NYTIMES (Leanne Abraham and Jenny Gross) - Tankers Sail Through Red Sea Despite Houthi Blockade
Dozens of ships continued to traverse the Red Sea this week, but with scattered disruption, uncertainty about the passage grows by the hour.
NYTIMES (John Ismay and Eric Schmitt) - Trump’s Threatened New Front in Iran War Could Strain U.S. Forces
President Trump has said he would expand the war if the Iran-backed Houthi militants launched additional attacks.
NYTIMES (Abdi Latif Dahir and Emile Ducke) - Iran Journey Reveals Society’s Wartime Defiance and Hope
From the capital, Tehran, to the holy city of Mashhad, the Iran I saw was a nation of many layers: defiant but also weary, despairing but hopeful.
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NYTIMES (Eric Lipton, Tyler Pager and Maggie Haberman) - Inside the Rushed Effort to Get Trump His New Air Force One
A New York Times investigation found that President Trump’s push to speed delivery of the aircraft led to ballooning costs and trade-offs in safety features.
NYTIMES (Melissa Kirsch) - What Does Summer Taste Like?
The answer is something specific, personal, instantly familiar.
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NYTIMES (Pranav Baskar and Anupreeta Das) - India’s Education Minister Steps Down, Handing Win to Protesters
With Dharmendra Pradhan offering his resignation, the student protest movement achieved a major victory against the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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NPR (Rafael Nam) - Trump is hellbent on tariffs. Here are 5 implications
Trump's determination to find new legal justifications for his tariffs threatens to prolong the uncertainty facing the U.S. and global economies.
NPR (Elena Moore) - Democrats in Maine gather to replace Graham Platner in the race against Susan Collins
Democrats are hoping to move past Platner's scandal-plagued campaign as they look to unseat Republican incumbent Susan Collins. The apparent front-runner is former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson.
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NEWSNATIONNOW (CAROLINE BLUMBERG, SAMUEL PETREQUIN and JOSEPH WILSON, Associated Press) - More than 200,000 people flee raging wildfires in France and Spain, some escaping by boat
About 1,500 people who fled France's Cap Ferret peninsula arrived by sea in Arcachon, some aboard small water taxis.
ABCNEWS - WATCH: Dramatic rescue after seaplane crashes, bursts into flames
A seaplane skimming low over water along Washington state’s coast crashed into its rocky shoreline, bursting into flames. Good Samaritans rushed in to rescue those on board – all of whom survived.
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