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Plus, an unusual World Cup reversal.

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Live Updates: Crowds Gather in Tehran for Ayatollah’s Funeral Procession, by The New York Times

China Tests Long-Range Ballistic Missile in the Pacific, Angering Neighbors, by Victoria Kim and Chris Buckley

White House Criticizes Smithsonian Museum for ‘Extreme Political Activism,’ by Graham Bowley, Robin Pogrebin and Jennifer Schuessler

Prosecutors to Detail Case Against Man Accused of Killing Charlie Kirk, by Jack Healy, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Robert Draper

Trump Asked FIFA to Review U.S. Player’s Suspension. Now He’s Eligible to Play., by Tyler Pager and Tariq Panja

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Plus, the fight over “Y.M.C.A.” 

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Live Updates: Russia Hammers Ukraine’s Capital in Deadly Attacks, by The New York Times

Mass Mournings, 6 Days and 2 Countries: Iran Prepares to Bury Supreme Leader, by Yeganeh Torbati

Immigrant Arrests Surge to 10,000 in 5 Days as ICE Clamps Down, by Hamed Aleaziz

Trump Takes First Flight on New Air Force One, by Karoun Demirjian

Live Updates: Brutal Heat Wave Broils Eastern U.S., by The New York Times

Victor Willis, Lead Singer of the Village People, Dies at 74, by Alex Marshall and Isabella Kwai

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Plus, zombies at the mall. 

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Takeaways From a Transformative Supreme Court Term, by Ann E. Marimow and Adam Liptak

Trump Pulled in at Least $2 Billion After Returning to the White House, by Ben Protess, Andrea Fuller, Eric Lipton and David Yaffe-Bellany

Killed by the Venezuelan Quakes Just Hours After Being Deported From U.S., by Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Patricia Sulbarán

More Than 1 Million Migrants Apply for Legal Status in Spain, by Carlos Barragán

Horror Fans Bid a Bittersweet Farewell to an Empty Mall Full of Zombies, by Brian Raftery

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Plus, a daring rescue mission in space. 

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Justices Expand Trump’s Power to Fire Officials, by Ann E. Marimow

Funding for Trump’s Construction Spree Is Murky. Here’s What We Found Out., by Luke Broadwater, Marco Hernandez, Junho Lee and Elena Shao

Kean Set to Speak at the Capitol After Mysterious Absence, by Annie Karni

As U.S. Heat Wave Widens, Here’s Where Tuesday’s Temperatures Will Be Highest, by Nazaneen Ghaffar, Judson Jones and Erin McCann

NASA Aims to Catch a Falling Space Telescope and Push It Back Up, by Kenneth Chang

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Plus, microdramas are trying to go mainstream. 

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Iran Risks Peace Talks With U.S. to Maintain Leverage Over Strait, by Erika Solomon

With Final Decisions Ahead, the Supreme Court Is Sharply Divided, by Ann E. Marimow

Johnson Says He Will Send Housing Bill to Trump, by Michael Gold

The Trail of Devastation Along the Venezuelan Coast, by Leanne Abraham, Agnes Chang, Simon Ducroquet, Samuel Granados and Pablo Robles

Firefighters Mourn 3 Fallen Comrades as Blazes Ravage Utah and Colorado, by Bernard Mokam, Jack Healy, Nancy Lofholm and Maia Spoto

Welcome to the Luxury City Built by Taiwan’s A.I. Boom, by Amy Chang Chien and Meaghan Tobin

Microdramas, Often Dismissed as Lowbrow Curiosities, Eye the Mainstream, by Jonathan Abrams

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