Trump Zigzags on When War Will End, and Investigators Search Epstein’s Ranch in New Mexico

Plus, space mirrors? 

Here’s what we’re covering:

Pakistani Navy Escorts Tankers as Conflict Chokes Off Oil Traffic, by Chris Cameron, Farnaz Fassihi and Yan Zhuang

Trump Threatens to Crowd Out Republicans’ Midterm Message, by Michael Gold

Homemade Bombs in ISIS-Inspired Attack Were Deadly, N.Y.P.D. Says, by Chelsia Rose Marcius

Epstein’s Remote Zorro Ranch Is Searched by New Mexico Investigators, by Reis Thebault

A Big Night Light in the Sky? Start-Up Wants to Launch a Space Mirror., by Kenneth Chang and Hiroko Tabuchi

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