Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. The president’s public attacks on Jeff Sessions and James Comey, which came as he was also privately pressuring them, are being scrutinized. The request set off alarm bells inside the company, as the executive has handled its finances for decades, has managed President Trump’s trust and has even reviewed the Trump campaign’s books. Roughly $120 billion in wealth was wiped out as Facebook shares fell 19 percent. It was among the largest one-day destruction a company has ever suffered. The European Union imposed a $5.1 billion penalty on Google last week. It is hard to find an antitrust expert who endorses the case’s logic or outcome. Microsoft employees presented Satya Nadella, the chief executive, with a petition signed by over 300,000 people that called on the company to cancel its contract with ICE. The president shelved his predecessor’s trade talks with Europe. Now, he wants to resume similar negotiations. Second-quarter economic growth could register above 4 percent. But the figure may have been driven by one-time factors that will be offset later. United States Steel Corporation, which owns a plant in Granite City, Ill., credits President Trump’s tariffs with enabling it to start up two idled blast furnaces. The Ohio Republican said he would run to replace Paul D. Ryan, even as he has been embroiled in a scandal from his days as a college wrestling coach. Officials have returned 1,442 more migrant children who had been separated from their families at the border, substantially complying with a court order. But hundreds remain in custody. The governor described a night of “gross incompetence,” with children being driven from one airport to another as the government raced to return them to their parents. The judge’s ruling sets the stage for a trial that is expected to delve into how and why the Trump administration decided to add a question about citizenship to the next census. Some loyal supporters on the left say that Mayor Bill de Blasio has fallen short on fully delivering on several progressive issues. The New York City Council is considering a cap on Uber and other for-hire vehicles to address growing complaints over congestion on city streets. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s role in legalizing same-sex marriage helped him win the L.G.B.T. club’s endorsement over Cynthia Nixon, who would be New York’s first openly gay governor. It cannot be both a Jewish state and a liberal one. In its latest and futile gesture, the House Freedom Caucus sets its sights on ousting the man overseeing Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. How a reality show became a vehicle for all of the country’s neuroses around sex and gender. Secretary of State Pompeo leaves unclear whether the president’s foreign policy pronouncements are actual policy. Proposals by the Trump administration and various lawmakers threaten the effectiveness of the 45-year-old law that has brought back a host of plants and animals from the edge of extinction. The clothes the first daughter made reflected the same aspirational branding that brought her father to power. A Baltimore-based community program provides the architecture for kids’ success. Plenty could go wrong en route to the most important midterm in a generation. Wednesday’s ruling on our suit against the president makes clear that he may be violating the Constitution. Public comments on Trump’s proposed auto tariffs reveal Americans’ anxieties and fears about the impact on their lives and businesses. Using tax dollars to bailout farmers hurt by President Trump’s tariffs is not the way to strengthen the economy. His trade war will hurt business at a time when the rural population is aging, and it will probably hollow out farm communities. The universe of the graffiti master turned astrofunk storyteller in a bracing show reveals his lifelong battle against the limitations of form. Loving horses might insulate you from all the manure on the internet. Betsy DeVos, the education secretary, in the latest move to boost for-profit colleges, plans to eliminate rules that forced them to show that their graduates were getting work. The State Department released $195 million in aid to Egypt, a year after it was blocked over concerns about President Sisi’s human rights record. Jeremy Corbyn, the opposition leader, is under fire again over anti-Semitism, this time over how his party defines it. The warming relationship between combative leaders in Turkey and the United States may cool over the house arrest of an American pastor accused of espionage. The suspect was charged with five counts of arson as the wildfire expanded through mountains in the south of the state, eventually spreading across 7,500 acres. Syrian families have suddenly learned that missing relatives have been registered as dead by the government. Rights groups call it an admission that they were killed in prison. An accusation that Twitter was suppressing conservative political views drew the attention of President Trump. Here’s what’s really going on. A series of gripping letters describing abuse and harassment by journalists, intellectuals and charity leaders has lit up the Chinese internet and enlivened the country’s fledgling #MeToo movement. It can be disorienting to feel you’re back at square one with a person you already have a shared history with. Here’s some help. Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. A huge I.R.S. impersonation operation has highlighted the threat of phone and internet fraud. Experts have advice on how to protect yourself. Strategies for traveling without letting your phone keep you from enjoying your trip. Rumored lost portions of his autobiography were bought by the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center, along with the manuscript of the book. Through smugglers and bribes, Kyungah Ham employs embroiderers in the Hermit Kingdom to sew her designs, an extraordinary and risky collaboration. An Icelandic event has hit a gender equality target years early. Leading festivals like Glastonbury and Roskilde say it’s much harder for them. Ms. Joseph became a model at 49, after decades as a makeup artist, and in 2010 she started a cosmetics company to complement, not conceal, a woman’s age. Two debut novels, “Number One Chinese Restaurant,” by Lillian Li, and “The Emperor of Shoes,” by Spencer Wise, feature characters whose lives are deeply entangled with two cultures. Construction sites used to send New York’s dirt to landfills upstate. But new research suggests the soil — if you dig deep enough — is a valuable commodity. 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