Inside the U.S. Strikes on Iran, and a Dangerous Heat Wave Spreads

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On Today’s Episode:

• Shifting Views and Misdirection: How Trump Decided to Strike Iran, by Mark Mazzetti, Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, Eric Schmitt and Helene Cooper

• Iranian Officials Try to Project Sense of Normalcy, Though Nothing Is Normal, by Farnaz Fassihi

• ‘It Felt Like Kidnapping,’ Khalil Says in First Interview Since Release, by Jonah E. Bromwich

• Dangerous Heat Wave Expands Over Central and Eastern United States, by Nazaneen Ghaffar

• Tesla Begins Limited Robotaxi Service in Austin, by Jack Ewing

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