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July 6, 2026

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WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

Allison Robbert for The New York Times Many Children Don’t Have ‘Trump Accounts.’ Some Are Missing Out on $1,000. More than six million have been signed up for the investment accounts, which open for contributions July 4, but there are barriers to uptake. By Claire Cain Miller

The New York Times Burger vs. Bratwurst: A Climate Guide to Your July 4 Cookout Beef is far worse for greenhouse gas emissions compared with other meat. By Francesca Paris

Charlie Smart/The New York Times The Many Ways Trump Is Trying to Tip the Scales for the Midterms Here’s how President Trump is using the powers of his office to try to reshape the rules governing the midterms and future elections. By Karen Yourish, Nick Corasaniti and Charlie Smart

The New York Times Why the Twin Earthquakes in Venezuela Were So Deadly A series of unlucky factors — two earthquakes in rapid succession, a fault that ruptured toward Caracas, soft ground and the shallow depth of the earthquake — combined to make the Venezuela earthquakes unusually deadly. By James Glanz, Helmuth Rosales and Marco Hernandez

POLLING AROUND THE NATION Four months until the midterms

The New York Times President Trump’s Approval Rating: Latest Polls Track the latest approval rating and polls on Americans’ approval of President Trump. By Annie Daniel, Jon Huang, Ruth Igielnik, Jasmine C. Lee, Alex Lemonides, Jonah Smith, Caroline Soler, Albert Sun and Rumsey Taylor

KC McGinnis for The New York Times Governor Races in 2 Republican-Led States Are Tight, Polls Show Voters polled in the states, Iowa and Ohio, also voiced high levels of disapproval for President Trump’s performance. By Julie Bosman and Campbell Robertson

How Democrats Could Win in Texas Our chief political analyst, Nate Cohn, unpacks a New York Times/Siena poll of voters in Texas, where control of the Senate could be decided in the 2026 midterm elections. By Nate Cohn, June Kim, Laura Bult, Thomas Vollkommer, Ray Whitehouse and Gilad Thaler

Midterm Test

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Democrats are hoping to flip the House seat held by the prominent Republican Elise Stefanik, who is not running for re-election. Can you identify the location of the district?

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