A Forced Retreat for Trump and Hegseth, and What to Know About the Russia Plague Scare

Plus, the woman who helped make the moon landing possible.
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• Long-Deployed Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Set for Homecoming (nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/uss-abraham…), by John Ismay and Jan Ransom
• Trump’s Retreat: From the Gulf to Britain, American Forces Pull Back (nytimes.com/2026/10/07/us/politics/trump-iran-…), by David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt
• How a U.S. Diplomat Suppressed and Altered Reports Critical of Israel (nytimes.com/2026/10/08/world/middleeast/israel…), by Natan Odenheimer and Adam Rasgon
• Christa Pike, Awake and Confused, Is at the Center of a Legal Storm (nytimes.com/2026/10/07/us/christa-pike-tenness…), by Emily Cochrane
• What Experts Want to Know About the Russia Plague Scare (nytimes.com/2026/10/07/science/plague-russia-b…), by K. R. Callaway
• The Woman Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions Has Died (nytimes.com/2026/10/07/obituaries/margaret-ham…), by Trip Gabriel

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