasin

Is a Big Album Dropping? You Might Want to Watch the Road., by Adeel Hassan

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Plus, the latest country planning to ban social media for teens. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

Iran War Live Updates: Israeli Strikes in Lebanon Threaten Shaky U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire, by The New York Times

After Cease-Fire, Iranians Are Left to Pick Up the Pieces, by Sanam Mahoozi, Leily Nikounazar, Yeganeh Torbati and Shirin Hakim

White House Secures Foreign Steel for Ballroom Project, by Ana Swanson and Luke Broadwater

Dealer Who Sold Ketamine to Matthew Perry Is Sentenced to 15 Years, by Emmanuel Morgan and Matt Stevens

What We Know About the Gilgo Beach Killings, by Claire Fahy

Greece Plans to Block Social Media for Children Under 15, by Niki Kitsantonis

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Plus, the great pistachio gamble. 

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Iran War Live Updates: 2-Week Cease-Fire Takes Hold, by The New York Times

How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran, by Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman

Think Airfares Are High? Brace Yourself for Bag Fees and Fuel Surcharges., by Christine Chung

Anthropic Claims Its New A.I. Model, Mythos, Is a Cybersecurity ‘Reckoning,’ by Kevin Roose

How a Sapling and a Viral Candy Made California the World’s Pistachio King, by Julie Creswell and Jacqueline Gu

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Plus, a look behind the moon. 

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Trump Says Iran Proposal Isn’t Enough to Stop Attacks on Bridges and Power Plants, by Tyler Pager and Erika Solomon

6 Takeaways From Trump’s News Conference on Iran, by Anton Troianovski and Luke Broadwater

Vance to Visit Hungary to Boost Orban Before Election, by Andrew Higgins

Wealthy Donors Are Hiding Political Money in Secretive Nonprofits, by Theodore Schleifer and Steven Rich

How Accurate Are Google’s A.I. Overviews?, by Tripp Mickle, Cade Metz, Dylan Freedman, Teresa Mondría Terol and Keith Collins

Artemis II Astronauts Head Home After Historic Journey Around the Moon, by Kenneth Chang, Katrina Miller and Thomas Fuller

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