NYTIMES (Ségolène Le Stradic) - Heat Wave Prompts Paris to Suspend Sports Events and Public Alcohol Consumption
The Paris police chief, Patrice Faure, said the alcohol restrictions were intended to ease pressure on the health services.
NYTIMES (Michael D. Shear and Jeanna Smialek) - Europe’s Deadly Heat Wave: A Jolt for the Climate Agenda, or Just for AC?
Heat-related deaths and disruptions to daily life are forcing politicians to reckon, in different ways, with a rapidly warming planet.
NYTIMES (Vivian Nereim) - How Three Months of War Changed the Gulf Forever
Facing an emerging U.S.-Iran deal that leaves them vulnerable, Gulf Arab countries are reshaping their defense strategies, economies and trade routes.
NYTIMES (Hamed Aleaziz) - Immigration Hard-Liners Repeatedly Lost in Court Before Justices Ruled in Their Favor
“This is a victory 10 years in the making,” a White House official said after the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration could end deportation protections for some migrants.
ABCNEWS - 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center closing less than 1 year after it opened
The facility has faced lawsuits from immigrant advocates since it opened.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Jesse Weber) - Surfside condo report a ‘gut punch’ for man who lost family in 2021 collapse
Rodriguez said residents had long seen warning signs, including cracks and water intrusion in the building.
NPR (Scott Neuman) - Ex-NOAA employees re-create a valuable climate data site shut down by Trump
Former NOAA staffers have launched a new website that provides climate information. It replaces a government site that was shut down when the Trump administration took office.
NPR (Marissa J. Lang) - Trump axed a Black history exhibit. Former park rangers are teaching it anyway.
As the U.S. prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, former national park rangers are hosting teach-ins and sharing history that the Trump administration has sought to erase from federal land.
NPR (Lucio Vasquez) - 'We are with you, Venezuela': Houston community rallies after deadly earthquakes
Venezuelans living in the U.S organize donation drives in response to the devastating earthquakes.
AXIOS (Jim VandeHei) - Behind the Curtain: The cost of blind loyalty
President Trump trained elected Republicans to obey him, even when they disagreed. - Elected Republicans trained Trump to expect obedience, even as his demands grew impossible to satisfy. Why it matters: Years of Republicans submitting to Trump, often against their own judgment, have curdled into a rolling crisis as Washington nears the likely end of the GOP's two-year monopoly. The big picture: Trump has spent his second term steamrolling his own party, confident the lawmakers he humiliates will keep voting his way. You see it everywhere: - He canceled the signing of a landmark bipartisan housing bill just hours before the ceremony — trying to strong-arm the Senate into passing the SAVE America Act, a sweeping voter ID bill with no…