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The US is sending an advanced missile defense system and associated troops to Israel to help shield its ally from attacks by Iran, the Pentagon said. Over the weekend, a Hezbollah drone strike killed four soldiers at a northern Israeli base, while at least 20 people died in an Israeli airstrike on a Gaza school, the Associated Press reported.

Election latest: Kamala Harris said Donald Trump may be “too weak and unstable to lead,” needling him for keeping his medical records private after releasing her own. She and her VP pick Tim Walz will spend the coming week criss-crossing Blue Wall swing states.

A boost for Bitcoin. It climbed above an average that filters out random peaks and troughs partly because prediction markets signaled prospects of a victory by Trump. (He’s perceived as more pro-crypto than Harris.) The former president called for pay raises and bonuses for border patrol agents to help recruit 10,000 more to secure the US-Mexico border. Bloomberg Opinion’s Mary Ellen Klas explains why he’s winning with some immigrants.

Things are heating up in Canadian politics too. Lawmakers within Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s governing Liberal Party are reportedly organizing to pressure him to step down. The drama is ratcheting up as disgruntled Liberals return to parliament following damaging by-election losses.

It sounds like a joke: A company called OpenAI sues a company called Open AI. But it’s real—and not simply a trademark dispute, but about who and what determine Silicon Valley’s winners and losers. Still, it’s been a great week for AI, with three nods from the Nobel Prize Committee (including the Economics one today) and new smart home plans from Apple.

SpaceX stunned the world during its Starship rocket test over the weekend, catching its booster in midair after it came back from space.

Be very careful when personalizing your $500,000 Ferrari, Chris Bryant writes. Nearly new sports cars are piling up in the used market, in part thanks to poor customization choices, but that’s not the only problem.

Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich shattered the world record for women at yesterday’s Chicago Marathon. She finished in just 2 hours, 9 minutes and 56 seconds—almost two minutes faster than the previous fastest time. Watch more highlights from the race.

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