Good morning —

Today's puzzle draws from a wide sweep of recent headlines—political shifts at home and abroad, a few brushes with the dramatic, and some reminders that the world keeps turning even when it feels overwhelming. It's a gentle mix of stories that might've caught your eye this week, assembled here as they do in the news itself: woven together, connected, impossible to separate cleanly. A few minutes with this one feels like the best kind of check-in—informed without the scroll.

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Nicholas, Crosswording The Situation