New U.S.-Israeli Plans to Attack Iran, and Trump’s Whistle-Blower Rewards Program

Plus, America’s newest national park.
Here’s what we’re covering:
• U.S. and Israel Draw Up Plans for Renewed Strikes on Iran After Elections (nytimes.com/2026/10/21/us/politics/us-israel-r…), by Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt, Farnaz Fassihi, Natan Odenheimer and Ronen Bergman
• Trump Says He’ll Decide Who Gets Rewards From New Whistle-Blower Program (nytimes.com/2026/10/21/us/politics/trump-whist…), by Luke Broadwater
• A.I. Discovered a Critical Security Flaw Underpinning Websites (nytimes.com/2026/10/21/us/politics/php-vulnera…), by Dustin Volz
• Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion for Deceiving Users on Privacy (nytimes.com/2026/10/21/technology/meta-penalty…), by Eli Tan and Cecilia Kang
• SpaceX and Tesla Explore Merger to Create a De Facto Elon Inc. (nytimes.com/2026/10/21/business/elon-musk-spac…), by Ryan Mac and Jack Ewing
• America Mints a New National Park, Elevating an Arizonan ‘Sky Island,’ (nytimes.com/2026/10/21/travel/new-national-par…) by Ryley Ober
• ‘People Are So Rude’: Can Britain Shhhh Headphone Dodgers on Trains? (nytimes.com/2026/10/21/world/europe/uk-undergr…), by Megan Specia

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