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As of Wed 1 Jul 2026 · 20 stories · Source: Daily Newsletter Digest

Wednesday 1 July 2026

In the digest's order. Headlines open the publisher's page; some are paywalled.

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  1. 01 · Vox

    The Supreme Court's final sprint

    Ian Millhiser calls the 5-4 Watson mail-ballot ruling a warning of what could come if Trump replaces one more Supreme Court justice.

    Regulation · Elections

  2. 02 · Vox

    Trump v. Slaughter and the unitary executive

    Roberts blocked Trump's firing of Fed Governor Lisa Cook 5-4, while a 6-3 ruling upheld his firing of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter.

  3. 03 · Semafor Washington

    "Birthright endures"

    The justices rejected Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship, but only five agreed, and the fight moves to Congress and the trial courts.

  4. 04 · Business Insider

    Comcast, Mamdani's rent freeze, and the day's agenda

    Further reading from the day's section on Colorado's anti-establishment primaries and the president's finances.

  5. 05 · Semafor Washington

    "Musk's next play?"

    Colorado Democrats swept out incumbents: Melat Kiros unseated 15-term Rep. Diana DeGette and AG Phil Weiser beat Sen. Michael Bennet for governor.

  6. 06 · Ed Zitron

    The AI Industry Is Losing

    The BIS warned the AI capex boom could turn into a protracted bust, and Zitron counts Oracle's $129.5B in debt and $260B in unstarted leases.

    Data centres · AI

  7. 07 · Semafor

    Bradley Tusk on AI's political problem

    Bradley Tusk says this is the most permissive AI regulation will ever get, because nobody loves these products enough to fight for them.

    Regulation · AI

  8. 08 · AI Secret

    The In-House Model Fever

    Further reading from the day's section on whether the AI boom is a supercycle or a debt bomb.

  9. 09 · Puck

    The Comcast-NBCU split: what comes next

    Comcast is spinning NBCUniversal into a stand-alone company, and Dylan Byers reads Brian Roberts's denial of future M&A as a claim no one believes.

  10. 10 · Semafor

    "Better apart"

    The media pendulum is swinging from content is king back to the pipes that deliver content to eyeballs.

  11. 11 · The Rebooting

    The problem with Google

    Publishers are at a breaking point with Google, whose share of People Inc's traffic fell from 75% to 25% in four years.

  12. 12 · Status

    Paula Reid to exit CNN under Ellison

    Further reading from the day's section on media empires breaking apart.

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  1. 13 · Puck

    What Google wants from A24

    Further reading from the day's section on media empires breaking apart.

  2. 14 · Digiday

    OpenAI's David Dugan on third-party measurement

    OpenAI's ad boss David Dugan says the company will accept independent third-party measurement, a break from the self-graded norm.

    AI

  3. 15 · Marketing Brew

    Rivian goes mainstream with the R2

    Rivian is trying to go mainstream with its roughly $45K R2 into the headwind of a killed EV tax credit.

  4. 16 · The Athletic

    LeBron, Anthony Davis and the Warriors

    The Athletic floats a Warriors super team of LeBron, Curry, Draymond, Horford and Anthony Davis, with an average age of roughly 38.

  5. 17 · JohnWallStreet

    AUSL's MLB advantage and the MLBx launch

    MLB is using its All-Star Weekend 3-on-3 MLBx format to build women's fastpitch league the AUSL, backed by an ESPN deal.

  6. 18 · Business Insider

    The boomer gray-divorce boom and your inheritance

    Further reading from the day's section on markets and the wider world.

  7. 19 · Trends.vc

    Counter-positioning: why incumbents can't copy you

    Why incumbents can't copy challengers, recommended as the best lens for half of the day's stories.

  8. 20 · Puck

    Inside the Dianna Russini exposé

    The New York Times investigates its own $800K reporter, Dianna Russini.

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