ABCNEWS - Judge blocks part of Trump's proposed mail-in voting restrictions
The injunction bars the creation of a national list of voters eligible to receive mail-in ballots.
NPR (Hansi Lo Wang) - Judge blocks Postal Service proposal to restrict mail-in voting under Trump's order
A judge has blocked the U.S. Postal Service's proposals responding to President Trump's order, including not delivering ballots in states that don't turn over voter lists to the federal government.
A judge has blocked the U.S. Postal Service's proposals responding to President Trump's order, including not delivering ballots in states that don't turn over voter lists to the federal government.Open
NYTIMES (Emily Anthes) - Tickled Apes Reveal the Rhythmic Roots of Laughter
A study of chimps, gorillas and other great apes, including human children, sheds light on how laughter has evolved.
NYTIMES (Stefano Montali) - Is Space Tourism Finally Ready for Takeoff?
Delays and rising prices have made the promise of space travel for ordinary people more elusive than ever. Will that ever change?
NYTIMES (Ashley Wu and Michael Gold) - What Are the Paths Forward for the Housing Bill After Trump Refused to Sign It?
President Trump abruptly scrapped plans to sign a major housing bill. It could still become law, with or without a presidential signature. But Mr. Trump could also try to kill it.
AXIOS (Sam Sabin) - China's new open-source model accelerates AI hacking threat
GLM-5.2 — the latest Chinese open-source model capturing Silicon Valley's attention — is raising fresh concerns among security researchers that advanced AI hacking capabilities are becoming dramatically cheaper and more accessible. Why it matters: The barrier to entry for malicious hackers eager to automate and personalize their attacks is getting lower and lower. Driving the news: Z.ai's GLM-5.2, which was released last week, has agentic capabilities that rival those of Claude Opus 4.8 and OpenAI's GPT-5.5 while costing roughly half as much to run. - Two separate security evaluations from Graphistry and Semgrep found that GLM-5.2 performed on par with leading U.S. models on cybersecurity investigation and vulnerability-discovery…
GLM-5.2 — the latest Chinese open-source model capturing Silicon Valley's attention — is raising fresh concerns among security researchers that advanced AI hacking capabilities are becoming dramatically cheaper and more accessible. Why it matters: The barrier to entry for malicious hackers eager to automate and personalize their attacks is getting lower and lower. Driving the news: Z.ai's GLM-5.2, which was released last week, has agentic capabilities that rival those of Claude Opus 4.8 and OpenAI's GPT-5.5 while costing roughly half as much to run. - Two separate security evaluations from Graphistry and Semgrep found that GLM-5.2 performed on par with leading U.S. models on cybersecurity investigation and vulnerability-discovery…Open
AXIOS (Brittany Gibson) - Supreme Court backs Trump on stricter asylum rules
The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for the Trump administration to turn away asylum seekers at the southern border who haven't yet crossed into U.S. territory. Why it matters: The Court's decision resolves a years-long legal fight over a Border Patrol practice when there's limited bandwidth to process people at a port of entry. Driving the news: "An alien standing in Mexico does not 'arriv[e] in the United States' by attempting, and failing, to set foot in this country. An alien 'arrives in the United States' only when he crosses the border," Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion for Mullin v. Al Otro Lado. - The turn away system, sometimes called metering, was first used by Customs and Border Protection under the…
The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for the Trump administration to turn away asylum seekers at the southern border who haven't yet crossed into U.S. territory. Why it matters: The Court's decision resolves a years-long legal fight over a Border Patrol practice when there's limited bandwidth to process people at a port of entry. Driving the news: "An alien standing in Mexico does not 'arriv[e] in the United States' by attempting, and failing, to set foot in this country. An alien 'arrives in the United States' only when he crosses the border," Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion for Mullin v. Al Otro Lado. - The turn away system, sometimes called metering, was first used by Customs and Border Protection under the…Open
NYTIMES (Miriam Jordan, Andrea Zarate and Jazmine Ulloa) - Supreme Court T.P.S. Ruling on Haiti Plunges Many Migrants Into Limbo
The decision renders 1.3 million people from more than a dozen countries, many who have lived in the United States for decades, vulnerable to deportation.
NYTIMES (Mark Landler and Ségolène Le Stradic) - Latest Victims of France’s Heat Wave: Children Locked in Family Cars
As temperatures pass record levels in France, the heat wave-related death toll continues to rise.
NYTIMES (Lynsey Chutel, Nazaneen Ghaffar, Aurelien Breeden and Zane Irwin) - More Temperature Records Fall as Deadly Heat Stifles Europe
The continent’s second heat wave since May continued to disrupt daily life for millions. Officials in Spain said it might have contributed to a spike in deaths.