Donald Trump was indicted again, this time on federal criminal charges. The Washington Post has the details. The Wall Street Journal has exclusive reporting on a secret agreement reached by Cuba and China for the island to host a Chinese spy facility. The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday upheld a lower-court ruling that Alabama’s 2022 congressional maps violated the Voting Rights Act. The Alabama Reflector explains the decision’s significance. Air quality in the Northeast is slowly improving as wildfire smoke moves on. CNN is tracking conditions. The Washington Post explains the wave of state legislation to ban or restrict the use of ”forever chemicals.” Tennis stars get lots of hate online, so the French Open gave them AI social-media “bodyguards.” NPR reports.

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