A Data Center Backlash in the Midterms, and Melania Trump’s Surprising Diplomatic Role

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

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