How Trump Is Trying to Tip the Scales for the Midterms, and Why Grocery Stores Are Scrambling

Plus, the Friday news quiz.

Here’s what we’re covering:

As Consumers Pare Spending, Grocery Stores Race to Cut Prices (nytimes.com/2026/07/09/business/grocery-stores…), by Julie Creswell and Kim Bhasin

The Many Ways Trump Is Trying to Tip the Scales for the Midterms (nytimes.com/interactive/2026/07/02/us/politics…), by Karen Yourish, Nick Corasaniti and Charlie Smart

Israel Investigating After Photo of Stripped and Bound Detainee Is Shared (nytimes.com/2026/07/09/world/middleeast/photo-…), by David M. Halbfinger

Wally Funk, Who Set an Age Record for Space Travel, Dies at 87 (nytimes.com/2026/07/09/science/space/wally-fun…), by Richard Goldstein

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