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Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe died after being shot during a speech. The BBC reports. Biden is expected to sign an executive order related to abortion access and privacy, but full federal protection of abortion rights would require bigger moves by Congress. The Wall Street Journal has more. LGBTQ clubs are havens for young students. The Washington Post looks at how they’re under...

The Wall Street Journal looks at how the U.S. economy is a bizarre mix of a hot job market and slowing economic growth. Experts are confused. The Guardian reports on how British prime minister Boris Johnson is stepping down after a series of scandals and political setbacks cost him the confidence of his party. Schools are using sophisticated digital surveillance to monitor students’ online a...

The suspected gunman in the Highland Park July 4 attack is facing seven counts of first-degree murder. CBS News reports. Reuters explains how Russia’s latest victory in Ukraine came at a high cost, with tougher fighting ahead. Al Jazeera explores what it’s like living in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine. CNBC looks at how a strong dollar is pushing down the value of the euro and other...

Police arrested a man following a deadly shooting at a July 4 parade in an Illinois suburb north of Chicago. Here’s more from the Chicago Tribune . Time reports on how anti-abortion pregnancy centers are collecting data that could be used against women. A 10-year old abuse victim had to cross state lines for an abortion after the Supreme Court’s recent ruling blocked her from getting t...

Politico looks at what Democrats can — and might — do in Congress to fight the end of Roe. ESPN has answers to key questions about American basketball star Brittney Griner’s trial in Russia, while the Wall Street Journal has a preview of the unusual case. Twenty-five years since China took control of Hong Kong from Britain, the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg get perspectives o...

Politico looks into how Chief Justice John Roberts lost control of the Supreme Court. NPR reports that disease experts are worried about the spread of monkeypox in the U.S., in part because testing is lacking. In Stat , an STD expert looks at what America needs to do to better handle such outbreaks. An unserved warrant related to the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till is reopening the case. USA Today ha...

The Washington Post reports on new testimony from a former White House aide who said Trump sought to lead an armed mob to the Capitol on January 6. Fortune explains how a Supreme Court ruling could severely limit the power of the EPA and other federal agencies to tackle climate change. Vox has in-depth legal analysis. As Russia continues to attack Ukraine, NATO is moving to expand. The Wall Street...

Politico looks at how Chief Justice John Roberts lost control of the Supreme Court. And SCOTUSblog has analysis of the court’s decision to overrule Roe v. Wade, and what to understand about the concurring and dissenting opinions. The Texas Tribune reports on dozens of migrants found dead in San Antonio in one of the deadliest human-smuggling incidents of its kind. In Scientific American , a...

The Washington Post was inside an abortion clinic to report on the chaos and tears as it abruptly shut down after Roe was overruled. The New Yorker argues that the decision to remove the constitutional right to abortion doesn’t send America back to the time before Roe, but somewhere worse. ‘ Project Unabom ,’ a new podcast from Apple TV+, has fresh reporting on the story of Ted K...

The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, upending half a century of American abortion law. The Wall Street Journal is on the story. Slate explains why it’s important to remember Shirley Wheeler, who was convicted of manslaughter for getting an abortion in the days before Roe. The Washington Post reports on the latest January 6 committee testimony, which focused on how Trump pressured th...

An update from NPR on Afghanistan’s deadliest earthquake in 20 years.  The Supreme Court hands down a major decision on gun rights.   The Washington Post reports how abortion providers are racing to train the next wave of specialists in the field in anticipation of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. Title IX   was intended to level the playing field for men’s and...

The Washington Post reports on how the latest January 6 hearing revealed Trump’s involvement in a plan to use fake electors to undermine the 2020 presidential-election results, and also has background on the plot . Hundreds of people are dead following a powerful earthquake in Afghanistan. The Wall Street Journal has the story. Biden will ask Congress to suspend the federal gas tax for three...

