The Headlines

Plus, the Friday news quiz.
Here’s what we’re covering:
Trump’s ‘Smart Wall’ of A.I. Cameras Is Watching the Border, and More Than a Million People, by Bora Erden and Nicholas Nehamas
Justice Dept. Opens Inquiry Into Corey Lewandowski, by Glenn Thrush, Tyler Pager and Nicholas Nehamas
The Ad Dividing the Republican Party, by Jess Bidgood
Protesters in Indonesia Demand Action to Stop Fires in Rainforests, by Muktita Suhartono
Airbnb Says Guests Shouldn’t Have to Do the Dishes Anymore, by Francesca Regalado and Jonathan Wolfe
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Plus, America’s newest national park.
Here’s what we’re covering:
U.S. and Israel Draw Up Plans for Renewed Strikes on Iran After Elections, by Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt, Farnaz Fassihi, Natan Odenheimer and Ronen Bergman
Trump Says He’ll Decide Who Gets Rewards From New Whistle-Blower Program, by Luke Broadwater
A.I. Discovered a Critical Security Flaw Underpinning Websites, by Dustin Volz
Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion for Deceiving Users on Privacy, by Eli Tan and Cecilia Kang
SpaceX and Tesla Explore Merger to Create a De Facto Elon Inc., by Ryan Mac and Jack Ewing
America Mints a New National Park, Elevating an Arizonan ‘Sky Island,’ by Ryley Ober
‘People Are So Rude’: Can Britain Shhhh Headphone Dodgers on Trains?, by Megan Specia

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Plus, the big business of big scares.
Here’s what we’re covering:
This Is What America’s Utility Bill Crisis Looks Like, by Eli Saslow
Trump Approval Hits New Low Two Weeks Before Midterms, Poll Finds, by Lisa Lerer and Ruth Igielnik
Trump Wields an Unprecedented $277 Million in Final Midterm Stretch, by Theodore Schleifer
Trump’s Super PAC Unleashes Deluge of Ads on Facebook and Instagram, by Shane Goldmacher and Theodore Schleifer
Calling Putin a ‘Humanitarian,’ Witkoff Thanks Him for Releasing an American, by David E. Sanger, Kim Barker and Ivan Nechepurenko
Trump Pushes to Evict the Press From the White House, by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
Major Yemeni City Running Out of Food and Water as Houthis Encircle It, by Saeed Al-Batati and Vivian Nereim
The Bedeviling Work of Designing and Redesigning Haunted Houses, by Aimee Ortiz

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Plus, a contentious character is back on “The Simpsons.”
Here’s what we’re covering:
How California’s Ultrarich Are Trying to Stop the World’s First Billionaire Tax, by Michael Steinberger
Trump Swings Through Deep-Red States Seeking to Reverse Lagging G.O.P. Enthusiasm, by Emily Davies and Jonathan Swan
Israeli Police Detain 10 Over Violent Settler Attacks in West Bank, by Aaron Boxerman
NDAs: Now They’re for Housekeepers and Butlers, Too, by Guy Trebay
Apu Returns to ‘The Simpsons’ With a New Voice Actor, by Sopan Deb

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Plus, the search for “superhabitable” planets.
Here’s what we’re covering:
Trump Endorses Netanyahu as Best U.S. Partner in Tight Israeli Election, by Tyler Pager and Aaron Boxerman
The Oct. 7 Attack Changed Israel, but Not Its Politics, by Isabel Kershner
A Day After Huge Riots in France, Shock and Recrimination, by Catherine Porter and Ségolène Le Stradic
France’s Far Right Seizes the Moment as Rioting Stuns the Country, by Catherine Porter
To Find Criminals and Child Exploitation in Gold Mines, We Just Had to Look, by Justin Scheck
Worlds More Habitable Than Earth? They’re Out There., by Natalie Wolchover

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