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A big sell-off in the global bond market has pushed borrowing costs to their highest point in years. The Wall Street Journal ’s Chelsey Dulaney explains what it means for your money. Iran and the U.S. are trading military blows again after a lull in fighting. The Associated Press reports on how Tehran has accused the U.S. of striking a wedding party. People in the U.S. are dying from heat much mor...

NBC national-security reporter Gordon Lubold discusses the U.S. military’s growing leadership vacuum under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. A federal whistleblower says the Postal Service has been secretly working to overhaul mail-in voting to comply with one of President Trump’s executive orders, despite a judge recently blocking it. The Washington Post ’s Patrick Marley explains how the system co...

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 yesterday that construction of President Trump’s White House ballroom can continue. The Washington Post ’s Justin Jouvenal explains why the National Trust for Historic Preservation sued and lost. Mail-in ballots for the November midterms are about to start going out — and the rules around them are still unsettled. The AP ’s Nick Riccardi walks th...

The Washington Post ’s Evan Halper unpacks what’s known about an unusual deal by the Trump administration to take more direct control of Venezuelan oil reserves. Rescue teams are still searching for thousands of missing people in Nepal after last week’s catastrophic flooding. Ishaan Tharoor with the New Yorker talks about how Nepalese people are paying the price for climate chang...

From Apple News In Conversation : For the past few years, a campaign against sunscreen has been building — with social-media influencers claiming that sunscreen itself, rather than the sun, is damaging people’s skin and harming their health. The misinformation is working: More than 16 million adults have cut back or stopped using sunscreen because of it. Meanwhile, skin-cancer rates co...

It’s been six months since President Trump went to war with Iran. Attempts at regime change, extracting nuclear concessions, and diplomatic talks have failed. The Wall Street Journal ’s Alex Ward unpacks why. Americans are angry about AI data centers. And with the midterm elections fast approaching, Molly Hennessy-Fiske with the Washington Post looked at how the dynamic is playing out...

Deadly flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border devastated the region. ABC News reports that experts think they may have been triggered by a glacier collapse. Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion and overhaul how kids use Facebook and Instagram, settling a case brought by nearly every U.S. state. Reuters ’s Diana Novak Jones breaks down the new limits on teen accounts. Trump’s new tar...

Country-music legend Dolly Parton has died at 80. The New Yorker ’s Lauren Michele Jackson explains how Parton’s warmth and many songs made her beloved across America. A new study found that at least 25% of former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had signs of CTE, the degenerative brain disease linked to head trauma. NPR ’s Becky Sullivan says the real number could be higher....

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the U.S.’s plan to further isolate Iran’s economy, which he called “Operation Economic Outcast.” The Wall Street Journal ’s Brian Schwartz breaks down the details. Voters in South Carolina are casting ballots today in one of the cycle’s most closely watched primaries: the race to fill the late Lindsey Graham’s Sen...

A tariff deal with Canada that President Trump said was done collapsed over the weekend after Prime Minister Mark Carney called the terms unfair. The Washington Post ’s David Lynch breaks down what happens next. The U.S. is preparing tougher sanctions against Iran, with Trump talking of an “economic D-Day” for Tehran. The Associated Press ’s Farnoush Amiri explains how Iran...

From Apple News In Conversation : Testosterone prescriptions are at an all-time high in the U.S., and according to a survey by Men’s Health , 70% of men say their levels of the hormone are important to them. This increased attention to T has even reached the Pentagon, which announced mandatory testosterone screenings for troops over the age of 30. Michael Andor Brodeur, a Men’s Health...

President Trump is pushing for a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as talks for a nuclear deal with Iran stalls. The Wall Street Journal ’s Alex Ward explains why North Korea now negotiates from a position of strength. A personalized mRNA cancer vaccine delayed the return of melanoma in a major clinical trial. Stat News’s Angus Chen breaks down how it trains the immune syste...

President Trump nominated White House aide Dr. Heidi Overton to lead the FDA, which has lacked a permanent leader for months. The Washington Post ’s Rachel Roubein explains why some senators are already raising doubts. Trump paused steep tariffs on Canadian imports hours before they were set to take effect. The Wall Street Journal ’s Gavin Bade breaks down what happened. The U.S. is ca...

