What the Voting Rights Act Decision Means, and Hegseth’s Heated Testimony

Plus, chatbots told scientists how to make bioweapons. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

In Narrowing Voting Rights Act, Conservative Justices See Progress on Racism, by Adam Liptak

Takeaways From Hegseth’s Testimony on Iran War and His Tenure, by John Ismay and Megan Mineiro

Oil Price Surges as Effects of War Reverberate, by Emmett Lindner

A.I. Bots Told Scientists How to Make Biological Weapons, by Gabriel J.X. Dance

Lester Wright, the Fastest Known Centenarian, Dies at 103, by Jeré Longman

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