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NYTIMES (Tim Balk, Oralandar Brand-Williams and Jesse Ellison) - Trump Won Their Votes. Now His Trade War Is Dividing Them.

The president’s standoff with Canada has drawn criticism from voters in some of the border states and industrial states that could decide control of the Senate in the midterms.

NYTIMES (Emily Davies) - Sherrod Brown Tries a New Retort to Criticism on Transgender Issues

A spot from the Senate candidate in Ohio seeks to dismiss the Republican Party’s focus on transgender rights as a distraction from economic issues.

NYTIMES (Simon Romero, Rebecca F. Elliott and César Rodríguez) - A Small Country’s Huge Windfall from the War in Iran

Oil-rich Guyana is enjoying red-hot growth. But the boom is magnifying tensions over corruption, inequality and strained ties with Venezuela.

NYTIMES (Simon Romero, Rebecca F. Elliott and César Rodríguez) - How Guyana Is Feeding the Profits of Exxon Mobil, the Largest U.S. Oil Company

Exxon Mobil found a coveted growth engine in Guyana. Now it must navigate Guyana’s fractious politics and a territorial dispute with Venezuela.

NYTIMES (Alex Klavens, Walt Bogdanich and Jenny Vrentas) - At DraftKings, AI Targets the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose

Data science helps determine who receives betting incentives, but the company has resisted using similar technology to protect gamblers at risk of addiction.

NYTIMES (Dylan Freedman and Dustin Volz) - Creating a Kill Switch to Shut Down a Rogue A.I. Is Harder Than It Sounds

A bipartisan group in Congress and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California have floated ideas for building a mechanism that would instantly power down an A.I. system. Only no one really knows how.

NYTIMES (Valerie Hopkins) - The Kremlin Has Put Lots of Veterans on the Ballot. Could It Backfire?

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has said veterans are the “new elite,” but selecting them as candidates is a risk.

NYTIMES (Paul Sonne) - Russia Warns New U.S. Sanctions Law Would Harm Trump’s Peace Efforts

President Trump signed the legislation, named for Senator Lindsey Graham, at the White House, but he has broad leeway to waive its requirements.