Friday Mix

HEADLINES:

• Iran Attacks Cargo Ship, Testing Trump’s Deal to Reopen Strait (WSJ)

• Federal Judge Strikes Key Parts of Trump Order Restricting Mail Voting (NYT)

• Meet the megadonors pouring more than $1.3 billion into the 2026 election (WP)

• Supreme Court allows immigration officials to turn away asylum seekers at the border (Politico)

• Trump’s Mass Deportation Machine Won Big at the Supreme Court (Slate)

• Venezuela earthquakes live: Hundreds killed, thousands injured, many buried (Al Jazeera)

• Reflecting Pool liner was cut with a sharp knife or razor, National Park Service says (PBS)

• Oil tankers exit Strait of Hormuz despite Iran threats (The Hill)

• Senate walks back rebuke of Trump over Iran war (CNN)

• Why Trump is so annoyed by Republican discord on Iran war (BBC)

• Supreme Court ruling blocks thousands of lawsuits against maker of Roundup weedkiller (NBC)

• Vermont is first state to ban paraquat, a weed killer linked to Parkinson’s disease (ABC)

• Trump Is Making the 250th Small (Atlantic)

• Crowds Walk Out of Trump’s State Fair Speech, Video Appears to Show (Newsweek)

• UPS is losing ground to FedEx (Economist)

• Afghanistan’s Taliban imposes smartphone ban on government officials (MoneyControl)

• Droughts are transforming the Turkish landscape with massive sinkholes (BBC)

• Scientists have just unlocked the secrets of an ancient scroll torched by Mount Vesuvius (WP)

• Meta culpa (BI)

• As scientists seek clues to longevity, the oldest living trio of siblings in the world may help them. (Reuters)

• How a New York race became the first front in the AI industry’s midterm war (WP)

• Big Companies Aim to Ease A.I. Transition for American Workers (NYT)

• World Models vs VLAs: The Rift Dividing Physical AI (The Information)

• Everyone is worried about AI killing jobs. She’s testing a fix-it plan. (WP)

• Could A.I. Find Brazil’s Next Pelé? (NYT)

• French Reporter Illustrates Extreme Heat By Flambéing Cherries Jubilee On Sidewalk (Onion)