Plus, SpaceX makes a tricky “catch.”  

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On Today’s Episode:

U.S. to Deploy Missile Defense System and About 100 Troops to Israel, by Helene Cooper

Hezbollah Drone Strike Kills 4 Israeli Soldiers on Military Base, by Matthew Mpoke Bigg, Aaron Boxerman, Johnatan Reiss and Thomas Fuller

Harris’s Final Challenge: Restore a Splintering Democratic Coalition, by Jennifer Medina, Katie Glueck and Ruth Igielnik

Man Is Arrested on Weapons Charges Heading to Trump Rally in Coachella, Officials Say, by Kellen Browning

Why Politicians Ignore Abuses in India’s Sugar Industry: They Run It, by Megha Rajagopalan and Qadri Inzamam

SpaceX Advances Starship Program With a Launch and a Catch, by Kenneth Chang and Eric Lipton