NYTIMES (The New York Times) - Oil Rises Amid Uncertainty Over Strait of Hormuz
Modest reactions in the oil and financial markets as Iran and the U.S. met in Switzerland for a first round of talks aimed at making a temporary cease-fire permanent.
REDSTATE (Ward Clark) - New Tax Stupidity: Will the Last Productive Person to Leave California, Please Turn Out the Lights?
NYTIMES (Elian Peltier and Kiana Hayeri) - The Women Running Businesses Under Taliban Rules
With secondary education and most jobs out of reach, thousands of Afghan women have turned to entrepreneurship as the only path to make money and maintain a social life.
REDSTATE (Jennifer Oliver O'Connell) - President Trump to Attend the Inaugural Celebration for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library
REDSTATE (Ben Smith) - Ruben Gallego's Donor-Funded Lifestyle Is Drawing New Scrutiny
HUFFPOST - Heat, Wind And Drought Conditions Spark Wildfires In U.S. West
Much of the Western U.S. from the Rockies to the Pacific coast saw above-average temperatures this weekend with even hotter weather anticipated for early next week.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Batya breaks down Trump's disastrous deal with Iran
Batya Ungar-Sargon breaks down the U.S.-Iran memorandum and how the deal could be disastrous for Americans.
AXIOS (Alex Thompson) - Newsom embraces Biden in run-up to 2028 primary
Gavin Newsom is gambling that embracing Joe Biden will be more popular among Democrats than running away from him in the party's 2028 presidential primary. Why it matters: The California governor — unlike most potential Democratic candidates for president — has spent the last 18 months courting Biden and his family, publicly defending the ex-president's legacy as others have distanced themselves. - A Biden endorsement could be consequential. Many Democratic primary voters — especially Black and Latino voters — still have much affection for him, despite his unpopularity with the broader electorate. Driving the news: Newsom has been an unapologetic defender of Biden's legacy and his family, citing his ability to pass big…
NPR (Jane Arraf) - Leading Lebanese conservationist dies after Israeli airstrike on her home
Mona Khalil died Friday after an Israeli airstrike hit her beachside home two weeks ago. She's credited with creating a conservation movement in southern Lebanon to protect sea turtle nesting grounds.
JUSTTHENEWS (Joseph Weber) - Teddy Roosevelt presidential library opens July 4 in Dakota badlands, 107 years after his death
Roosevelt was a native New Yorker, but he moved to the North Dakota territory in 1884 to grieve the same-day, Valentine's Day deaths of his wife and mother.