NYTIMES (Steven Erlanger) - Six Months In, Iran Appears Stronger and U.S. Goals Unclear
Trump’s replacement of a military war with a heightened economic one is not expected to alter Iran’s strategy, while further impoverishing its people.
NYTIMES (Leily Nikounazar and Yeganeh Torbati) - Why Many Iranians Are Losing Hope After Six Months of War
Iranians have become increasingly desperate, as they grapple with an economic crisis made worse by the conflict and grow increasingly skeptical about President Trump’s motives.
NYTIMES (Rebecca F. Elliott) - How 6 Months of War in Iran Jolted Oil, Gas, Stocks and More
How markets have moved six months into the war, and where they might be headed in the future.
NYTIMES (Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Jake Lucas, Ian Stewart, Yeganeh Torbati and Jane Bradley) - Six Months of War, and Trump’s Push for ‘Lake America’
Plus, the Friday news quiz.
NYTIMES (Reis Thebault) - The Town Council Race Was Tied. The Three of Spades Called It.
Two candidates for Town Council in Gila Bend, Ariz., finished with the same number of votes. A century-old state law mandated breaking the tie with a game of chance.
NYTIMES (Heather Knight) - With Term Winding Down, Pelosi Tries to Anoint a Successor
Representative Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker, has been working hard on behalf of Connie Chan, a San Francisco supervisor with a relatively low profile in California.
NYTIMES (Tim Balk) - Wyoming Governor Objects to ‘Very Odd’ D.O.J. Election Monitoring
Governor Mark Gordon, a Republican, said he was concerned by the behavior of election observers who visited a polling station in Cheyenne.
NYTIMES (Christopher Byrd) - Grand Theft Auto VI Has a New Trailer and Grand Ambitions
Of course you can steal cars in this Bonnie and Clyde story. In the series’s first game in 13 years, you can do almost anything else, too.
NYTIMES (Katie Rogers) - Lake Ontario Didn’t Ask for Trump to Rename It
There is a U.S.-led war in the Middle East and the midterm elections on the horizon, but President Trump’s latest priority seems to be “Making The Great Lakes Even Greater.”
NYTIMES (Carl Zimmer) - Some Scientists Have ‘Magic Hands’ in the Lab. This A.I. Is Learning Why.
Even the most adept researchers may not know exactly what they do to get successful results. An A.I. model is trying to figure it out by watching every move.