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Plus, El Niño is scrambling hurricane season. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

• At the U.N., Trump Lays Out a Winner-Takes-All Vision of U.S. Power, by Zolan Kanno-Youngs and David E. Sanger
• Trump Once Vowed to ‘Own’ Greenland. He Settled for Something Much Less., by David E. Sanger, Jeffrey Gettleman and Maya Tekeli
• Trump Officials Eject 750,000 From Obamacare Markets, Claiming Fraud, by Margot Sanger-Katz, Sarah Kliff and Christopher Rowland
• Texas Halts Data Center Permits, Expanding Environmental Scrutiny, by Scott Dance
• ‘It’s Really Busy Out There’: Storms in the Pacific Threaten Hawaii and Mexico, by Amy Graff

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Plus, the man who helped put bugs on the menu. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

• With Time on His Side, Xi Seeks to Extend Truce With Trump, by David Pierson
• Networks Suspend Pool Coverage of Trump After White House Bars CNN, by Michael M. Grynbaum and Ali Watkins
• Paramount Reaches Deal to Clear Way to Create News and Media Giant, by Benjamin Mullin, David McCabe, Shawn Hubler and Laurel Rosenhall
• German Leaders Prepare to Deny Far Right Access to Secret War Plan, by Jim Tankersley, Christopher F. Schuetze and Philip Kaleta
• David George Gordon, Apostle for Bugs on the Dinner Plate, Dies at 76, by Michael S. Rosenwald

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Plus, the best TV shows of the century. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

• Trump Gets Caught in a Dilemma Over a Saudi Plea for Military Help, by Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt, Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman
• CNN, MS NOW and Politico Barred From White House After Trump’s Ban, by Michael M. Grynbaum, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Benjamin Mullin
• White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants, by Carolyn Y. Johnson, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Tony Romm and Michael C. Bender
• A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportees, by Megha Rajagopalan and Pranav Baskar
• How DraftKings Uses A.I. to Target the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose, by Alex Klavens, Walt Bogdanich and Jenny Vrentas
• The 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century, by The New York Times

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Plus, the Friday news quiz. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

• Trump Wants Putin to End the War. He May Offer Russia Business Deals First., by Anton Troianovski
• Why Russia Holds Elections, and How the Kremlin Gets the Results It Wants, by Ivan Nechepurenko
• Kennedy Assures Vaccine Skeptics That They Have a ‘Friend at the White House,’ by Christina Jewett and Teddy Rosenbluth
• In Corsica, Separatists Bomb Vacation Homes to Send a Message, by Ronda Kaysen
• T. Rex, King of the Dinosaurs, Had a Body Temperature of 97 Degrees, by Carolyn Y. Johnson

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Plus, the rise of shopping sites that don’t sell anything. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

• At Least 21 Dead in Gaza After Building Collapse, Officials Say, by Natan Odenheimer, Adam Rasgon and Abu Bakr Bashir
• Fed Raises Rates in First Major Step by Warsh to Contain Inflation, by Colby Smith
• OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning’ A.I. Behavior, by Emmy Martin
• Fiji Declares a National Emergency as H.I.V. Cases Skyrocket, by Zane Irwin
• Dopamine Sites Sell Nothing, and People Cannot Get Enough, by Ephrat Livni

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Plus, the Russian businessman who rented an island for Donald Trump Jr. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

• Rising Fuel Prices Set Off Anger and Protests Around the World, by Damien Cave
• House Directs Trump to Halt War With Iran or Secure Congress’s Approval, by Robert Jimison
• Trump Approves $2.8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel, Including 40,000 One-Ton Bombs, by Michael Crowley and Edward Wong
• Senate Votes to Block Crypto Bill in Major Blow to the Industry, by David Yaffe-Bellany
• Russian Businessman Paid for Donald Trump Jr.’s Lavish Wedding After-Party, by Ben Protess
• It’s Poll Watcher Training Season. Distrust Is on the Lesson Plan., by Tiffany Hsu
• In the Age of A.I., Some in China Wonder if Learning English Is Worth the Trouble, by Tiffany May and Berry Wang

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Plus, the biggest night in TV.

Here’s what we’re covering:

• Trump’s Effort to Assert Control Over Elections Continues, Despite Court Loss, by Zolan Kanno-Youngs
• Democrats Gain Edge as Trump Drags Down G.O.P., New Poll Finds, by Shane Goldmacher, Ruth Igielnik and Sophia June
• President Trump Is on the Line About an A.I. Slowdown, by Kalley Huang, Mike Isaac and Karen Weise
• U.S. Health Officials Move Quickly to Deploy Medical A.I. Despite Concerns, by Christina Jewett
• Political Figures From Bernie Sanders to Steve Bannon Sound Alarms on A.I., by Bayliss Wagner and Neil Vigdor
• As Millions of Birds Migrate, Residents Are Asked to Turn Off the Lights, by Ishani Desai
• ‘Widow’s Bay’ Dominates, and 7 Other Takeaways From the 2026 Emmys, by John Koblin

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Plus, the man who went to space — and never wanted to go back. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

• Some in Silicon Valley Are Questioning the Calls for an A.I. Slowdown, by Kalley Huang and Mike Isaac
• E.P.A. Expected to Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants, by Maxine Joselow
• A Teen Autopsy Marks the Arrival of a Deadly Drug in San Francisco, by Heather Knight
• Toyohiro Akiyama, Japan’s Chain-Smoking ‘Space Antihero,’ Dies at 84, by Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno

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Plus, your Friday news quiz. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

• Behind the Scenes, Vance Gathered Unvarnished Views of the Iran War, by Jonathan Swan, Adam Entous and Maggie Haberman
• Houthis Seize Strategic Red Sea Port, a Major Victory for Iranian Ally, by Saeed Al-Batati, Shuaib Almosawa and Vivian Nereim
• The Iran War Is Pushing Global Coal Use to Record Highs, by Brad Plumer
• Anthropic Says It Blocked Possible Efforts to Build Biological Weapons, by Dustin Volz
• U.S. Officials Expected to Announce Cyclospora Outbreak Is Over, by Christina Jewett, Caroline Hopkins Legaspi and Alice Callahan
• The Most Enduring Piece of 9/11 Art? A Musical Set in Canada., by Michael Paulson

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Plus, the secretive operation to move a 900-year-old masterpiece. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

• ‘Pretend That I Am Running’: 7 Takeaways From the G.O.P. Midterm Convention, by Patricia Mazzei and Shane Goldmacher
• Trump Doled Out $45,000 Cash Gifts to Natalie Harp and Other Aides Last Year, by Luke Broadwater
• Trump’s Census Overhaul Would Exclude Some Immigrants and Remove Questions on Race, by Zolan Kanno-Youngs
• Deported From the U.S., Some Haitians Are Left Broke and Stranded, by Frances Robles
• A Nation Gripped by ‘Bayeux Fever’ Finally Gets to See the Tapestry, by Alex Marshall

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