Some Republican candidates are putting distance between themselves and Trump’s tariff policies.
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candidates → put → themselves
Ukraine defies the U.S. president to resume strikes on Russian oil refineries.
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Ukraine → defy → refineries
Some Republicans in key races break with Trump over tariffs
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Republicans → break → tariffs
In a handful of battleground races, Republican candidates are speaking out against tariffs, President Donald Trump’s marquee economic policy.
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candidates → speak → tariffs
They’re seeking a middle ground, knowing the cost of living is a top voter concern.
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cost → seek → living
This is Morning Rundown, a weekday newsletter to start your day.
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This → start → day
Those voicing their concerns on the campaign trail include Senate candidates Sen. Susan Collins in Maine, former Sen. John Sununu in New Hampshire and former Rep. Mike Rogers in Michigan.
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Those → voice → Michigan
Gubernatorial candidates with doubts over the policy include Rep. John James in Michigan and Pennsylvania state Treasurer Stacy Garrity.
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candidates → include → Michigan
America’s trade war with Canada is a particular concern for Collins and Rogers, who say they’ve spoken to Cabinet officials to get the administration to make a deal or exempt specific items from a list of tariffed goods.
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administration → say → goods
Their Democratic rivals are hitting back, saying the efforts have either not gone far enough or are self-serving in the final weeks of the campaign.
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efforts → hit → campaign
Americans are almost evenly split over which party they think would do a better job of handling the economy, a recent NBC News polling average shows, with 39% preferring Democrats and 38% preferring Republicans.
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% → split → Republicans
Federal agents have seized Rep. Ilhan Omar’s phone and subpoenaed her family members as part of an investigation into potential immigration-related crimes.
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agents → seize → crimes
- For subscribers: Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed spoke about the Iran war, the economy and the issues driving the competitive Michigan Senate race in an exclusive interview with “NBC Nightly News” anchor Tom Llamas.
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Rogers → speak → Llamas
Republican groups have pulled millions of dollars in ads from some battleground House races while pouring money into others.
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groups → pull → others
Here’s which races took the biggest hits — and why.
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races → ’ → hits
Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian oil refineries as anger mounts with Trump
Ukraine has resumed strikes on Russian oil refineries as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy angrily accused the United States of the “dangerous” withdrawal of intelligence sharing and restrictions on the Starlink internet services.
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Zelenskyy → resume → services
Kyiv held off on attacks for three days after Trump’s unilateral “energy ceasefire” announcement, but accused Russia of repeatedly violating the truce with attacks on its power grid.
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Kyiv → hold → grid
Trump has blamed the Ukrainian campaign for fueling a rise in energy prices, despite the impact of his own war with Iran.
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Trump → blame → Iran
Ukrainian officials and military units accused Elon Musk’s SpaceX of throttling a technology at the heart of their battlefield communications and drone operations.
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officials → accuse → communications
Kyiv sees this as an attempt to pressure it into concessions by hampering its aerial defense and military operations.
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Kyiv → see → defense
Overnight, Musk said it was “time for Zelenskyy to go.”
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Zelenskyy → say → ?
In an interview with the Financial Times, published today, Zelenskyy indicated his own patience had been exhausted.
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patience → publish → Times
“The block (on attacking refineries) is out.
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block → attack → refineries
We’re done,” Zelenskyy was quoted as saying.
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Zelenskyy → do → ?
Hours later a fire was reported at an oil refinery in the western Ryazan region, Gov. Pavel Malkov said.
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Malkov → report → region
Apple’s HomeView is part iPad, part Apple Watch and part CarPlay
Apple launches first endeavor into smart home hub
Apple introduced HomeView this week — a “FrankenApple creation,” as NBC News chief tech analyst Joanna Stern calls it, that combines elements of the Apple Watch, an iPad and the iPhone’s CarPlay functionality onto a $299 device.
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that → launch → device
It’s the company’s answer to Amazon’s Echo Show and Google’s Nest Hub.
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It → ’ → Show
Here are the basics: The HomeView has a 7-inch-square Liquid Retina touchscreen that includes a 12-megapixel camera for FaceTime and mirror mode.
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that → have → FaceTime
Widgets can be customized like an Apple Watch.
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Widgets → customize → Watch
And it can recognize six people, presumably family members.
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it → recognize → people
Notably, users will need to have an iPhone or an iPad to even use the HomeView in the first place.
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users → need → place
But, Stern writes, “for those of us who have Apple HomeKit gear all over our homes, this new product might just be… a good idea?”
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product → write → homes
Roller-coaster death exposes lack of federal oversight
Days after a roller-coaster death this week at Six Flags Over Georgia, preliminary findings suggest that 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem was “ejected” from the Goliath ride and fell to his death, according to the Cobb County Police Department.
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Kariem → expose → Department
The ride remains closed, and nine similar rides have been temporarily shut down across Six Flags’ North American parks.
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rides → remain → parks
The incident in Georgia, combined with recent allegations that some people who rode the X2 roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in California suffered “catastrophic” brain injuries, shed light on the lack of federal oversight for amusement park rides.
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who → combine → rides
A 1980s court ruling stripped the U.S. Product Safety Commission of its power to oversee rides at “fixed-site parks.”
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ruling → strip → parks
Since then, a disjointed network of state regulations and voluntary industry guidelines has sprouted in its place.
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network → sprout → place
While safety standards have been adopted, experts say they’re voluntary, and every state takes different approaches when it comes to compliance.
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it → adopt → compliance
Americans’ eating habits are changing.
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habits → change → ?
For Chick-fil-A, adapting to them is a tall order.
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adapting → adapt → them
…and 20 more, not listed.
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