Blinken Renews Push for Middle East Truce, and U.S. Abortions Increase

Plus, a radical approach to flooding in England.  

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On Today’s Episode:

Blinken Urges Netanyahu to Seek Truces in Gaza and Lebanon, by Michael Crowley, Aaron Boxerman, Hwaida Saad and Thomas Fuller

Abortions Have Increased, Even for Women in States With Rigid Bans, Study Says, by Claire Cain Miller and Margot Sanger-Katz

U.S. Fears Russia Might Be Planning Post-Election Chaos, by Steven Lee Myers and Julian E. Barnes

Judge Orders Giuliani to Forfeit Millions in Assets to Election Workers He Defamed, by Eileen Sullivan

Freshman Enrollment Appears to Decline for the First Time Since 2020, by Zach Montague

A Radical Approach to Flooding in England: Give Land Back to the Sea, by Rory Smith