│ ► Trump’s Security Strategy Focuses on        
│ Profit, Not Spreading Democracy               
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
President Trump’s new National Security        │
Strategy describes a country that is focused   │
on doing business and reducing migration       │
while avoiding passing judgment on             │
authoritarians.                                │

│ ► Trump Administration Says Europe Faces      
│ ‘Civilizational Erasure’                      
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
America’s goal should be “to help Europe       │
correct its current trajectory,” the           │
administration said in its new National        │
Security Strategy.                             │

│ ► Supreme Court Agrees to Review Trump        
│ Order Restricting Birthright Citizenship      
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
The administration asked the justices to       │
uphold an executive order ending birthright    │
citizenship after lower courts ruled it        │
violated the Constitution.                     │

│ ► The Supreme Court, Once Wary of             
│ Partisan Gerrymandering, Goes All In          
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
The court’s conservative majority said that    │
Texas’ asserted political motives justified    │
letting the state use voting maps meant to     │
disadvantage Democrats in the midterms.        │

│ ► Frank Gehry, the Disrupter, Opened          
│ Their Imaginations                            
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
Architects, artists, clients and partners      │
assess his life and impact over eight          │
decades.                                       │

│ ► Frank O. Gehry, Titan of Architecture,      
│ Is Dead at 96                                 
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
He burst onto the scene with an                │
attention-getting renovation of his Southern   │
California home before going on to design      │
some of the world’s most recognizable          │
buildings.                                     │

│ ► Frank Gehry: 12 Essential, Stunning         
│ Projects                                      
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
A singular genius, Gehry redefined             │
architecture with joyful buildings like the    │
Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and    │
the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.                  │

│ ► Running Out of Time, Republicans in         
│ Congress Still Lack a Health Plan             
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
Top Republicans have said they want to         │
produce a proposal in short order to counter   │
Democrats pressing for an extension of health  │
care subsidies. They have not gotten far.      │

│ ► As Bongino Celebrates Arrest in Pipe        
│ Bomb Case, Others on the Right Remain         
│ Skeptical                                     
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
Some activists have lashed out, in a reprise   │
of the backlash over the unsuccessful effort   │
by Trump appointees to shut down the Epstein   │
investigation.                                 │

│ ► Panel Votes to Stop Recommending            
│ Hepatitis B Shots at Birth for Most           
│ Newborns                                      
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
In a move toward Health Secretary Robert F.    │
Kennedy Jr.’s goal of upending vaccine         │
policy, the committee recommended delaying     │
the shots for infants whose mothers test       │
negative for the virus.                        │

│ ► Biden Slams Republicans for Using           
│ L.G.B.T.Q. Identity as ‘Political             
│ Football’                                     
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
The former president defended his support for  │
transgender rights, a stance that has          │
provoked second-guessing among some            │
Democrats.                                     │

│ ► Elon Musk Loves What This Guy Has to        
│ Say                                           
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
Mario Nawfal has a knack for getting Mr.       │
Musk’s attention online, and for turning       │
that into big business.                        │

│ ► Lots of Oil, Little Production: What        
│ to Know About Venezuelan Energy               
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
The South American country increasingly at     │
odds with the Trump administration has the     │
world’s largest oil reserves.                  │

│ ► Netflix to Buy Warner Bros. in $83          
│ Billion Deal to Create a Streaming Giant      
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
The deal to acquire the Hollywood              │
behemoth’s television and film studios as      │
well as HBO Max will bulk up the world’s       │
biggest paid streaming service.                │

│ ► Netflix Does an About-Face, in a Big        
│ Way                                           
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
The streaming giant has changed its strategy   │
many times over the years. But the decision    │
to get deeply into theatrical releases may be  │
the most startling yet.                        │

│ ► How the Fire in Hong Kong Became So         
│ Deadly                                        
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
Hazardous construction materials, the          │
buildings’ design and a series of safety       │
failures likely enabled the blaze to spread    │
with devastating speed.                        │

│ ► Rich New Yorkers Threaten to Leave.         
│ Then They Find Out How Hard That Is.          
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
Tax accountants and lawyers detail the         │
arduous process wealthy New Yorkers would      │
have to face to avoid paying New York State    │
and city taxes.                                │

│ ► San Diego Agrees to Pay $30 Million to      
│ Family of Teen Killed by Police               
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
Konoa Wilson was 16 when he was fatally shot.  │
The settlement, one of the largest in a        │
police killing, surpasses the $27 million      │
paid to the family of George Floyd.            │

│ ► Once a Gamble in the Desert, Electric       
│ Grid Batteries Are Everywhere                 
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
An early grid battery was installed in the     │
Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as  │
prices have tumbled, they are increasingly     │
being used around the world.                   │

│ ► How Kit Kat Was Killed: Video Shows         
│ What a Robot Taxi Couldn’t See                
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
Surveillance video shows a woman crouching     │
beside a Waymo self-driving taxi, trying to    │
lure a beloved neighborhood cat to safety. A   │
second later, the car drove off.               │

│ ► We Rejected This Practice 60 Years          
│ Ago. We Must Do So Again Today.               
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
Once nativism escalates, it’s hard to stop.    │

│ ► Actually, the Supreme Court Has a Plan      
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
We are seeing an intentional effort from       │
justices to rebalance the separation of        │
powers in the federal government.              │

│ ► Justices to Review Trump’s Order            
│ Restricting Birthright Citizenship            
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
Also, the celebrated architect Frank Gehry     │
dies at 96. Here’s the latest at the end of    │
Friday.                                        │

│ ► Olivia Nuzzi and Vanity Fair Will Part      
│ Ways                                          
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
Condé Nast, the magazine’s parent company,     │
said her contract would expire at the end of   │
the year.                                      │

│ ► Man Accused of Setting Subway Rider on      
│ Fire Is Charged With Arson                    
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
The victim was sleeping on a train at Penn     │
Station in Manhattan around 3 a.m. Monday      │
when an 18-year-old man set him on fire, the   │
police said.                                   │

│ ► At the National Archives, a Deep Dive       
│ Into the American Story                       
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
A new $40-million exhibit, opening nine        │
months after President Trump fired the chief   │
archivist, uses technology to explore the 13   │
billion-plus items in its vaults.              │

│ ► Versace’s Shocking Announcement             
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
After one hit collection, the designer Dario   │
Vitale will be leaving the brand. What’s       │
going on?                                      │