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Everyone says families flee SF — especially large ones, with more than two kids. We asked 9 super-sized clans to share their strategies on rent, space, and sanity.

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The city’s omakase restaurants exploded in the 2010s. Why is the most prestigious dining guide snubbing them?

After a draining debut season, Golden State’s second-year guard has spent his summer preparing for a bigger role.

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Political Wire will be operating at a slower pace for a few days as I take a mid-summer break. Between time-zone differences and uneven internet access, posts may not appear as frequently as usual. I’ll still be checking in when possible, but the normal fire hose will be turned down a notch. Members can always […]

“President Donald Trump is so pleased with this World Cup that he wants the U.S. to host another one — but this time without Canada and Mexico sharing the spotlight,” Politico reports. Said Trump: “You should choose the United States of America again. This time we will leave Canada and Mexico out.”

“Vice President JD Vance embraced claims that there were ties between the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the ‘highest levels’ of Israeli intelligence, echoing conspiracy theories that have been a source of tension among conservatives,” the New York Times reports.

“The Trump administration has moved sharply away from charging companies over the wrongdoing of employees, recently closing a string of criminal investigations with lenient resolutions or no charges at all,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

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Midterm machinations, movie monopolies, and more from The Lever this week.

“President Donald Trump made the World Cup one of the most visible political stages of his second term. But the tournament’s U.S. audience remained strikingly bipartisan, according to the latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey,” CNBC reports. “Forty-nine percent of registered voters said they watched at least some of the World Cup, according to the survey. […]

“Ukrainian drone strikes on warehouses belonging to Russia’s largest online retailer killed at least eight people and injured dozens Saturday, expanding Kyiv’s bombing campaign and sparking a ferocious Russian response,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The Ukrainian attacks struck logistics hubs of the Wildberries company—a domestic e-commerce giant modeled on Amazon.com—between 300 and 450 miles […]

A recent update made video playback the default for songs and podcasts with a visual component. If you just want to listen to music—and save your data and battery—follow these tips.