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The A.I.-Powered Cameras Watching Border Towns, and a Midterms Attack Ad Causes Outrage

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Plus, the Friday news quiz. Here’s what we’re covering: • Trump’s ‘Smart Wall’ of A.I. Cameras Is Watching the Border, and More Than a Million People, by Bora Erden and Nicholas Nehamas • Justice Dept. Opens Inquiry Into Corey Lewandowski, by Glenn Thrush, Tyler Pager and Nicholas Nehamas • The Ad Dividing the Republican Party, by Jess Bidgood • Protesters in Indonesia Demand Action to Stop Fires in Rainforests, by Muktita Suhartono • Airbnb Says Guests Shouldn’t Have to Do the Dishes Anymore, by Francesca Regalado and Jonathan Wolfe Listen to the end of the episode for an audio news quiz. If you want to take The Times’s weekly online news quiz, go here. 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 adve