Good evening. Here's the latest at the end of Tuesday.
Trump told Republicans to get in linePresident Trump went to Capitol Hill today to pressure House Republicans to unify around a wide-ranging bill that was designed to deliver his domestic agenda. He joined their weekly closed-door meeting and made it clear that he saw the legislation as a test of loyalty to him. Anyone who voted against the package "wouldn't be a Republican much longer," the president declared. He used profanity-laden language to scold a faction of the party that wanted to use the bill to change Medicaid, and he singled out at least two lawmakers who had held out support. However, it quickly became clear to my colleagues reporting on Capitol Hill that Trump had secured few, if any, converts. "The president, I don't think, convinced enough people that the bill is adequate the way that it is," said Andy Harris, a Republican and the leader of the House Freedom Caucus. Many other Republicans agreed that they had not been sold. Now, it's up to Speaker Mike Johnson to find enough votes to pass the legislation. Johnson said he intended to do so by the end of the week, but holdouts with different regional and ideological interests could imperil his efforts. For more: Here's what's in the bill right now.
Israel's allies told it to stop its expanded Gaza offensiveBritain announced today that it was suspending trade talks with Israel over its plan to expand the war in Gaza and its blockade of humanitarian aid. Yesterday, France and Canada joined Britain in demanding that Israel stop what a joint statement called a "wholly disproportionate" escalation. A senior U.N. humanitarian official, Tom Fletcher, told the BBC today that 14,000 babies in Gaza could die in the next 48 hours unless truckloads of aid could enter. The reaction amounted to the sharpest condemnation yet from some of Israel's most powerful supporters. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said the foreign leaders had handed a "huge prize" to Hamas.
The F.D.A. is poised to restrict access to Covid vaccinesThe Food and Drug Administration's new leaders announced today that the U.S. might require additional research before approving this year's Covid vaccines for healthy Americans younger than 65. The agency will still permit adults over 65 and those with a long list of medical conditions to get the shots in the fall. However, the F.D.A.'s Trump-appointed leaders said, the additional doses offer "uncertain" benefits to many young and middle-aged people who have been vaccinated or have had the virus. In other Trump administration news:
Hochul apologized for decades-old atrocitiesGov. Kathy Hochul traveled today to the territory of the largest Native tribe in New York to apologize for atrocities committed at the Thomas Indian School before it closed in 1957. There, state authorities abused and systematically stripped Native children of their culture and language. Hochul called it "a site of sanctioned ethnic cleansing." "It's about time that someone acknowledged the harm that New York State has done over the generations to our people," said Dianna Beaver, a septuagenarian whose grandmother attended the school. Archival photos show what it looked like inside. More top news
A story collection won the International Booker Prize"Heart Lamp," a collection of stories about the daily struggles of Indian Muslim women, won the International Booker Prize, the major award for fiction translated into English. Written by Banu Mushtaq and translated into English from the original Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi, "Heart Lamp" is the first story collection to win the award. My colleague Alex Marshall, who covers European culture, said that it was "rare enough for publishers to want to issue a short story collection, let alone for judges to want to anoint one the year's best book."
John Mulaney's weirdo show finally found its wayJohn Mulaney was blindfolded on last week's episode of his talk show "Everybody's Live" — and it was far from the most bizarre aspect of the hour. That's part of the premise: Unlike other late-night options, which are full of formulaic interviews with actors promoting their movies, Mulaney's version is free-flowing, absurd and sometimes awkward. The show's risk-taking has begun to pay off, our critic Jason Zinoman writes: "Truly adventurous talk shows take time to find their voice. And if you gave up on this program early on, you've missed out."
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Cook: Make your own egg, spinach and feta wraps. Watch: Here are four great theater performances to enjoy from your couch. Listen: A Book Review editor recommended four of her favorite audiobooks. Consider: Is there a least bad alcohol? Wear: Take inspiration from our fashion photographer's look of the week. Pack: Wirecutter tested seven T.S.A.-compliant liquids bags. The best one costs 18 cents. Compete: Take our quiz to see how well you know these books adapted for the screen. Play: Here are today's Spelling Bee, Wordle and Mini Crossword. Find all our games here.
Want a house? You'll need $7 and the luck of the Irish.Imelda Collins is hoping to sell her two-bedroom cottage in Ireland's rolling countryside this week, and she doesn't mind if the buyer shells out roughly the price of a pint of Guinness. That's because Collins has decided to sell her home through an online raffle. Anyone in the world can enter. Tickets cost just $6.70. Collins has no idea how much she is going to make from the sale: It depends on how many tickets she can sell. But she thinks she might actually make more from the raffle than she would have through a real estate deal. Have a charmed evening. Thanks for reading. I'll be back tomorrow. — Matthew Laurence Tan was our photo editor. We welcome your feedback. Write to us at evening@nytimes.com.
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