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Here’s what you need to know:
• President Trump threatened President Hassan Rouhani on Twitter late Sunday with “CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED,” after the Iranian leader said any conflict with his country would be the “mother of all wars.”
Mr. Rouhani had earlier threatened to disrupt regional oil shipments if U. S. sanctions blocked Iran’s exports, a position the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said he supported.
• Mr. Trump’s warning came hours after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave a speech accusing Iran’s leadership of widespread corruption.
• A woman was killed and 13 people were injured after a gunman opened fire on a street in the Greektown neighborhood Sunday night .
The suspect, who has not been identified, also died. The authorities have not identified a motive, and the city’s police chief said early today that he wasn’t ruling out terrorism.
• Gun violence is much rarer in Canada than it is in the U. S., but the number of shootings in Toronto has doubled in recent years.
• One of our most popular stories over the weekend was about the Trump administration’s disclosure of previously top-secret material at the center of Republican accusations that the F. B. I. had abused its surveillance powers. ( Read the documents here .)
In February, Democrats rejected Republican claims that law enforcement officials had improperly obtained a warrant to monitor Mr. Page, a onetime Trump campaign adviser, and accused them of trying to sow doubts about the investigation into Russian election interference.
President Trump sought to declare victory on Sunday, but one of our Washington correspondents writes in a news analysis: “The newly disclosed documents instead corroborated rebuttals by Democrats on the panel who had seen the top-secret materials and accused Republicans of mischaracterizing them to protect the president.”
• Republicans in Congress are also grappling with the aftermath of Mr. Trump’s summit meeting in Finland with President Vladimir Putin, which has pitted their skepticism of the Russian leader against their desire to support Mr. Trump.
• The vote last week to formally declare the right of national self-determination as “unique to the Jewish people” may be a choice between two visions of Israel.
Deciding to be Jewish first or democratic first is part of a larger global trend, our Interpreter columnist writes: “There is a growing backlash to the idea that countries should privilege democracy over all else.”
• Separately, the Israeli government has facilitated the evacuation to Jordan of hundreds of rescue workers in Syria, known as the White Helmets, and their families.
• We examine how abortion became one of the most politically divisive issues of our time.
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• Negotiations by Group of 20 finance ministers to try to ease trade tensions between the U. S. and the rest of the world ended without any breakthroughs .
• Portugal defied those who insisted that austerity was the solution to Europe’s financial crisis, and it’s having a major revival .
• Businesses in Sevnica, the small town in Slovenia where Melania Trump grew up, are working overtime to capitalize on the connection .
• Tech giants are to announce their quarterly earnings this week. I t’s one of the headlines to watch.
• U. S. stocks were down on Friday. Here’s a snapshot of global markets today.
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• Jada Yuan, who crisscrosses the globe as The Times’s 52 Places traveler, discusses how she keeps her gadgets charged .
• Don’t quit your daydreams, and other advice from the actress Mindy Kaling .
• Recipe of the day: Fans of key lime and lemon meringue will love this recipe for Atlantic Beach pie .
• Nine of the 17 people who died when a duck boat capsized near Branson, Mo., last week were from the same family. The National Transportation Safety Board has taken over the investigation.
• One person was killed at a Trader Joe’s in Los Angeles when a gunman exchanged fire with the police and barricaded himself with hostages for about three hours before surrendering.
• Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, the first vice president of Afghanistan who faces charges of rape and kidnapping, returned after more than a year in exile. Soon after his arrival, a suicide attack near the airport killed 20 people, including nine members of his security detail.
• Cuban lawmakers approved a draft of a Constitution that would recognize the right to private property and that could open the door to legalizing same-sex marriage.
• “We deal with a lot.” A Georgia waitress who threw a man to the ground after being groped, as seen in a widely viewed video, spoke to The Times about the ordeal .
• Francesco Molinari became the first Italian to win a major golf tournament, outplaying Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and a resurgent Tiger Woods at the British Open.
• “The Equalizer 2,” starring Denzel Washington, was No. 1 at the North American box office, earning $35.8 million. “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” was a close second.
• Wildlife and the midterm elections
In the past two weeks, the Endangered Species Act has come under attack from lawmakers, the White House and industry on a scale not seen in decades, driven partly by fears that the Republicans will lose ground in November.
• A subway still in crisis
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority began an $800 million subway rescue plan a year ago, but there’s been no major boost in reliability .
• In memoriam
Jonathan Gold, a Pulitzer Prize-winning restaurant critic in Los Angeles, helped his readers understand dozens of cuisines, and the city itself. He was 57.
• To the rescue, more spandex
The movies and TV shows resulting from Hollywood’s superhero history offer a picture of America’s changing mores .
• Quotation of the day
“I think the Endangered Species Act is endangered. They haven’t been able to do this for 20 years, but this looks like their one chance.”
— Andrew Rosenberg, director of the Union of Concerned Scientists, referring to Republican efforts to weaken the 45-year-old legislation.
• The Times, in other words
Here’s an image of today’s front page, and links to our Opinion content and crossword puzzles .
• What we’re reading
Bonnie Wertheim, an editor on our Styles desk, recommends this article in Eater: “I am one of those people who now carry reusable straws around and feel virtuous about rejecting plastic ones. But this essay by Alice Wong, who relies on a wheelchair and a ventilator (as well as plastic straws), made me check my self-righteousness.”
“Die Hard,” which was released 30 years ago this month, made Bruce Willis a bona fide action hero.
