The Supreme Court’s New Term, and a Race for Nuclear Power on the Moon

Plus, why school music classes are under threat. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

• A Supreme Court Battle Over Climate Change Begins, by Karen Zraick
• How the Midterms Could Complicate the Supreme Court’s New Term, by Ann E. Marimow and Abbie VanSickle
• As Midterms Near, Justice Alito Says He Considers Each Year Whether to Retire, by Abbie VanSickle
• U.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New Threats, by Eric Schmitt
• An Iranian Threat, 3 Vans and a Phone Call: Behind the Mystery at a U.K. Air Base, by Michael D. Shear, Eric Schmitt, Megan Specia and Adam Goldman
• Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon, by Selam Gebrekidan
• Soaring Instrument Prices Could Stop the Music at Many Schools, by Sydney Ember

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