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July 10, 2026

	By Matthew Cullen

Good evening. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

Houston to investigate ICE shooting Trump says he won’t sign housing bill Plus, America has fallen for Haaland

The site where a federal immigration officer shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston. Meridith Kohut for The New York Times

Witnesses to ICE killing dispute the official account

The mayor of Houston said today that the city was launching an investigation into the fatal shooting of a Mexican man by a federal immigration officer. The city’s announcement came after three witnesses disputed the Department of Homeland Security’s account. The witnesses said that the man — Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who had lived in the U.S. without authorization for 35 years — had not tried to run over a federal agent.

“We are not settling to wait for an F.B.I. report,” the mayor, John Whitmire, said. “We want answers.”

Video of the Tuesday shooting has not emerged, and the ICE agents were not wearing body cameras, officials said. The agents tried to stop Araujo’s van because they believed a passenger resembled the target of an ICE investigation, officials said. The actual subjects of the investigation were not in the vehicle.

The shooting brought into focus an aggressive ramp-up of immigration arrests across the country that has largely occurred outside the public eye.

For more on immigration:

Migrants at the Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark have for months complained about dirty, unhealthy conditions. Documents reviewed by The Times support their claims. An aging assassin was captured by ICE. Will he be deported?

Vessels off the coast of Oman, just outside the Strait of Hormuz, last month. Elke Scholiers/Getty Images

U.S. says Strait of Hormuz will soon be declared open

American officials said today that they expected Iran to publicly acknowledge in the coming days that all channels through the Strait of Hormuz were open. If Iran did not — or it continued to attack ships passing through the waterway — “we’re not going to have a good outcome for them,” the officials said.

Earlier in the day, President Trump said he had agreed to continue negotiations with Iran, but that “the Cease Fire is OVER!” after this week’s spasm of tit-for-tat violence. The American officials said that Iranian negotiators had blamed recent ship attacks on rogue military units who had been trying to undermine the U.S.-Iran truce.

The U.S. strikes on Iran this week were among the most intense in the war so far. American forces hit more than 170 Iranian military targets on Tuesday and Wednesday, officials said, including air defense systems, military speedboats and, seemingly, a railway bridge more than 700 miles from the Strait of Hormuz.

President Trump with Senator John Thune, the majority leader, at the Capitol last month. Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Major housing bill could become law without Trump’s signature

The president said today that he would not sign a bipartisan bill that lawmakers in both parties have celebrated as a significant effort to drive down housing prices. Trump said he was holding out to “protest” Senate Republicans failing to pass a voting restriction bill.

Nevertheless, the housing measure will become law later tonight unless Trump vetoes it, which he did not say he would do. The bill adjusts a host of federal regulations to make it easier and cheaper to build housing, and has won broad support from economists and policy experts.

In other news from Washington:

The Trump administration moved to open the habitats of imperiled animals to farming, mining and other development. The White House forced out the three remaining members of an independent, bipartisan commission that supports states in administering their elections. The new Air Force One lacks some of the defensive countermeasures that were security features of the old model, including its advanced antimissile capabilities.

A Long March 10B rocket at the Wenchang spaceport in Hainan, China, on Friday. Visual China Group, via Getty Images

China moves one step closer to competing with SpaceX

China’s space program launched a rocket today and then, six minutes later, caught the bottom part with a sea platform fitted with nets. The demonstration suggested that the Chinese engineers were getting closer to a partly reusable rocket — the technology that allowed SpaceX, Elon Musk’s American rocket maker, to dominate the satellite industry for years.

As of now, SpaceX has more than 10,000 satellites in orbit, compared with just over 400 combined from two of its Chinese rivals.

More top news

Tech: Apple sued OpenAI, accusing it of stealing secrets about products still in development. Politics: Graham Platner formally withdrew from the Maine Senate race. Fires: At least 12 people have died in a wildfire in the Spanish region of Andalusia. Read a profile of the experts who are trying to stop Europe from burning. Flying: A Ryanair flight had to land in Greece after a passenger window dislodged. Reports indicate that a passenger was sucked partway out of it. Gas: Trump is promoting a gas station chain called Freedom Fuel that sells gas for 50 cents less per gallon than its competitors. Here’s what we know. Britain: The Bayeux Tapestry arrived at the British Museum in London after a secretive nighttime operation that involved multiple police forces. Health: Ticks are on the move. Read about the risks in your region. Royals: Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and their two children met for the first time in years with Harry’s father, King Charles III, and Queen Camilla. Australia: Neil, an unruly, 2,204-pound southern elephant seal, has become a celebrity in a coastal town.

TIME TO UNWIND

Andreas Schjelderup leaps onto Erling Haaland on Sunday. Pamela Smith/Associated Press

America has fallen for Haaland

For anyone who tuned out the World Cup after the U.S. team lost, you are missing out on the glorious summer of Erling Haaland. As Norway’s top goal scorer, he has emerged as the most captivating superstar of this year’s tournament.

Don’t believe it? Read my colleague Sam Anderson’s delightful story about becoming a Norway faithful. “Haaland seems to have been summoned from a secret fjord, out of a potion of dragon fire and glacier water, to take over all the world’s screens,” Sam writes. “Everything he does is flamboyant and cartoonish and mythic.”

Aimee Gardner and David Linnard in Kingston, N.Y. Lauren Lancaster for The New York Times

They aren’t giving up on ‘Disaster Mansion’

In early 2018, a couple that had just moved to New York’s Hudson Valley bought their first house, a long-abandoned 1869 mansion that they got for $53,500 at a tax auction. They knew the home had plenty of issues, but they loved its character.

Eight years later, the couple is still renovating. They try not to rely too much on contractors, instead learning to make windows and tiles themselves. It’s been a long and expensive journey — they learned exactly what a collapsing lime mortar stone wall sounds like — but they’re still excited to move in. See photos of the home.

Morgane Van Belle/Ghent University

Dinner table topics

Think your cat is being nice? Sometimes when the animals lick each other, they do it specifically to be annoying. 800 pounds of peanut butter was spread on the floor of a museum in tribute to a Dutch artist. Our Style Detective helped a reader track down an unusual, decades-old wineglass that they had received as a wedding gift. Here’s why your office building feels freezing.

WHAT TO DO THIS WEEKEND

Rachel Vanni for The New York Times

Cook: Serve buttery peach and ricotta crostini on a hot summer day.

Watch a film noir classic that’s available to stream.

Plan a trip to Vienna and explore its splendid pools.

Consider these books for your kids if they like the Magic Tree House series.

Silence your home’s annoying noises with these tips.

Take this week’s news quiz.

Play today’s Connections, Spelling Bee and Mini Crossword. Find all our games here.

ONE LAST THING

Hannah Yoon

Flowers can be more than mere garnish

Many restaurants add flower petals to dishes to make them feel a bit more bright and summery. Some chefs go a step further, using the actual flavors and textures of a blossom to upgrade the eating experience.

We talked to three chefs about how they pull that off. Rhonda Saltzman, for example, steeps jasmine flowers — which have a delicate, sweet flavor — into the glaze of her doughnuts, before adding more petals on top. The chefs shared their recipes.

Have a fresh weekend.

Thanks for reading. I’ll be back on Monday — Matthew

Keith Bedford was our photo editor.

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