Key Takeaways From This Week’s Primaries, and the Deportees Stuck in ‘No Man’s Land’

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<p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08/12/us/primary-election-results-wi-mn-sc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Election Live Updates: Moderate Democrat Wins Tight Wisconsin Primary for Governor</a>, by The New York Times</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/magazine/deportation-immigrants-prison-eswatini.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">He Was Deported to a Country He’d Never Heard of. He May Never Go Free.</a>, by Nicholas Casey</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/world/americas/ecuador-fishing-boat-strikes.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">They Spoke English, Wore U.S. Flags and Attacked Fishermen. Who Were They?</a>, by Maria Abi-Habib, Riley Mellen, José María León Cabrera and Christiaan Triebert</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/well/mind/alzheimers-disease-blood-tests-prediction.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Blood Tests to Predict Alzheimer’s Are Causing Confusion and Distress</a>, by Dana G. Smith</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/world/europe/solar-eclipse-europe.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">In Europe, the Total Solar Eclipse Is Hours Away</a>, by Jason Horowitz</p> <p>Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: <a href="mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">theheadlines@nytimes.com</a>.</p> <p><p>Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: <a href="mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com">theheadlines@nytimes.com</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>