Inside the Hive
How Prison Time Could Burnish Steve Bannon’s MAGA Cred: “It’s Amazing Clout”
Puck national correspondent Tina Nguyen and Washington Post national political reporter Isaac Arnsdorf also discuss the significance of Bannon’s War Room podcast, which they argue has made him an “indispensable voice” for Donald Trump.
Reproductive Rights
Abortion Is No Joke. Lizz Winstead Begs to Differ
Marking the two-year “Overturniversary” of Roe, the Daily Show cocreator is hitting the road with a new abortion documentary and urging Democrats to fight back more bluntly—and creatively. “We have politicians who have 50 years of not knowing how to talk about it,” she says.
FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
RFK Jr. Is Running Out of Time to Join Biden and Trump on the CNN Debate Stage
The independent presidential campaign has until midnight to prove they're eligible to join in the first debate of the election season.
2024 Olympics
Trinity Rodman and the USWNT’s Next Generation Seek Olympic Redemption After “Chaotic” World Cup
Ahead of the Paris Games, the women’s soccer rising star talks to Vanity Fair about last year’s tournament letdown, becoming the face of a new Adidas cleat, comparisons with her NBA legend father, and playing under the political spotlight.
GOP-Led Ethics Committee Says It’s Still Probing Whether Matt Gaetz “Engaged in Sexual Misconduct”
The panel also says it’s looking into allegations that the Florida congressman “engaged in…illicit drug use, accepted improper gifts, dispensed special privileges and favors to individuals with whom he had a personal relationship, and sought to obstruct government investigations of his conduct.”
Surprise: NC Gubernatorial Candidate Mark Robinson, Who Wants to “Go Back to the America Where Women Couldn’t Vote,” Has Said Some Shitty Things About Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Trump endorsed Robinson in March, calling him “better than Martin Luther King.”
q & a
The ’90s-Era GOP Schism That Paved the Way for Trumpism
In an interview with Vanity Fair, John Ganz explains how paleoconservative Pat Buchanan waged an ideological war with the neocons that is still simmering in the GOP today. Plus, Ganz compares David Duke’s faux populism with that of Donald Trump.
THE ABYSS
Inside the Titan Sub Recovery: A Hopeful Rescue Turned Tragic Mission
When Stockton Rush and his OceanGate vessel disappeared into the ghostly depths near the Titanic, rescue teams believed they had 96 hours to save five people. Then the international effort took a grim turn.
Barack Obama Says Michelle Told Malia and Sasha to Stay Far, Far Away From Politics
“It will never happen.”
2024 Election
Donald Trump’s Persecution Complex
The king of projection accuses others of “unhinged” behavior and threatening democracy. Democrats need to hold a mirror up to the GOP’s choice.
Trump VP Contender Byron Donalds Says Supreme Court Should Intervene on Trump’s Guilty Conviction
He unsurprisingly believes the hush money case was all about election “interference.”
Photo Essay
The Global Crisis That No Border Crackdown Can Fix
At America’s southern border, arrivals from Mexico to Morocco, China to Chad, are caught in a no-man’s-land between the danger they’ve fled and the paralyzed system that awaits them.
Stars Align
Biden’s Hollywood Fundraiser Brings in George Clooney, Julia Roberts, and $30 Million
Former President Barack Obama joined Biden onstage to rip Donald Trump at the record-setting Los Angeles campaign event.
RNC Countdown
Trump Slams Milwaukee as “Horrible” Ahead of RNC. Democrats Are Using It to Campaign
In a closed-door meeting with GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill, the former president shaded the city. He’s doubled down since.
Trump Has Reportedly Been Voicing Concerns About What Kind of Prison He Could Be Sent To
The ex-president is expected to find out if he gets time on July 11.
Levin Report
In Surprise Move, the Supreme Court Decides Not to Obliterate Abortion Rights—For Now
Access to mifepristone remains available for the time being.
Report: Trump Demanded Mike Johnson Use the Federal Government to Overturn His Conviction, and Johnson’s Response Was Basically, “I’m on It, Boss!”
The House Speaker is apparently also happy to use Congress to go after the prosecutors with cases against Trump.
Inside the Hive
“It’s the Wild West”: Why Silicon Valley’s AI Race Could Leave the Media in Tatters
Wired global editorial director Katie Drummond and Axios senior media reporter Sara Fischer discuss whether news publishers are saving their necks—or signing their own death wish—by playing ball with companies like OpenAI.
Republicans Say They Want to Protect IVF, But Refuse to Actually Do It
Democrat Tammy Duckworth, who is pushing her own IVF bill, says of the GOP’s measure: “It is akin to an arsonist selling you fire insurance that doesn’t cover arson.”
Trump Adviser Stephen Bannon Cites Podcast Duties as Reason He Should Not Be Required to Report to Prison
“The government seeks to imprison Mr. Bannon for the four-month period leading up to the November election, when millions of Americans look to him for information on important campaign issues,” his lawyers wrote in a court filing.
Donald Trump Is Returning to Ground Zero of His Insurrection
The former president is slated to discuss his “strategic governing agenda” for 2025 with GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill, where the party appears as loyal to him as ever.