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“We’ve been in a sexless relationship for years now. We get along great, but we’re more like best buds than lovers.” Cultural attitudes about the role sex plays in relationships have significantly evolved over time. Experts and couples are now challenging the conventional wisdom that sex is essential to staying together. Read more:  https://nyti.ms/4ddn08s 

What is going on at Tesla? We discuss the company’s Cybertruck recalls, layoffs and terrible earnings call, and what it all means for the electric carmaker’s future. Also, will TikTok actually get banned, for real? Watch our technology show, “Hard Fork”:  https://youtu.be/-XT92qckRLo 

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared ready on Thursday to narrow the scope of the criminal case in which Donald Trump stands accused of plotting to subvert the 2020 election. A ruling on whether he is immune from prosecution would probably send the case back to a lower court and could delay a trial until after the 2024 election. Swipe through → and read more:  https://nyti.ms/3Uwrn7o 

Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows and a number of others were indicted in Arizona for their efforts to keep Donald Trump in power despite his 2020 election loss. Read more:  https://nyti.ms/4baRW7K 

A reader wrote: “My boyfriend and I were talking about protecting human life, and he said that he doesn’t believe that human life is necessarily worth more than any other kind of life. For example, he said that if one of our cats were drowning next to a human who was a stranger to us (who was also drowning) and he could save just one, he would choose our cat. Is this morally wrong?” Here’s how our magazine’s advice columnist, the Ethicist, responded:  https://nyti.ms/3VXSBF8 

Nearly 20 years into her career, Taylor Swift is more popular and prolific than ever, with five new albums plus four rerecorded ones since 2019 and a record-breaking world tour. What she reveals on her sprawling and often self-indulgent 11th LP, “The Tortured Poets Department,” is that this stretch of productivity and commercial success was also a tumultuous time for her, emotionally. 

Over 16 songs (and a second LP), the pop superstar litigates her recent romances. But the theme, and familiar sonic backdrops, generate diminishing returns, writes Lindsay Zoladz in her review. 

Read the full review — and learn which referential lyrics Zoladz thinks fans will “delight in decoding”:  https://nyti.ms/3xOXAOs 

The Biden administration expanded federal protections across millions of acres of Alaskan wilderness on Friday, blocking oil, gas and mining operations in some of the most unspoiled land in the country. Read more:  https://nyti.ms/3UpGLm2 

With broad bipartisan support, the U.S. House approved $95 billion in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after months of delays. The Senate is expected to pass the legislation as early as Tuesday and send it to President Biden’s desk. President Zelensky of Ukraine, which will receive a majority of the aid, thanked lawmakers:  https://nyti.ms/3U8olF5 

Here’s why the House voted to force a sale of TikTok, and what might happen:  https://nyti.ms/3vRq4GN 

Here’s how each representative voted:  https://nyti.ms/3UbpWKf 

In a landmark victory for organized labor, workers at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee have voted overwhelmingly to join the United Automobile Workers union, becoming the first nonunion auto plant in a Southern state to do so. Read more:  https://nyti.ms/3W7UhvN 

The Israeli military struck Iran early on Friday, according to Israeli and Iranian officials, in what appeared to be Israel’s first military response to Iran’s attack last weekend in the cycle of violence between the two countries. But its scope, at least initially, appeared to be limited. Here’s what we know.  https://nyti.ms/3Q8OBxP 

News analysis: Israel’s strike was smaller than feared, and so was Iran’s reaction.  https://nyti.ms/3xHkMOD