Trump Denies an Affordability Crisis

Plus, the travel influencers who aren’t actually real. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

Australia’s Social Media Ban for Children Takes Effect by Victoria Kim

Trump Says Americans Are Doing Great, Even as Views on the Economy Sour by David E. Sanger

Trump Calls Europe ‘Decaying’ and Suggests ‘Size Will Win’ in Ukraine War by Amelia Nierenberg

Judge Grants Request to Unseal Grand Jury Records in Maxwell Case by Benjamin Weiser

Cold Case Inquiries Stall After Ancestry.com Revisits Policy for Users by Corey Kilgannon

These Travel Influencers Don’t Want Freebies. They’re A.I. by Julie Weed

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