NYTIMES (Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Jake Lucas, Ian Stewart, Jack Healy and Meaghan Tobin) - A Frantic Search for Survivors in Venezuela, and Fires Scorch Western U.S.
Plus, microdramas are trying to go mainstream.
NEWSCATS (MeighTimbol) - Newscats Editorial: The Hostile Takeover of the Democratic Party That Everyone but the Democrats Saw Coming
Then–Democratic NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks at a Working Families Party rally denouncing the Trump administration, in New York City, May 10, 2025. (Bing Guan/Reuters) Editor: Cherry Meigh Timbol Published June 29, 2026 Context Signal: [...]
STRIPES (Brian McElhiney) - Marines, Japanese soldiers employ live fire during island warfare exercise Resolute Dragon | Stars and Stripes
U.S. Marines and Japanese infantry rained live fire on a training ground on Kyushu during the centerpiece drill of this year’s Resolute Dragon.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Brian Entin) - Iowa nonprofit brings flag home to vets who fought for it
Thirty-six veterans. Thirty-six flagpoles. One nonprofit making sure America's heroes know they aren't forgotten.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Kellie Meyer) - U.S.-Iran talks continue despite fresh strikes and rising regional tensions
Iran has objected to newly designated shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz.
NYTIMES (Maria Abi-Habib and Alejandro Cegarra) - For These Teens in Mexico, Soccer Is Life. Now, the Cartels Want In.
In Celaya, Mexico, local cartels have turned soccer fields into bloody battlefields as they have co-opted a local league for teenagers as their latest business endeavor.
NYTIMES (Jennifer Szalai) - Liberals Are Preaching Moral Values. What Took Them So Long?
Until recently, the language of morality belonged to social conservatives. But the history of liberalism suggests that values have been at its core all along.
NYTIMES (Elian Peltier and Safiullah Padshah) - Pakistan Attacks Afghanistan, Killing More Than 30
The Taliban said that airstrikes left 36 civilians dead, while Pakistan claimed that its assault killed 32 militants, in the latest in a monthslong conflict.
NYTIMES (Dana G. Smith) - Could GLP-1 Drugs Help You Live Longer?
Experts are intrigued by the theory. Here’s what early research suggests.