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NYTIMES (Tim Balk and Bayliss Wagner) - How Trump’s Fragile Agreement With Iran Is Shaping the Midterms

Democrats say the president started an economically painful war that resulted in nothing positive. Republicans are more divided, even as they show some signs of relief at falling gas prices.

NYTIMES (Nicholas Fandos and Sally Goldenberg) - Mamdani Burns Allies in Making a Big Bet for Congress and the Left

The strength of the mayor’s political brand will be tested on Tuesday, when his slate of leftist congressional candidates takes aim at Democratic incumbents.

NYTIMES (Jan Hoffman) - Cities and Schools Are Testing Wastewater for Illicit Drugs

The White House recently endorsed monitoring sewage for evidence of drug use. Critics fear such efforts could violate privacy and stigmatize neighborhoods.

NYTIMES (Reis Thebault and Paul Ratje) - A Diocese Tries to Protect Its 29-Foot Jesus From Trump’s Border Wall

In a battle of symbols, the Catholics of Las Cruces, N.M., argue that religious freedom should stop the wall from scarring a mountain that has attracted pilgrims for nearly a century.

NYTIMES (Kenneth P. Vogel, Nicole Hong and William K. Rashbaum) - Trump Administration Shuttered a Criminal Probe Into Fraudster’s Clemency

Federal prosecutors had been examining the circumstances behind the commutation of David Gentile’s sentence. He was aided by a Catholic priest friendly with the president.

NYTIMES (Keith Bradsher) - While the World Scrambles for Oil, China Sits on Full Tanks

The possible reopening of the Strait of Hormuz may not prompt China to return quickly to prewar levels of oil purchases from the Persian Gulf.

NYTIMES (Neil MacFarquhar) - Neither the War Nor Trump’s Deal Terminated the Main Threats in Iran, Analysts Say

Neither the war nor the agreement terminated the main threats emanating from Iran, many analysts said.

NPR (Shibani Mahtani) - Freed from Cambodia's scam compounds, trafficking victims face a new crisis

Cambodia's crackdown on scam centers has created a secondary crisis: thousands of stranded foreign workers are now roaming the streets of Phnom Penh.

WASHINGTONPOST (Casey Parks) - Fight or forgive? An unusual class helped a Muslim student decide.

A college course on compassion helped a freshman calibrate her interactions with a world that isn’t always kind.

HUFFPOST - Bill Maher Mocks Trump Over Iran War Pivot: 'What Happened To The Art Of The Deal?'

The "Real Time" host supported bombing Iran and endorsed regime change after the initial U.S.-Israeli strikes in February, which launched the war.