9.30 | Washington Wednesday · A wave forming?

Wed » Five races may show whether a wave is forming — and whether unhappy Trump backers even vote.

Also: Iran’s shrinking leverage, the power of the purse, Jack Smith, missile stocks, and voter rolls. On World Tour: renewed fighting in Ethiopia. Plus: 59 million American adults have literacy skills at the lowest level, a new account of how the FBI’s anti-Catholic memo came to be, and Austrian yodelers find better acoustics in a parking garage.

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