NEWSNATIONNOW (Max Rego and The Hill) - 3 Americans dead in Venezuela earthquakes, says State Department
At least 12 Americans may also be missing, a State Department spokesperson told NewsNation.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Blake Burman) - Bipartisan bill seeks to stop Congress members from betting on political outcomes
Sports still make up most bets on Polymarket and Kalshi, but political wagers are growing fast.
NYTIMES (Sharon Otterman) - Columbia University Has a New President. Again. This One Plans to Stay.
Jennifer Mnookin will be the Ivy League university’s fifth president in four years. She describes herself as “a principled pragmatist.”
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