Good morning—upbeat news first: a record 30,000 coho salmon have returned to California’s rivers, a rare bright spot that scientists say is cause for celebration. In top headlines, Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party is projected to make its strongest showing yet in Saxony-Anhalt, raising concerns about a postwar taboo on extremists in government, while in Washington, the Pentagon is conducting polygraph tests for about 50 Joint Staff members as part of an unprecedented internal inquiry.
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