ABC and its parent company, Disney, sued the FCC over its early review of ABC’s broadcast licenses. NPR ’s David Folkenflik explains what’s at stake. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has paused construction of a border-wall project inside Big Bend National Park after receiving bipartisan backlash. Carlos Morales for NPR breaks down the issue. Iran’s hardline leaders used...

Meta is back in court, facing allegations from four states that Instagram and Facebook are designed to hook kids and harm their mental health. Gerrit De Vynck of the Washington Post breaks down the case. A Florida primary is testing how redistricting has reshaped Black political power. Claire Heddles of the Miami Herald explains why Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s run in a historically Black...

President Trump ordered the Navy to swap modern electromagnetic catapults for older steam power on its carriers. The Associated Press ’s Konstantin Toropin explains why the change would be a huge undertaking. Congress remains gridlocked on regulating AI, even as lawmakers quietly turn to chatbots for everything from speeches to legislation. The Washington Post ’s Anna Liss-Roy breaks d...

Military families say service members aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln are enduring mold, food shortages, and deteriorating mental health during an extended deployment tied to the war in Iran. MS Now ’s Priya Sridhar explains what families are describing, and why lawmakers are demanding answers. It’s been a year since President Trump sent the National Guard to Washington, D.C. NOTUS &rsq...

David Crowley pulled off a remarkable comeback to win Wisconsin’s Democratic primary for governor. Vox ’s Benjy Sarlin discusses what the tight race reveals about the party’s divide ahead of the midterms. Nearly 30 years after Tupac Shakur’s murder, a Las Vegas jury will hear the case against a man accused of orchestrating it. The Washington Post ’s Hannah Knowles bre...

The Secret Service secretly moved President Trump onto an alternate plane after officials deemed an Iranian threat credible. The Washington Post ’s Dan Lamothe breaks down what happened Former Marine Robert Gilman returned home after four years in a Russian prison, following a U.S. appeal and a pardon from Vladimir Putin. Reuters ’s Steve Holland explains the circumstances surrounding...

Automated license-plate cameras are drawing bipartisan backlash from residents and lawmakers. Politico ’s Liset Cruz explains how privacy concerns are uniting the left and right. A chaotic Wisconsin primary comes to a close today, as Democratic leaders scramble to stop democratic socialist Francesca Hong from winning the nomination for governor. The Associated Press ’s Scott Bauer brea...

Iran laid out its demands for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, but says talks won’t restart until the U.S. “makes amends.” The Wall Street Journal ’s Alex Ward explains why this standoff could be harder to resolve than the last. A parasite outbreak tied to lettuce has rattled shoppers, costing farmers who are plowing under hundreds of thousands of pounds of romaine each week. The Wall Street Journa...

From Apple News In Conversation : Peak tick season is here — and the fastest-growing tick-borne illness in the country is alpha-gal syndrome, a condition that causes an often-severe allergy to red meat and other animal products. It’s primarily spread by lone-star ticks, once confined to the Southeast but now found as far north as Maine and Michigan. The syndrome can trigger a range of...

The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment. The Washington Post ’s Anna Liss-Roy explains why the case could redefine congressional power over pardoned witnesses. Six months after Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance from her Arizona home, investigators are no closer to finding her. The Wall Street J...

Cyberattacks have hit water systems in at least a dozen states, with intelligence officials pointing to Iran. Reuters ’ A.J. Vicens explains what’s known. Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary delivered a major win for the party’s progressive wing. Politico 's Samuel Benson explains what Abdul El-Sayed’s victory means for the party in November. President Trump says a deal to reopen the Strait of Ho...

President Trump publicly criticized U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro for dropping vandalism charges tied to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation. The Washington Post ’s Dan Diamond explains what went wrong. Authorities in Spokane, Washington, charged a suspect with arson in one of three wildfires that have forced more than 60,000 evacuations and destroyed hundreds of homes. MyNorthwest repor...