NYTIMES (Kenneth Chang) - NASA Aims to Catch a Falling Space Telescope and Push It Back Up
A rescue mission will soon be underway for NASA’s Swift telescope.
NYTIMES (Margot Sanger-Katz and Sarah Kliff) - $22,000 Per Hour: Assistants Use a Legislative Loophole to Outearn Surgeons
A law meant to end surprise medical billing has led to large paydays for some surgical assistants, who can earn far more than the doctors they help.
NYTIMES (Emma Schartz and Pooja Salhotra) - ‘No One’s Coming to Save Us but Us’: Gen Z Runs for Office
Melat Kiros’s challenge Tuesday to Representative Diana DeGette, who was elected the year before Ms. Kiros was born, is the latest Gen Z test in a year defined by generational upheaval.
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ABCNEWS - Former NBA players indicted for alleged sports gambling scheme
Former NBA players Malik Beasley and Edward Davis were indicted for an alleged sports gambling scheme.
AXIOS (Courtenay Brown) - 2 Supreme Court rulings treat the Fed as an exception
The Federal Reserve is different. That's the upshot of the Supreme Court's rulings Monday morning. Why it matters: President Trump can't fire Fed governor Lisa Cook for now, a 5-4 court majority held , alongside an opinion that offers a sweeping defense of the central bank's independence. - But the ruling is narrow enough that Trump and future presidents have latitude to fire Fed governors if they can establish legal cause more carefully than Trump did in the Cook case. - The decision came alongside a separate, historic ruling that cleared the way for Trump to fire leaders of the Federal Trade Commission and swept away nearly a century of protections shielding officials at most other independent agencies from presidential removal.…
AXIOS (Josephine Walker) - Small towns get burned by fireworks bills
America's 250th birthday is shaping up to be a red, white and blue fireworks bonanza — for towns that can afford it. Why it matters: As cities compete for bigger, brighter anniversary displays, smaller municipalities are getting priced out — or learning there simply aren't enough crews or equipment to go around. The big picture: Blown away by the costs of competing with larger cities, some towns have resorted to choosing new dates farther from the holiday or crowdsourcing donations. - But a few have canceled shows , including Hinesburg, Vermont, where officials budgeted $13,500 for fireworks, but were gobsmacked when they were told they'd need to pay a minimum of $20,000 this year. What they're saying: "We've had a lot of…
NYTIMES (The Editorial Board) - The Court Just Handed Trump a Dangerous New Power
The Supreme Court is bestowing new powers on a president who often behaves as an aspiring autocrat.
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NYTIMES (Adam Liptak and Aishvarya Kavi) - ‘Chaos Will Follow’ Ruling Allowing Trump Firings, Dissent Predicts
In a rare dissent from the bench, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that the Supreme Court undid “centuries of political practice,” and that the court concluded that the federal government had been acting in “open defiance of the Constitution.”
ABCNEWS - How the Slinky was discovered by accident in the 1940s
As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, ABC is taking a look at how the Slinky became a classic American toy.
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ABCNEWS - JetBlue flight hits drone while landing at JFK: Officials
A JetBlue Airways pilot reported hitting a drone as the flight was on approach for landing at JFK Airport on Monday morning, the FAA said.
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