Tuesday, June 30, 2026 • 3 min read

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by Natasha Frost with Harriet Sinclair

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Need to know

The U.S. Supreme Court. | Cheney Orr/Reuters

In a dramatic day for the Supreme Court, President Trump scored one big win and suffered a handful of defeats. Here’s what to know.

Expansion of power: The justices tightened the president's grip on executive power, ruling that he may fire independent agency leaders for any reason, or none at all, casting aside 91 years of precedent. So far, however, this authority does not yet extend to the Federal Reserve. Read more takeaways. [The Hill]
Elections ruling: The justices ruled that states may count late-arriving ballots, so long as they are postmarked by Election Day. The reasoning? "The electorate's choice is made when voting is complete, not when ballots are received." It’s one of many election-related executive orders that have been blocked by the courts. [Politico]
Defamation suit: The court declined to review a $5 million civil judgment against Trump in the E. Jean Carroll case, among dozens of others. A jury in 2023 found that Trump had defamed Carroll, a former magazine writer who accused him of sexual assault in the 1990s. [BBC News]

In case you missed it

The Snyder Fire burns near Thompson Springs, Utah. | Noah Berger/AP

Wildfires in the West

Dozens of fires are raging across the West, prompting sweeping fireworks restrictions in Utah ahead of July 4. Three firefighters have died battling the fast-growing Snyder Fire, which had yesterday burned more than 30,000 acres along the Utah-Colorado border. [CNN]

De-escalation with Iran

The U.S. and Iran plan to send negotiating teams to Qatar after a weekend of tensions. After four days of strikes, both sides seem to have paused their attacks — however, a path to peace remains uncertain. Here’s what’s making this conflict so hard to resolve. [AP]

NASA’s rescue mission

NASA is today set to launch a mission to save a space telescope at risk of sinking back into the atmosphere, where it would break apart upon reentry. To prevent its demise, NASA plans to launch a robotic spacecraft to boost its orbital path. Here’s how it’ll work. [NBC News]

Round of 32 nailbiters

The World Cup’s first four knockout matches have left fans on the edges of their seats, after a pair of penalty shootouts and two matches decided in stoppage time. Germany may not be going through, but a viral German soccer fan says his journey’s not over. [Yahoo Sports]

Daveigh Chase’s death

Daveigh Chase, the former child actor who voiced Lilo in Disney's animated Lilo & Stitch and starred in The Ring and Donnie Darko, died from AIDS, health officials said. Chase, who retired from public life in 2015, had been hospitalized for malnutrition. [Yahoo Entertainment]

What’s happening today

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In the World Cup

Day 20 begins with a Côte d'Ivoire-Norway face-off at 1 p.m. ET, followed by France vs. Sweden at 5 p.m. ET and ending with Mexico vs. Ecuador at 9 p.m. ET. All matches are streaming on Fox One and Telemundo. Here’s what to know. [Yahoo Sports]

On the courts

The 139th Wimbledon Championships continues in London, after yesterday’s hard-won victory for first seed Jannik Sinner. Today, Serena Williams returns to those storied grass courts at the age of 44. Here’s how to watch. [The Sporting News/Yahoo Sports]

On TV

Some of the nation’s brightest high schoolers will compete for $250,000 in scholarships by testing their knowledge of the Constitution, America's founding principles and key moments in U.S. history. Watch the action at 8 p.m. on CBS. [CNN]

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Today in history

Illustration: Yahoo News; photo: 20th Century Fox Film Corp/Everett Collection

In 2006, fashion comedy The Devil Wears Prada was released in U.S. theaters. The long-awaited sequel, The Devil Wears Prada 2, came out in May and lands on streamers next month. Here’s how to watch it. [Variety]

Feel-good moment

Two women wearing the same wedding dress, years apart.

Catherine Michelle

Catherine Michelle Bartlett always hoped she'd wear her grandmother's 1966 wedding dress one day. In May, two months after her grandmother sadly passed away, she did. “It fit like a glove," Catherine says. "It felt like one of those moments that was simply meant to be." See more pictures. [People]