01 · The Washington Post
Senate reverses course on Iran
Four Senate Republicans backed a war-powers resolution on Iran before the GOP reversed course within 72 hours after a Senate yelling match with Trump.
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Iran
Politics and government
02 · GZERO
What actually mattered this week
Ian Bremmer's post-mortem calls Trump's handling of the Iran ceasefire one of the most spectacular presidential failures he can recall.
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Iran
Politics and government
03 · Semafor
Presidential predicament
Trump's insistence on a GOP voter-ID bill is blockading the House floor, holding up a surveillance-law revival and a bipartisan housing bill.
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Politics and government Business and tech
Surveillance · Housing
04 · Democracy Docket
The year conservatives burned redistricting to the ground
After the Supreme Court's Callais ruling gutted the Voting Rights Act, the redistricting net could shift to R+14 versus D+6.
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Politics and government
Regulation
05 · The Washington Post
Nursing homes, factories brace for SCOTUS fallout
Ending TPS clears a path to deport 350,000 Haitians and about 6,100 Syrians, leaving nursing homes and factories bracing for a labor shock.
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Haiti Syria
Politics and government

06 · Vox
Urban Democrats love socialists now
Why it matters
DSA-backed candidates are surging in New York, DC, Seattle, and Los Angeles, with Janeese Lewis George all but certain to become DC's next mayor.
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07 · Semafor
'Communism is very easy to sell'
Why it matters
Trump warned that NYC rent regulation will turn buildings into ghettos and slums, calling communism very easy to sell.
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08 · Stratechery
My Vibe Coding Adventure
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on iflation and the ai boom.
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09 · Business Insider
SpaceX riches, Blue Origin FOMO
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on iflation and the ai boom.
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10 · AI Secret
Stanford: No Fresh Start
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on iflation and the ai boom.
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11 · Puck
Would the Ellisons give up CNN?
Why it matters
California's AG is weighing an antitrust suit against the Paramount-WBD WarnerMount deal, and selling CNN may be the price of clearing it.
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12 · Digiday
Nike vs Adidas at the World Cup
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on the business of media and ads.
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13 · AdExchanger
How Tovala profits without ads
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on the business of media and ads.
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14 · The Athletic
USMNT falls to Turkey, wins the group
Why it matters
The USMNT lost 3-2 to Turkey on a 98th-minute winner but still won Group D, with Pulisic back and Berhalter scoring a golazo.
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15 · Men in Blazers
Ecuador & Ivory Coast's historic wins
Why it matters
Ecuador knocked out Germany 2-1, Ivory Coast reached its first-ever round of 32, and Tunisia went home labeled the tournament's worst team.
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16 · Defector
The Greenspan I once terrified at a party
Why it matters
Alan Greenspan died at 100, and Defector's remembrance is a grudge beautifully held.
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17 · Sports Business Journal
Why everyone designed pink World Cup cleats
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on what i'm reading next.
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18 · Fast Company
A Berkeley professor's case for decelerating AI
Why it matters
Berkeley's Emma Pierson wrote she'd rather risk cancer than see AI move this fast, prompting Andreessen to reply, 'Did cancer write this?'
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