The Headlines

Plus, your Friday news quiz. 

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Hegseth Says Iran Cease-Fire Stops Clock for Congressional Approval, by Megan Mineiro

Supreme Leader Says Iran Is Planning for Ongoing Control of Strait, by Leo Sands

House Passes Stalled Homeland Security Funding Bill, Ending Shutdown, by Carl Hulse and Michael Gold

After Seven Years, First U.S. Direct Flight Lands in Caracas, by Tyler Pager

Camp Mystic, Where 28 Died, Says It Will Not Reopen This Summer, by J. David Goodman

In Permissive Amsterdam, Ads for Fossil Fuels or Meat Are Now Verboden, by Cara Buckley

The 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters, by The New York Times Magazine

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Plus, chatbots told scientists how to make bioweapons. 

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In Narrowing Voting Rights Act, Conservative Justices See Progress on Racism, by Adam Liptak

Takeaways From Hegseth’s Testimony on Iran War and His Tenure, by John Ismay and Megan Mineiro

Oil Price Surges as Effects of War Reverberate, by Emmett Lindner

A.I. Bots Told Scientists How to Make Biological Weapons, by Gabriel J.X. Dance

Lester Wright, the Fastest Known Centenarian, Dies at 103, by Jeré Longman

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Plus, why nursing homes are hiring M.M.A. fighters. 

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Supreme Court Considers Trump’s Plan to Revoke Deportation Protections, by Ann E. Marimow

F.C.C. Orders a Review of ABC’s Broadcast Licenses, by Jim Rutenberg and John Koblin

Trump Administration Secures New Indictment Against Comey, by Devlin Barrett and Tyler Pager

OpenAI Trial Starts With Two Very Different Tales of a Company’s Early Years, by Cade Metz and Mike Isaac

Japan’s New Care Workers: Bodybuilders, Wrestlers and M.M.A. Fighters, by Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno

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Plus, how millions of people could become Canadian. 

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King Charles Will Speak of ‘Reconciliation and Renewal’ During Address to Congress, by Michael D. Shear

Charges Against Assassination Suspect Based on Shotgun Shell and a Screed, by Devlin Barrett, Zach Montague and Michael Levenson

Investigators Seeking Attacker’s Motive Comb Through an Archive of Posts, by Amy Qin and Aric Toler

Budget Airlines Ask Trump Administration for Billions as Fuel Costs Rise, by Karoun Demirjian and Lauren Hirsch

Sergey Brin Moves to the Right, With a ‘MAGA Girlfriend’ by His Side, by Theodore Schleifer and Kate Conger

Have a Canadian Great-Great Grandparent? It Could Make You Canadian., by Vjosa Isai and Matina Stevis-Gridneff

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Plus, marathon runners shatter a world record. 

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‘Shots Fired!’: Inside the Pandemonium at the Washington Hilton, by Luke Broadwater, Shawn McCreesh, Tyler Pager and Maggie Haberman

Grievance Propelled Gala Attack Suspect Across Country, Authorities Say, by Amy Qin, Chelsia Rose Marcius and Shawn Hubler

Iran and U.S. Sink Into Awkward Limbo of ‘No War, No Peace,’ by Erika Solomon

U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American,’ by Justin Scheck, Simón Posada and Federico Rios

Sabastian Sawe Finishes London Marathon in Under Two Hours to Obliterate Men’s World Record, by Liam Tharme

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