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✏️ The first attack in Israel's 12-day campaign against Iran was an improbable success—and it wasn't the only one. Pulling off the operations required elaborate ruses to ensure surprise. At the last moment, they nearly fell apart. In Atlanta this week, a federal vaccine panel that was recently remade by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. examined science's weapons to combat flu, measles and other diseases—with a new emphasis on the risks of the weapons themselves. And every June, hundreds of hikers attempt a one-day, 37-mile challenge. For a band of 70-somethings, this was their revenge year. | |
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- The U.S. attack on Iran vaulted Gen. Dan Caine, the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, into President Trump's top tier of advisers.
- Tesla parted ways with a top aide to CEO Elon Musk who was in charge of sales and manufacturing operations in North America and Europe.
- Harvard University and other top research schools are seeking corporate funders to support their science labs following cuts to government grants.
- New York City's developers and landlords are in a mad scramble to block Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, who wants to freeze rent, from City Hall—or at least blunt his campaign.
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| The way Israel's attack came together surprised everyone—even some officials. | |
At midnight on June 13, Israel's generals gathered to watch as jets descended on Tehran in an operation they called "Red Wedding." It resulted in the death of Iran's top military commanders—a mass killing much like the famous wedding scene from the show "Game of Thrones." Another key part of the initial attack—considered so fantastical by even its planners that it was called "Operation Narnia," after the fictional C.S. Lewis series—successfully killed nine top Iranian nuclear scientists almost simultaneously at their homes. Dov Lieber explores how the pieces came together for an attack that Israel feared it couldn't pull off. | |
| RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel has a new approach: question everything. | |
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices was established in 1964 to offer the federal government advice on which vaccines Americans should get and when. After Kennedy dismissed its 17 members and handpicked new ones, the panel is putting vaccines under a microscope. Liz Essley Whyte looks into how new members are weighing immunizations—and why it's worrying experts. | |
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| Q: Who is the Senate parliamentarian and why do some Republicans want her fired? | |
Yesterday, Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough effectively blocked a number of GOP proposals central to Republicans' fast-track budget legislation. Jasmine Li explains her role and how lawmakers are trying to work around it. | |
A: MacDonough, a nonpartisan adviser on parliamentary rules and procedure, ruled that a number of provisions related to Medicaid cuts violated the so-called Byrd Rule. The rule mandates that the reconciliation process—which allows the Senate to pass legislation with a simple majority rather than the 60 votes typically required—can only be used to advance provisions with a fiscal impact that isn't merely incidental. MacDonough blocked proposals to limit Medicaid and Medicare coverage for unauthorized migrants, ban the use of federal healthcare funding for transgender care and limit state "provider taxes," which boost federal Medicaid funding. Some Republicans in the House and Senate suggested firing, ignoring or overruling her. But Senate Majority Leader John Thune rejected the notion of overriding the parliamentarian, a move that is viewed as the "nuclear option" akin to ending filibuster rules. The Senate has ended the 60-vote filibuster threshold for cabinet, judicial and other nominees, but kept it in place for most legislation—which is why reconciliation has special rules to bypass it. Other senators said they would find a way to move forward without taking drastic action. "We're doing the usual process of trying to figure out how to achieve the same goal without having to go there," said Sen. John Cornyn (R., Texas), who added he still expected to vote on the megabill before next week. | |
| 🎥 Hidden engineering helped "hurricane-proof" a Florida town. | |
| | PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: MACKENZIE COFFMAN | |
At Babcock Ranch, the roads are designed to flood during a hurricane. The town's engineer explains how this and other hidden tactics keep the town safe even during an extreme storm. | |
- The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the Trump administration's bid to limit lower-court rulings that put the president's birthright citizenship policy on hold.
- The Commerce Department reports on personal income and consumer spending in May at 8:30 a.m. ET, including the Fed's preferred measure of inflation, the personal consumption expenditures price index.
- The University of Michigan's final June consumer survey is out at 10 a.m. ET.
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The value of Bhutan's stash of bitcoins, roughly 40% of the country's gross domestic product, according to Arkham. It is the third-largest such stockpile held by governments, according to the cryptocurrency platform. The tiny Himalayan kingdom, best known for its stunning landscapes and national happiness index, has earned a new reputation: crypto pioneer. | |
| Ten "geezers" take on the hike from hell. | |
At the Rachel Carson Trail Challenge outside Pittsburgh, held on a Saturday in late June since 1996, about 600 people go for the "full Rachel"—hiking 37 miles of woods, roads and steep utility-line corridors between dawn and sundown. About 75% finish in most years. This time, a group of men in their 70s plotted their comeback on a trek that fells hikers half their age. | |
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