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NEED TO KNOW

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Health cuts divide the Senate

Senate Republicans are scrambling to pass President Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax and spending bill this week amid divisions over Medicaid cuts and as polls show voters oppose the legislation. Here’s the latest.

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Medicaid cuts: GOP senators have struggled to cut billions from health care without harming Americans or the hospitals that provide care. Some have proposed steeper cuts on top of the House-passed bill, which would already leave an estimated 10.9 million uninsured. [AP]

By the numbers: Recent polls show more Americans oppose the bill than support it, while an analysis from the Congressional Budget Office found the poorest households would lose about $1,600 a year and the wealthiest would gain $12,000. [USA Today]

Trump’s push: A new White House report claimed the bill would yield 4.9% economic growth and reduce the deficit by up to $11.1 trillion — a figure that competes with Congress’s Joint Committee on Taxation, which found the Senate’s changes would add $4.2 trillion to the deficit. [Yahoo Finance]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

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🏀 Flagg’s the fav

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The Dallas Mavericks selected Duke freshman Cooper Flagg with the No. 1 pick in the first round of the NBA draft. Flagg called it “a dream come true.” See the other winners and losers from last night. [Yahoo Sports]

➡️ NATO summit takeaways

At the NATO summit, Trump said the U.S. and Iran would meet next week as he asserted that its nuclear program was destroyed. His two intelligence chiefs stated that new evidence supports his claims. Read more takeaways. [CBS News/Time]

💉 Vaccine panel update

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new CDC vaccine advisory committee announced new work groups that will study the effects of the childhood and adolescent vaccine schedules, including those for hepatitis, MMR and chickenpox. [CNN]

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⚖️ Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s trial

Ahead of closing arguments today, prosecutors in Sean Combs’s sex trafficking trial dropped some of the charges against him, including attempted kidnapping, attempted arson and aiding and abetting sex trafficking. [People]

📺 ‘Love Island’ shock dumping

Love Island USA’s Jeremiah Brown went on the Viall Files podcast to set the record straight on his “toxic” relationship with Huda Mustafa and discuss why the other men voted him out as he was building a new connection. Watch it. [Entertainment Weekly]

WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY

📺 Now streaming: Nelly and Ashanti: We Belong Together, a reality show that follows the music couple as they navigate marriage and parenthood, is on Peacock. Watch the trailer. [Rolling Stone]

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⚾ On the field: After beating the Blue Jays in extra innings last night, the Guardians look to keep the momentum alive in today’s series tiebreaker, starting at 1:10 p.m. ET on the MLB app. [Akron Beacon Journal]

🏀 On the court: The Sparks play the Fever for the first time this season at 7 p.m. ET on Prime Video. [AP]

🎵 On the tube: Ashley McBryde and Cody Johnson host the CMA Fest primetime special, with performances by Kelsea Ballerini, Shaboozey, Keith Urban and more, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. [Star]

⛹️Off the court: The NBA draft’s second round starts at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN. See which players are still on the board. [Yahoo Sports]

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☀️ And don’t forget to: Read your daily horoscope. Play the crossword. Check the forecast in your area.

TODAY IN HISTORY

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In 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that state bans on same-sex marriage were unconstitutional, legalizing it across the U.S. Look back at celebrations from that time. [AP/USA Today]

3 QUESTIONS…

about Lorde’s new album

Lorde’s first album in four years, Virgin, drops at midnight tonight. Yahoo reporter Neia Balao filled us in about it.

Jessica: How does this record differ from her previous one, Solar Power?

Neia: Lorde is really leaning into her gender identity with Virgin. Take her second single, “Man of the Year,” for example, which is about embracing her masculinity. I think it feels like a really vulnerable, honest piece of work. She’s defining femininity in her own terms.

Jessica: What’s your favorite single so far?

Neia: I love “What Was That” so much! I think it was such an exhilarating start to her latest era! Also, the music video, which was totally shot on an iPhone, is very vibey — just like her!

Jessica: What are fans saying?

Neia: She had an impromptu listening party in New York City on June 23, and based on the videos I’ve seen on TikTok — fans really seem to be enjoying the album. Another fan described Virgin as the album of the year. … So we’ll see!

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Listen now: Stream the album’s most recent single, “Hammer.”

FEEL-GOOD MOMENT

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Elora and Iyanna celebrated their first birthday by transforming into baby versions of Tia and Tamera Mowry from the ’90s sitcom, Sister, Sister. “We started thinking about characters and shows we enjoyed growing up. Then, voila! … It just made total sense,” their mom said. [People]

Have a great day. See you tomorrow!

💡 P.S. Before you go, your daily advice: When choosing a watermelon, give it a good tap: The ripest watermelons will sound deep and hollow, like a drum. [Katalin Nagy]

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