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| Good morning. It’s Wednesday, June 10, and it sounds like Steven Spielberg’s new alien movie “Disclosure Day” lives up to the hype. Read our review here. Now let’s catch up.  | Graham Platner secured the Democratic Senate nomination in Maine. | | | Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner, right, and his wife Amy Gertner celebrate with supporters. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP) | |
 | The U.S. launched new strikes on Iran after the downing of a helicopter. | - Last night: U.S. officials said the military carried out “self-defense strikes” after Iranian forces downed a U.S. Army helicopter. Iran launched retaliatory attacks this morning.
- On Truth Social: President Donald Trump appeared to defend the latest U.S. strikes by posting a “West Wing” clip in which characters debate proportionate military responses.
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 | Trump’s mass deportation agenda secured funding that could outlast his presidency. | - Yesterday: Republicans passed $70 billion in funding for immigration enforcement, meaning ICE and CBP now have free rein to build a detention system over three years.
- Ahead of the World Cup: Some soccer players and team staff are being questioned or outright barred from U.S. entry. Officials in their homelands are demanding explanations.
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 | Officials laid out an aggressive timeline to build Trump’s triumphal arch. | | | The arch would be erected on D.C.’s Memorial Circle, a traffic roundabout near Arlington National Cemetery. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) | - According to National Park Service documents: The administration envisions 20 hours per day of construction, year-round, to complete the project in two to three years.
- To make that happen: The arch would be built with concrete clad in granite, rather than natural stone. It may also require large cranes in the flight path of Reagan National Airport.
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 | Scientists are concerned about an unusual cold blob in the North Atlantic. | | | This patch of cool water is in one of the few areas where the ocean hasn’t warmed in recent decades. (Ben Noll/The Post; ECMWF/ERA5) | - Oceans are warming around the planet: But cool waters have lingered to the east of Newfoundland for a year. If this persists, it could signal the weakening of a key current.
- If the current collapses: A cooling could occur in the Northern Hemisphere while the south warms up. Sea levels might rise in some areas and seasons could flip in others.
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 | The next generation of GLP-1 drugs could offer a better experience for millions. | - Weight-loss drugs have downsides: Patients face the burden of weekly injections and rough gastrointestinal side effects, while some people also lose muscle and bone mass.
- That could soon change: Drugmakers are working on these three tweaks to improve the GLP-1 experience for patients. They are aiming for fewer shots and milder side effects.
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 | Pope Leo will bless a new tower at Barcelona’s Sagrada Família today. | | | The Sagrada Família is now the world’s tallest church. (Emilio Morenatti/AP) | - If you’ve never been: The basilica is the unfinished masterpiece of Antoni Gaudí, who died in 1926. Its Tower of Jesus Christ will be inaugurated tonight — see more photos here.
- While in Spain: Pope Leo also met with Puerto Rican megastar Bad Bunny. While the two men might have radically different personas, both have been targets of Trump’s wrath.
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