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HUFFPOST - Historians Warn U.S. Democracy’s Survival Depends On This Key Civic Skill. And It’s Disappearing.

Here’s how “the whole collective self-government thing goes down the tube,” according to two historians who have studied the fall of other democracies.

AXIOS (Andrew Solender) - Establishment Dems face blowback for trying to play kingmaker

Some Democratic candidates are learning the hard way that there's a cost to being party leadership's favorite in a hotly contested primary. Why it matters: This echoes the Tea Party wave that hit Republicans in the 2010s, with party outsiders harnessing primary voters' anger to win upset victories over establishment candidates. - The first blow for Democrats came earlier this month in California's 22nd district: Moderate Assembly Member Jasmeet Bains lost to progressive Randy Villegas despite being backed by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). - On Thursday another DCCC endorsee, Sen. Joe Baldacci, lost the Democratic primary in Maine's 2nd district to progressive rival and state auditor Matt Dunlap. Catch up quick:…

AXIOS (Mike Allen) - New global order: AI CEOs as heads of nation-states

It was a historic, even jarring, scene that captures a once-unimaginable geopolitical ordering . The world's most powerful heads of state gathered in the French Alps this week for the annual G7 summit, with the CEOs of America's dominant AI companies seated and treated like heads of nation-states themselves. Why it matters: This is the future many leaders and AI CEOs envision — heads of state and the masters of tech in constant discussion, and sometimes conflict, over who controls AI, its rules, and its application to governing and world security. Think of Anthropic vs. Trump as merely a small test run of this dynamic, with governments battling private companies over their products' threat to U.S. or global security. - AI CEOs sat…

AXIOS (Alex Fitzpatrick) - World Cup tourists discover America — and delight us all

The 2026 World Cup is generating a veritable army of modern-day de Tocquevilles discovering America. Why it matters: It's a huge moment for U.S. soft power, as the country nears its 250 birthday with a mixed global reputation at best. Driving the news: Boston welcoming Scottish fans is the off-the-pitch story of the tournament so far. - The Scots seem enamored with Beantown , and vice versa. - They drank the Sam Adams brewery dry. They brought soccer superfan energy to Fenway (one wee lad took home a souvenir ). They're cleaning up after themselves , too. One Scottish fan even reviewed an American emergency room in Taunton, Mass. - They'll later visit Miami, where Scotland has their final group stage match on June 24 versus Brazil. …

NPR (Scott Simon) - Opinion: Algae doesn't care about our party lines

President Trump's beautification project of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has become plagued with a robust algae bloom, despite a $14 million investment and a coating of "American flag blue."