Politico explains how state supreme court races, typically obscure, are a critical election battleground in the fight for the future of abortion law in the U.S. The Texas Tribune ’s detailed review of evidence from the Uvalde school shooting shows that law enforcement was well-equipped to take on the gunman, raising new questions about why officers waited so long to confront him. A wide rang...

The Wall Street Journal reports that the Department of Justice says the January 6 committee isn’t sharing key witness transcripts. Watergate happened 50 years ago. The Washington Post explains how its legacies are still with us, and Woodward and Bernstein look at parallels between Trump and Nixon. The Golden State Warriors beat the Boston Celtics to win the NBA title. ESPN has the story.

An FDA advisory panel is backing Pfizer and Moderna COVID shots for children as young as 6 months old. Stat has the story. The Wall Street Journal reports on how the UK is under fire for a policy to deport some asylum seekers all the way to Rwanda. Millions of Americans who never graduated college are still stuck with large student-debt bills. Teen Vogue explains. The murder trial is underway in t...

A South Carolina congressman who voted for impeachment will fall to a Trump-backed challenger, while another incumbent who defied Trump will survive the primary, CNN projects. The Washington Post reports on how worsening climate disasters and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are among the reasons 49 million people are facing famine. Florida recently passed some of the nation’s most restric...

As markets tumble, the Wall Street Journal looks at what the experts got wrong about inflation. The New Yorker on what to make of all the former Trump officials whose January 6 committee testimony says they tried to tell him the truth about the election he lost. The Washington Post takes a detailed look at the available evidence around the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akl...

The Wall Street Journal reports on how a bipartisan group of senators has reached a deal on a framework to make changes to gun laws. It falls short of what many shooting victims have been calling for. A new Washington Post poll shows how rising prices are causing Americans to make major changes to how they live. Bloomberg Businessweek has the story of an unusual new platform that lets investors ma...

Politico looks at how the January 6 committee opened its first public hearing by laying out its case that Trump fueled that day’s violence at the Capitol, and the Wall Street Journal has key takeaways from the hearing. The chief of police for the Uvalde school district tells his side of the story to the Texas Tribune , in his first extended comments since the shooting at Robb Elementary Scho...

As televised hearings about the Capitol attack begin, Bloomberg examines primary results and polling data that show many politicians who embraced Trump’s election lies have public support. If Roe v. Wade is overturned, experts warn there could be major impact on access to IVF. Stat has the story. Saudi Arabian money is funding a controversial upstart golf tour, and despite the country’...

As televised hearings about the Capitol attack begin, Bloomberg examines primary results and polling data that show many politicians who embraced Trump’s election lies have public support. If Roe v. Wade is overturned, experts warn there could be major impact on access to IVF. Stat has the story. Saudi Arabian money is funding a controversial upstart golf tour, and despite the country’...

ABC News reports on congressional testimony from families affected by the Uvalde and Buffalo shootings, including a fourth grader who survived the attack in Texas. Vox explains why new weapons the U.S. is sending to Ukraine indicate that the conflict there is entering a more difficult phase. Wall Street Journal reporting reveals that hundreds of Russian soldiers have resisted orders to join the wa...

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio faces serious new charges connected to the January 6 insurrection. NBC News has the story. The Los Angeles Times reports on how several of California’s primary races have national implications, highlighting a very different storyline than in other states. Doorbell cameras are becoming more ubiquitous, raising tough questions about the privacy rights of the pe...

Nearly two weeks after the school shooting in Uvalde, many unanswered questions remain over the police response. The Texas Tribune describes Pete Arredondo, chief of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Department, as a man in hiding.   Students lost the equivalent of months of in-person instruction during the pandemic. In the Atlantic , a group of education experts prop...

President Biden demanded Congress take action to prevent the next mass shooting. NPR breaks down the hurdles to legislative change.   Sanctions on Russia for the war in Ukraine have exacerbated supply-chain woes and pushed the price of commodities up. Bloomberg News explains how Russia still benefits from the shortages.   A New Yorker reporter tried to understand the rise in child suicid...