NYTIMES (Madison Malone Kircher) - How Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Could Reveal Wedding Details
The playbook for celebrities’ wedding reveals has become a careful choreography — especially when you’re one of the biggest pop stars in the world.
NYTIMES (Emma Bubola, Leo Sands, Isayen Herrera and Tibisay Romero) - Why the True Death Toll of Venezuela’s Quakes Is So Hard to Know
Five days after devastating twin earthquakes flattened entire residential neighborhoods, experts fear the official death toll of 1,719 could be a serious undercount.
NYTIMES (Pamela Colloff and Alec Soth) - Capital Punishment Is on the Decline. Except in Ron DeSantis’s Florida.
In most of the country, executions are a thing of the past. But one state has been carrying them out at a record pace.
NYTIMES (Nazaneen Ghaffar, Judson Jones and Erin McCann) - Fourth of July Heat Wave Forecast: Here Are the Day-by-Day Temperatures
A day-by-day breakdown of where dangerous heat is expected through the Fourth of July weekend.
NYTIMES (Reid J. Epstein) - What to Watch in Colorado Primary Elections: Will Left-Wing Energy Keep Rising?
Primaries on Tuesday will be the latest test of Democrats’ anti-establishment mood.
NYTIMES (Shane Goldmacher, Ruth Igielnik and Camille Baker) - Times/Siena Poll Finds Talarico and Paxton Tied in Texas Senate Race
James Talarico, a Democratic state lawmaker, is tied with Ken Paxton, the Republican state attorney general, according to a New York Times/Siena poll.
DAILYCALLER (Amber Duke) - DUKE: A Democrat Mayor’s Pride Month Death Wish
He learned the wrong lesson from the AIDS epidemic
WASHINGTONPOST (Sarah Blaskey, Jonathan O'Connell) - Trump is using a $500M no-bid contract to build his White House ballroom
The White House routed a $500 million no-bid contract through a White House office that typically handles repairs and furnishings and is exempt from competitive bidding requirements.
AXIOS (Courtenay Brown) - Trump's Supreme Court wins hit one wall: the economy
The Supreme Court this term gave President Trump powers over the federal government that no modern president has held. But it blocked his administration on two of the biggest issues for markets: the Fed and tariffs. Why it matters: Its rulings hand the president firmer command of the federal bureaucracy, signaling to businesses that regulatory policy will be less stable — and more political — with every election. - But the cases preserve limits around the Fed and emergency tariff powers, where investors feared political interference could unsettle markets. Between the lines: Case by case, the court gave Trump a freer hand to fire, deport and act before judges could catch up. - The court gave his administration major immigration…
NYTIMES (Jenny Gross) - Shipping Traffic in Strait of Hormuz Picks Up Again
Vessels stranded for months have started moving in larger numbers, but many pulled back over the weekend after Iran and the U.S. exchanged attacks.