How Trump Is Trying to Tip the Scales for the Midterms, and Why Grocery Stores Are Scrambling

Plus, the Friday news quiz. Here’s what we’re covering: As Consumers Pare Spending, Grocery Stores Race to Cut Prices (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/bu...) , by Julie Creswell and Kim Bhasin The Many Ways Trump Is Trying to Tip the Scales for the Midterms (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...) , by Karen Yourish, Nick Corasaniti and Charlie Smart Israel Investigating After Photo of Stripped and Bound Detainee Is Shared (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/wo...) , by David M. Halbfinger Wally Funk, Who Set an Age Record for Space Travel, Dies at 87 (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/sc...) , by Richard Goldstein Listen to the end of the episode for an audio news quiz. If you want to take The Times’s weekly online news quiz, go here (https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/new...) . Tune in, and tell us what you think at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) . For corrections, email [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) . Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts (http://nytimes.com/podcasts) or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-acce.... For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.