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Wall Street Journal reporter Maggie Severns goes inside Kamala Harris’s fundraising drive.

NASA decided that the Boeing Starliner crew will instead return home on a SpaceX ship. The Houston Chronicle explains the move.

As entertainment companies cut costs and send jobs overseas, reality-TV professionals are trying to navigate the downturn. Meredith Blake with the Los Angeles Times spoke to them.

Israel and Hezbollah exchanged their heaviest strikes in months. The Washington Post is on the story.

USA Today looks at how there are warnings about a rare, lethal mosquito-borne virus in Massachusetts.

Stat has what you need to know about West Nile virus, which recently infected Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Danny Jansen could make history by playing for the Red Sox and Blue Jays in the same game. The Athletic takes a look.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.

The Wall Street Journal has the key points from Harris’s convention speech.

Christian Paz from Vox explains how Democrats moved to the right on immigration policy.

An investigation from the Washington Post found that the NFL’s concussion settlement isn’t using current technology to screen players for brain damage. Reporter Will Hobson explains.

The FDA authorized updated COVID vaccines. Yahoo News explains.

MIT’s Black student enrollment dropped significantly after the Supreme Court ruled against affirmative action in admissions. NBC News has more.

American Lynn Williams broke her gold medal. She’s asking for a new one. USA Today has the details.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.

Politico reports on Tim Walz’s big Democratic convention speech last night. And Apple News editor Gideon Resnick previews Harris’s address tonight.

The Wall Street Journal looks at what Trump’s been saying about tariffs, and what Harris has been saying about food prices, and finds economists skeptical of both plans.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to drop his bid for president and endorse Trump, sources tell NBC News.

More passenger remains were recovered from the wreck of a tycoon’s yacht off the coast of Sicily. Reuters has more.

A Texas court will reconsider the case of a Black woman who was sentenced to five years for trying to vote. The Guardian is on the story.

The world’s oldest person died at 117. The Washington Post shares her advice for living.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.

Barack Obama stepped back into the spotlight to skewer Trump. Politico reporter Eugene Daniels looks at the state of the race.

ProPublica reporter Jeremy Kohler on how Missouri — where abortion is illegal — is funding an anti-abortion group that works in other states.

Matt Gaetz won a House primary despite a Kevin McCarthy–allied group spending millions on his challenger. ABC News has the story.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul is considering banning phones in public schools. She spoke with New York magazine.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s marriage is dead. The Washington Post has the obituary.

Biden has handed off to Kamala Harris. New York magazine’s Gabriel Debenedetti describes what’s next.

The Washington Post reports on why the Secret Service finds protecting Trump extraordinarily challenging.

Disney agreed to have a court decide on a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by a widower in Florida, after earlier arguing that the case belonged in arbitration because the man signed up for a trial of Disney+. Reuters has the story.

The bodies of six Israeli hostages were retrieved from Gaza during a military operation, Israeli authorities said. CNN has more.

ABC News reports on George Santos’s guilty pleas to various charges.

Many soccer fans are dreaming of coming to the U.S. for the World Cup in 2026. But wait times to get visas can be nearly two years for some people. NPR looks into the issues.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.

The Los Angeles Times reports on the protesters who are marching at the DNC.

Newborn twins were killed in Gaza as their father went to get their birth certificates. NBC News spoke to him.

How Bank of America ignores its own rules meant to prevent dangerous workloads. Wall Street Journal reporter Alexander Saeedy is on the story.

She helped create a more inclusive Democratic Party. Now she’s leading its convention. The 19th profiles Minyon Moore.

The Wall Street Journal reports on the cheating scandal rocking the world of elite high-school math.

The Atlantic explains research on the costs of school closures for families, especially mothers.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.

The Washington Post analyzes new polling that shows Harris cutting into Trump’s advantages on economic issues.

Reporter Caitlin Dickerson traveled along one of the most dangerous paths that migrant families take to the United States. She shares the story on Apple News In Conversation.

So much about real-estate commissions just changed. The Wall Street Journal has details.

The investigation into Matthew Perry’s death has led to multiple charges. The Hollywood Reporter has more.

The Los Angeles Times looks at what Elmo — and his human friends — learned by asking Americans about their mental health.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.

PBS News Hour special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen joins to discuss the crisis in Sudan. The Wall Street Journal reports on devastation in the capital city.

ProPublica goes inside Project 2025’s secret training videos.

Columbia University’s president resigned after criticism of her handling of Gaza war protests on campus. The Washington Post has more.

Stat reports on the WHO’s declaration that the mpox outbreak is a global health emergency.

Vox examines how the controversial Olympic breaker Raygun earned her spot at the Games.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.

Reuters reports on Ukraine’s ground attacks inside Russia.

Washington Post reporter Yasmeen Abutaleb speaks to pro-Palestinian protesters who’re promising a massive showing at the Democratic convention.

Jen Murphy writes in Bloomberg about how tourism in Maui hasn’t fully recovered following the wildfires.

Voters in Missouri and Arizona will weigh in on reproductive rights in November, as the states join a growing list with the issue on the ballot. CBS News has more. 

Americans are becoming less religious. None more than one particular group, as USA Today explains.

New York magazine explores modern ethical questions about our pets.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.

Dana Mattioli of the Wall Street Journal details Elon Musk’s hands-on push to win 800,000 voters for Trump.

Dan Primack of Axios reports that Tim Walz doesn't own a single stock. And the Journal compares Walz’s finances to those of JD Vance.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport denied USA Gymnastics’ efforts to restore Jordan Chiles’s bronze, a major blow to the federation’s hopes. The Washington Post explains.

The FBI is investigating efforts to hack the Trump and Biden-Harris campaigns. NBC News has more.

Harris and Trump say they want to stop taxing tips. NPR looks into why many economists don’t like the idea.

A woman hurled a burrito bowl at a Chipotle employee. Then a judge made her walk in the victim’s shoes. New York magazine has the story.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.