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Mayor Zohran Mamdani's endorsed candidates swept a string of New York Democratic primaries, toppling sitting congressmen and forcing a fresh round of soul-searching on the left. When moderates floated an anti-socialist letter, Mamdani brushed it off, saying he's "not interested in writing a manifesto or, frankly, in reading one" and that the party needs "a spine" focused on housing and childcare.
President Trump canceled the signing of a major bipartisan housing bill and declared a "national emergency," demanding the Senate pass the SAVE America Act voter-ID and proof-of-citizenship measure first. The House has passed the bill, but it's stalled in the Senate, and GOP holdouts led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna are warning that attaching it to reconciliation may not be possible.
The Fed's preferred gauge, core PCE, rose 4.1% year-over-year in May, the hottest reading since April 2023, keeping price pressures front and center. Even so, lower oil and a solid GDP report cushioned a volatile week on Wall Street, where the Nasdaq slid 4.6% on worries about financing massive AI projects and chip shortages.
A federal judge halted the administration from implementing a requirement that voters show proof of citizenship to register, dealing a setback to a centerpiece of Trump's election-integrity push. The ruling lands as the fight over the SAVE America Act consumes Capitol Hill.
A White House official says trade vessels can now "move freely" through the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of escalated strikes, and delegations are slated to meet June 30 in Doha for technical talks. Crude has eased to around $69 a barrel and President Trump says prices are "heading down."
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem rejected the U.S.-brokered Israel-Lebanon framework outright, accusing Beirut of making unilateral concessions and vowing the group will neither disarm nor withdraw. He pledged to "continue operations," casting doubt on a deal Washington hoped would lock in regional calm.
OPEC again trimmed its global oil demand forecast, citing the drag from disruptions tied to the Strait of Hormuz and broader Middle East uncertainty. The downgrade underscores how fragile energy markets remain even as prices retreat from their war-driven spike.
NASA is mounting a $30 million mission to keep the aging Swift observatory from falling back to Earth, sending a Katalyst-built autonomous spacecraft named Link to chase it down. The craft will boost Swift from its decaying 224-mile orbit up to a safer 373 miles, a maneuver expected to take about three months.
NASA has approved the NEO Surveyor space telescope, set to launch in the first half of 2026, to track asteroids and comets that swing close to Earth. Its infrared sensors can spot objects approaching from the direction of the sun during daytime, a blind spot for ground-based observatories.
A rain-soaked final round left Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland deadlocked at 21-under, sending them to a sudden-death playoff this morning on the 18th at TPC River Highlands. Scheffler forced it with a clutch closing putt, and the two will keep playing the hole until someone finally cracks.
