Assange Agrees to Plea Deal, and Israel-Lebanon Border Strikes Intensify

On Today’s Episode:

• Assange Agrees to Plead Guilty in Exchange for Release, Ending Standoff With U.S., by Glenn Thrush and Megan Specia

• 4 Scenarios for Next Phase in Gaza War, With ‘Intense’ Fighting Set to End, by Patrick Kingsley

• Israel’s Supreme Court Rules the Military Must Draft Ultra-Orthodox Jews, by Aaron Boxerman

• Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence a Public Health Crisis, by Ellen Barry

• Judges Block Parts of Biden’s Student Loan Repayment Plan, by Tara Siegel Bernard and Zach Montague

• China Becomes First Country to Retrieve Rocks From the Moon’s Far Side, by Katrina Miller

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