HEADLINES:
Hell Arrives in Washington (Atlantic)
Trump rants about communism in delayed America 250 speech before he joins Melania to watch fireworks (Independent)
July 4: U.S. history in dispute (Reuters)
Why America at 250 Still Cannot Face Slavery (Reveal)
Washington DC’s Fourth of July parade canceled due to soaring temperature (Guardian)
Trump pardons a major donor and violators of the Clean Air Act (WP)
Trump Targets Not Just Georgia’s Vote, but Also Trust in Elections (NYT)
Stateless (Journal of the Plague Years)
Millions in Tehran for funeral of Ali Khamenei (Al Jazeera)
‘It is a crisis’: Putin under increasing pressure from Ukraine war (The Hill)
Russia runs short on gasoline (Reuters)
‘She absolutely crushed it’: Ocean rower set to smash California-to-Hawaii speed record (SFC)
This mistake helped transform 22-year-old George Washington into a leader (WP)
Apes: they’re just like us (Reuters)
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding, the ultimate Swiftian experience (WP)
How the world’s top AI models were revived (Axios)
The Quest to Make Humanoid Robots Safe Enough for Humans (WSJ)