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Connections Companion No. 813

He Plagiarized and Promoted Falsehoods. The White House Embraces Him.

Countries Stop Accepting Small Shipments Bound for the U.S.

El elemento inadvertido del fenómeno ‘Las guerreras k-pop’

Targeted by U.S. Ally, an Arab Dissident Vanished Across Borders

The U.S. Open Already Has a Winner: the Honey Deuce Cocktail

Make America Healthy Again, Even if It Gets You Sick

Tiny Patch of West Bank Land Fuels Dreams of Greater Israel

What It Really Means to Choose Life

America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.

Strands Sidekick No. 539

After Gaza Famine Report, U.S. Is Mostly Silent and Israel Defiant

Nvidia Chief in Talks With China to Allay Security Fears Over A.I. Chips

A View From Space Shows Hurricane Erin’s Vastness

Texas Democrats Reject Republican-Imposed Police Supervision

Air Canada and Striking Flight Attendants’ Union Reach Tentative Deal

Here’s the latest.

Trump’s Domestic Deployments Are Dangerous. For the Military.

Connections Companion No. 799

Russia holds the battlefield advantage over Ukraine.

Masaoki Sen, a Kamikaze Volunteer Who Later Promoted Peace, Dies at 102

Tariffs Are High. So Is the Stock Market.

Fed Faces High Bar for Big Cuts Despite White House Pressure

Connections Companion No. 795

As Europe’s Heat Waves Intensify, France Bickers About Air-Conditioning

Days After Pledging a New Attack in Gaza, Israel’s Plan Is Still Unclear

Blown Away by Bubble Art

Ukraine and Europe Project United Front Ahead of Trump-Putin Summit

Russia Presses Ahead With Massed Forces, Drones and Saboteurs

Can Russia’s Economy Withstand Trump’s Pressure?

Netanyahu Weighs Expanding Gaza Military Operation Despite Warnings

How Ozempic’s Maker Lost Its Shine After Creating a Wonder Drug

Truce Quiets Syrian City Torn by Sectarian Clashes

Torrential Rain Batters Hong Kong, Flooding the Waterlogged City

From Triumph in Iran to Starvation in Gaza: Netanyahu Squanders His Moment to Halt the War

A Fight Over a West Point Job Reveals Two Visions of America Under Trump

How the New Texas Map Changes the Outlook for Control of the House

How Did Hunger Get So Much Worse in Gaza?

Switzerland Is Stunned by 39% U.S. Tariff, Among the Highest in the World