A New Plan for Closer U.S.-Israel Military Cooperation, and the First mRNA Flu Vaccine

Plus, what happens when you have an A.I. boss. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

Why Congress Wants a Closer U.S.-Israel Defense Partnership, by Robert Jimison

Fauci Faces Contempt of Congress Vote on Thursday, by Jan Hoffman

F.D.A. Approves Moderna’s mRNA Flu Vaccine, by Christina Jewett

Crocs Has a Trick for Dodging Taxes: a Tiny Office in Malta, by Jesse Drucker and Dylan Freedman

These Employees Like Their A.I. Boss. Its Shop Is Kind of a Disaster., by Heather Knight

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