The USS Abraham Lincoln returns to San Diego after a record deployment marked by supply shortages and suicide attempts, highlighting U.S. vulnerabilities following Iranian attacks on Middle East bases. A New York Times investigation reveals a top embassy official in Jerusalem suppressed critical communications to portray Israel favorably. Krista Pike, the first death row inmate to survive a lethal injection in Tennessee, has regained consciousness, prompting a legal fight to preserve evidence. Additionally, the U.S. demands transparency from Russia after a worker died at a Siberian plague r…