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NYTIMES (Lisa Friedman and Maxine Joselow) - E.P.A. Plans to Loosen Mercury Rules for Coal Plants, Documents Show

Senior officials at the Environmental Protection Agency are expected to announce the move on Friday, according to people briefed on the matter.

NYTIMES (Glenn Thrush, Devlin Barrett, Alan Feuer, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Hamed Aleaziz) - Administration Increases Scrutiny of Noncitizen Voting, Pursuing a Trump Claim

The move is part of an extraordinary all-fronts effort to insert federal law enforcement into the machinery of American elections ahead of the midterms.

AXIOS (Andrew Solender) - Jeffries wages rare public pressure campaign urging Maryland Democrats to redistrict

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) went public Wednesday with his pressure campaign urging Democratic state legislators to vote on a new congressional map. Why it matters: Jeffries doesn't usually put himself in such public conflict with fellow Democrats, but he'll will need every advantage he can get in his quest to become speaker in 2027. - The universe of competitive House seats is already historically small this midterm cycle. - Jeffries is trying to persuade as many Democrat-controlled states as possible to redraw their legislative maps to counteract the GOP's mid-decade redistricting in Texas, Missouri and elsewhere. Driving the news: Jeffries met Wednesday with Maryland state Senate President Bill Ferguson in…

NYTIMES (Cecilia Kang, Christina Thornell, Laura Salaberry, Nikolay Nikolov and Thomas Vollkommer) - Why Tech Giants Are Accused of Causing Social Media Addiction

In a series of landmark trials, plaintiffs are alleging that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products. Our technology reporter Cecilia Kang describes what’s at stake for tech giants and social media users.

AXIOS (Herb Scribner) - 6 reasons the U.S. and Iran are on the brink of war

A war between the United States and Iran is looming — and there are several factors suggesting President Trump might push the button soon. The big picture: Trump has been trying to strike a nuclear deal with Iran since he retook the White House last year. But after abandoning a previous round of talks and ordering strikes last June, Trump may be about to repeat that pattern on a larger scale. - Any potential war would resemble a full-scale campaign and look less like the pinpoint operation in Venezuela, Axios' Barak Ravid reports . - This would have major implications for the Middle East and for the remaining three years of Trump's presidency. Reality check: There's still a chance diplomacy prevails this time around. Here are six…

WASHINGTONPOST (Dan Diamond, Lena H. Sun, Lauren Weber, Carolyn Y. Johnson) - White House taps Jay Bhattacharya, CDC critic, to lead agency for now

The co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, which rebuked CDC’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, will oversee the nation’s leading public health agency.