U.S. Withdraws From Iraq After Two Decades, and Trump Tells A.I. Giants to Police Themselves

Plus, the nepo babies take Fat Bear Week.  Here’s what we’re covering: After Two Decades, U.S. Forces Leave Iraq to an Uncertain Future, by Erika Solomon, Falih Hassan and Eric SchmittOpenAI Ignored Employees Who Warned It Wasn’t Doing Enough About Security, by Sheera Frenkel, Dustin Volz and Dylan FreedmanAt White House, Trump Asks A.I. Titans to Police Themselves, by Katie Rogers and Cecilia KangSupreme Court Allows Rapid Third-Country Deportations, for Now, by Abbie VanSickleICE Plans 5,000 New Hires to Help With Deportation Drive, by Alexandra Berzon and Hamed AleazizBackpack Is the Fattest of the Fat Bears, by Madison Malone Kircher Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.