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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.

ABCNEWS - How Mamdani-aligned House candidates say they plan to fight wealth inequality

A trio of progressive Democrats have sharply criticized billionaires.

ABCNEWS - Uncertainty clouds next step in US-Iran negotiations

The United States and Iran are sharing conflicting messages about the prospects of a meeting between key negotiators in Qatar this week.

NPR (Elissa Nadworny) - Federal money for workforce training begins, but few programs qualify

July 1 marks the official opening of a program that allows federal dollars to go toward short-term workforce training programs. So far just 11 states have created roadmaps for colleges to apply.

NPR (NPR Staff) - Here are Colorado's 2026 primary election results

Live election results: Get the latest on Colorado's U.S. Senate, U.S. House and gubernatorial primary races.

NPR (Martin Kaste) - U.S. murder rate approaches a record low

A few years ago, experts worried about a "new normal" of elevated violent crime in the U.S. Now the country is flirting with breaking its all-time low murder rate

AMERICANTHINKER - CODEPINK makes progress to bring antisemitic politics into K–12 classrooms

They want to turn history and Jewish memory into something suspicious.

AMERICANTHINKER - America’s greatest gift to our children

For 250 years, Americans have worked, sacrificed, and defended the principles of freedom so that each new generation could inherit greater opportunities than the last.