$40,047,425,768,420 in U.S. Debt, and an Experimental Vaccine for Skin Cancer

Plus, could tweaking flight paths reduce global warming?

Here’s what we’re covering:

U.S. Debt Hits $40 Trillion as America’s Borrowing Binge Continues (nytimes.com/2026/08/19/business/economy/us-deb…), by Alan Rappeport

Israel Opens Criminal Inquiries Into Killings of Hind Rajab, 5, and of Medics (nytimes.com/2026/08/19/world/middleeast/israel…), by Isabel Kershner

A New mRNA Vaccine Could Prevent Skin Cancer From Returning (nytimes.com/2026/08/19/science/moderna-merck-m…), by Carolyn Y. Johnson

U.K. to Test Whether Tweaks to Trans-Atlantic Flight Paths Affect Global Warming (nytimes.com/2026/08/19/climate/contrails-trial…), by Leo Sands

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