Lessons From the Graham Platner Disaster  —  Hopefully, by the time you read this, Graham Platner will have dropped out of the Senate race in Maine.  If he hasn't, he needs to, immediately.  —  His campaign, which started with such excitement and inspired so many people in Maine, has become a shameful catastrophe.

Midtown Manhattan Building Evacuated as Officials Warn of Collapse  —  The complex, which once housed offices for the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, is being converted to residences.  Officials inspecting it found support columns were buckling, and upper floors were sagging.

Trump renews Greenland threats at NATO summit, says U.S. could remove troops from Europe … President Donald Trump on Tuesday resurrected his push for the U.S. to acquire Greenland, and suggested the U.S. could pull all of its armed services members out of Europe in response to the continent's continued pushback on the issue.

JD Vance Is Worried  —  JD Vance seems stressed.  —  Not just because he must publicly support a war that he privately opposed, or because his political fortunes are tied to a president whose approval rating is circling the drain.  Those conditions are bad enough for the vice president.

Trump's Vile New Birthright Stance Is So Toxic, Even Fox Admits It  —  After the Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a major defeat by upholding birthright citizenship last month, an angry Trump took to Truth Social to urge Republican lawmakers to overturn it with legislation.

The Worst Ending to the Best U.S. Men's World Cup Ever … What fools we were, in retrospect.  What children!  We let ourselves be seduced by the almost unbelievably good vibes of this World Cup—this astonishing World Cup, easily the best since the last one—and we lost sight of the fact …

Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum arrested on drug charges  —  Andrew Gillum, who was the Democratic nominee in the 2018 Florida governor's race, was arrested last week on drug-related offenses, according to jail records.  —  Officers from the Daphne Police Department …

Why Democratic Socialists are suddenly winning everywhere  —  It's not because of ideology … Democratic Socialists are on a roll.  In New York's June 23 primaries, candidates allied with the Democratic Socialists of America won in 9 of 10 races the organization fielded a candidate in …

The History at the Smithsonian That the White House Finds Unpatriotic … A model of the Statue of Liberty made by immigrant farmworkers on display at the National Museum of American History in Washington.  Lawren Simmons for The New York Times  —  While the nation's 250th birthday may have passed …

Trump's AG Pick Hit With Massive Revolt of DOJ Veterans  —  CARTE BLANCHE  —  Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing is scheduled for July 15.  —  A staggering revolt has sprung up against President Donald Trump's attorney general pick.  —  Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche took the reins …

Trump's Chief Design Officer Just Boosted the John Birch Society  —  Joe Gebbia, the U.S. Chief Design Officer appointed by Trump to lead the new National Design Studio boosted anti-immigrant claims by the John Birch Society.  The guy whose entire job is branding the US government aligned himself …

Trump Administration Guts Efforts to Prevent Gun Violence, Suppressing Reports  —  As the administration works to expand gun rights, hospitals and community groups have lost funding, and reports on preventing firearm injuries have vanished from government websites.

Where Obamacare enrollment is plummeting  —  Ohio, Oklahoma, Arizona, South Carolina and Minnesota have sustained some of the deepest losses in Obamacare coverage since beefed-up federal subsidies expired this year, according to state-by-state federal data.

U.S. gave Tehran details on Iranian asylum seekers, lawsuit alleges  —  The claim, outlined in court papers, contends information shared with Iran could jeopardize the lives of pro-democracy protesters, religious minorities and LGBTQ people.  —  Summary  —  A lawsuit filed Tuesday …

Trump vs. algae is the feud we deserve  —  This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  ✅ Subscribe to PN ✅  —  Trump is an incompetent, ignorant, lying blowhard.  He is also vain, resentful, and filled with hate.

America's missing middle: The shrinking 45-64 population  —  America has a missing-middle problem — and this one is demographic. … - This is the Gen X-ish squeeze: The age group includes most of Generation X, plus younger baby boomers.  — It also overlaps with the “sandwich generation” …

Here's what we know about Sen. Mitch McConnell's health  —  McConnell has been hospitalized for more than three weeks, and his office still will not say what sent the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican there.  —  Summary  —  Sen. Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized for more than three weeks …

Justices Kagan and Barrett on tap to testify on Capitol Hill next week  —  Two Supreme Court justices will testify on Capitol Hill next week, marking the first time since 2019 that members of the high court will testify on their annual budget request to Congress.

Trump and the Fifa debacle  —  The US president is the first leader since Benito Mussolini in 1934 to intervene publicly in his team's favour  —  Call it the anti-Midas touch.  Donald Trump loves gold.  Yet so much of what he handles, from reflecting pools to US alliances, seems to turn into something else.

Cuba Blames US as It Tries to Restore Power After Blackout  —  A US energy blockade is hampering Cuba's attempts to restore electricity almost 24 hours after a nationwide blackout hit the communist-run island, officials said.  —  As of Tuesday morning, power had been restored to parts …

STAT+: America's small businesses are giving up on health insurance  —  It has never been more difficult for employers to offer health insurance for their workers.  That's especially true for America's small businesses, the backbones of entire communities.  More and more, they're giving up entirely.

Former EEOC commissioner drops lawsuit after Supreme Court ruling  —  A former Democratic appointee to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) who was fired by President Trump last year has dropped a lawsuit challenging her removal in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling that strengthened the president's firing power.