On Today’s Episode:

• Blinken Urges Netanyahu to Seek Truces in Gaza and Lebanon, by Michael Crowley, Aaron Boxerman, Hwaida Saad and Thomas Fuller
• Abortions Have Increased, Even for Women in States With Rigid Bans, Study Says, by Claire Cain Miller and Margot Sanger-Katz
• U.S. Fears Russia Might Be Planning Post-Election Chaos, by Steven Lee Myers and Julian E. Barnes
• Judge Orders Giuliani to Forfeit Millions in Assets to Election Workers He Defamed, by Eileen Sullivan
• Freshman Enrollment Appears to Decline for the First Time Since 2020, by Zach Montague
• A Radical Approach to Flooding in England: Give Land Back to the Sea, by Rory Smith

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