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• Will Trump’s Midterm Convention Help or Hurt Republicans? 5 Things to Watch., By Reid J. Epstein
• Iran Signals Readiness to Escalate Fight in Face of Rising U.S. Pressure, by Erika Solomon
• Israeli Allies Ban Trade With Settlements as U.K. Cites ‘Ethnic Cleansing,’ by Stephen Castle, Adam Rasgon, Aaron Boxerman and Isabel Kershner
• OpenAI Says It Has Cracked One of Math’s ‘Millennium Problems,’ by Cade Metz
• A.I. Listings Are So Widespread Even Zillow Is Concerned, by Gerry Smith

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Plus, could crushable concrete stop the next plane crash?

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• In Major Leak Hunt, Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members, by Jonathan Swan, Adam Entous, Maggie Haberman and Eric Schmitt
• Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones, by Coral Davenport
• Trump Floats Renaming New Mexico as ‘New America,’ Prompting Pushback, by Dan Watson
• After 9/11, Documents Suggest New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality, by Sally Goldenberg and Nina Agrawal
• Miami Plane Crash Starts Debate About Requiring a Buffer for Runways, by Karoun Demirjian
• Miami Plane Crash Starts Debate About Requiring a Buffer for Runways, by Karoun Demirjian
• Kenyans Did College Students’ Homework for Years. Then A.I. Arrived., by Adam Satariano and Paul Mozur

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• The Risk of Russian Sabotage in Europe: A Fight That Spirals Out of Control, by Michael Schwirtz and Adam Goldman
• ‘I Wouldn’t Call It a War’: Vance Plays Down Recent Iran Strikes, by Maggie Haberman
• Trump Administration Begins Blitz to Find Elusive Voter Fraud Ahead of Midterms, by Nick Corasaniti and Hamed Aleaziz
• Trump to Break Ground on Arch Before Getting Approval, by Luke Broadwater and Emily Badger
• Elon Musk Makes His First Spending Push in Key Midterm Races, by Theodore Schleifer
• Rescuers Search Nepal Tunnel for Survivors After Finding 2 Alive, by Anupreeta Das, Binod Ghimire, Sajal Pradhan, Mujib Mashal and Hari Raj
• A.I. Is Everywhere in China. See For Yourself., by Agnes Chang, Vivian Wang, Jiwoong Hong, Aaron Byrd and Qilai Shen

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Plus, the N.B.A.’s biggest punishment ever. 

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• In Small Iranian Town, a U.S. Attack Turns a Wedding Into a Tragedy, by Christiaan Triebert, Malachy Browne, Farnaz Fassihi and Erika Solomon
• Influencers Have a Lot to Say About Politics. Many Are Quietly Paid for It., by Ken Bensinger and Stuart A. Thompson
• Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial: Deadlocked Jury Will Return for 6th Day, by Maia Spoto, Mark Arsenault and Jacey Fortin
• Patients and Doctors, Shaken by the Clancy Trial, Seek Extra Help, by Pam Belluck
• N.B.A. Docks Clippers 5 First-Round Picks, Levies $30 Million Fine After Kawhi Leonard Probe, by Mike Vorkunov

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Plus, hiking 2,190 miles at age 91.

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Plus, a conviction in the Tupac Shakur murder trial.

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How the Supreme Court Locks Away Its Own History, by Jodi Kantor

Supreme Court Allows Trump’s White House Ballroom Construction, by Ann E. Marimow

Secretary of the Army Resigns After Clashing With Hegseth Over Firings, by Helene Cooper and Greg Jaffe

C.D.C. Director Challenges Pennsylvania’s Report of Two Measles Deaths, by Apoorva Mandavilli and Teddy Rosenbluth

Decades After Tupac’s Murder, a Talkative Gang Member Is Convicted, by Julia Jacobs and Anusha Bayya

Argentines Hoped Messi Would Stay Forever, by Emma Bubola

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Plus, a groundbreaking new space telescope.

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Live Updates: U.S. and Iran Trade Fire for First Time in a Month, by Times reporters

Navy Carrier’s Problems Are Tied to Attacks on U.S. Base Early in War, by John Ismay

Trump Says U.S. Has Deal for Control of Large Share of Venezuela’s Oil, by Rebecca F. Elliott, Simon Romero and Edward Wong

‘A New Form of U.S. Colonialism’: Venezuelans Bristle at U.S. Oil Takeover, by Julie Turkewitz

Nepal Turns to Mass Burials as Thousands Remain Missing from Floods, by Sajal Pradhan and Mujib Mashal

NASA’s Roman Telescope Leaves Earth to Chart the Stars, by Katrina Miller

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Plus, the Friday news quiz. 

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Why Many Iranians Are Losing Hope After Six Months of War, by Leily Nikounazar and Yeganeh Torbati

Trump Orders the Government to Rename Lake Ontario to Lake America, by Erica L. Green

Trump Administration to Expand Deportation Flights to Haiti, by Hamed Aleaziz, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Frances Robles

‘They All Died, and I Lived’: Survivors of Nepal Flood Left in Stunned Disbelief, by Anupreeta Das

Russian Sanctions Are Fueling a Canadian Car Theft Epidemic, by Jane Bradley and Michael Schwirtz

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Plus, a breakthrough in cancer treatment. 

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ICE Arrests Soar as People With No Criminal Record Are Increasingly Targeted, by Albert Sun and Allison McCann

Meta to Pay Up to $17.1 Billion in Landmark Settlement Over Social Media Addiction Claims, by Cecilia Kang and Eli Tan

Catastrophic Flood Hits Nepal, Engulfing Crowds and Causing Quake, by Binod Ghimire, Leo Sands and Michael Levenson

F.D.A. Approves Drug Poised to Transform Care for Pancreatic Cancer, by Gina Kolata, Rebecca Robbins and Carolyn Y. Johnson

Tim Curry, Star of ‘Rocky Horror’ and Much More, Dies at 80, by Bruce Weber

Yayoi Kusama, Pop Artist Who Expanded and Endured, Dies at 97, by Holland Cotter

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Plus, there was no one like Dolly Parton.

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Hegseth’s Purge of Top Generals Leaves the Army Rudderless, by Greg Jaffe, Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper and Adam Entous

Graham, and Trump, Triumph: Six Takeaways From Runoffs in South Carolina and Oklahoma, by Patricia Mazzei

Why Polling Chaos Could Create Big Problems for American Politics, by Reid J. Epstein

Canada Retaliates With Up to 50% Tariffs on Hundreds of U.S. Products, by Ian Austen

E.P.A. Moves to Curb Public Input on Data Centers, by Maxine Joselow

Dolly Parton, Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80, by Bill Friskics-Warren

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