China’s Growing Leverage Over the U.S., and How Oil Companies Hit the Jackpot

Plus, a surprise reversal in the Murdaugh murder case. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

For Trump, the Iran War Looms Over China Summit, by Anton Troianovski

Blockbuster Oil Company Profits Revive Calls for Windfall Tax, by Patricia Cohen

Senate Confirms Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair, by Colby Smith

Murdaugh Murder Convictions Overturned by South Carolina’s Top Court, by Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

Jason Collins, First Active N.B.A. Player to Come Out as Gay, Dies at 47, by Sopan Deb

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