A Data Center Backlash in the Midterms, and Melania Trump’s Surprising Diplomatic Role
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Plus, the Friday news quiz. Here’s what we’re covering: Midterm Elections Live Updates , by New York Times reporters Voters Rejected A.I. in the Midterms. Now Comes an Era of Scrutiny. , by Cecilia Kang and Sophia June Hegseth Lashes Out at Critics Calling for His Firing , by Greg Jaffe How Melania Trump Became a Dark-Horse Diplomat on Ukraine , by Siobhán O’Grady and Katie Rogers An 80-Cent Plastic Pouch Is Saving Thousands of Women From Dying in Childbirth , by Stephanie Nolen Were These Ancient Siberian Nomads the First Stoners? , by Annie Roth Listen to the end of the episode for an audio news quiz. If you want to take The New York Times’s weekly online news quiz, go here . Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com . Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.