The New York Times

1. Iran’s Battered Leaders Emerge From War Confident — and With New Cards

   For Iran’s theocratic rulers, just surviving the U.S.-Israeli onslaught means victory. But the seeds of their next crisis may already be planted.

2. European Leaders Demand That U.S. Cease-Fire With Iran Include Lebanon

   Britain, France and the European Union condemned Israel’s strikes targeting Hezbollah in the country, saying these threatened the truce.

3. Melania Trump Says She Was Not a Victim of Jeffrey Epstein

   Responding to what she said were smears, the first lady said she never had knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse. She called on Congress to continue investigating.

4. How Trump Purged Immigration Judges to Speed Up Deportations

   Judges are ordering an unprecedented number of people deported after coming under significant pressure from the administration to do so or risk losing their jobs.

5. For Artemis II, Returning to Earth May Be the Most Dangerous Part of the Mission

   After a successful flight around the moon, the astronauts are relying on a flawed heat shield to protect them as they re-enter Earth’s atmosphere.