CNN Inside Politics

First: Republicans pound the pavement, put on their best everyman polos and look for votes between burgers, dogs, and fireworks. Fourth of July provides a 2024 test, one Donald Trump bets he's fine just skipping. 

Plus: A First Amendment victory or a green light to conspiracy theorists? A judge calls a Biden effort to stop disinformation from running wild Orwellian while telling top White House officials to cut off contact with social media companies.  

And: Cocaine found at the White House. A positive lab test prompts an obvious question for the Secret Service: Whose coke was it? 

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First: A top Ron DeSantis aide gives a blunt readout on the Florida governor's standing in the 2024 race and the uphill fight to catch Donald Trump. New reporting this hour on why he said what he said. 

Plus: GOP presidential hopefuls Pence, Scott, DeSantis, Suarez and Burgum are all walking in parades today, but not Donald Trump - more evidence he's running a very different kind of campaign. 

And: No Labels says they want to give voters a third-party alternative, but some critics wonder if what they really want is to deny Joe Biden the presidency. 

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First: A new video from presidential candidate Ron DeSantis heavy on anti-woke headlines catches a lot of attention. One Republican group says the Florida governor is dabbling in outright homophobia. 

Plus: Mike Pence pleads innocent in the court of public opinion. The former vice president denies he was part of a newly revealed pressure campaign to get Arizona's governor to overturn the 2020 election. 

And: The treasury secretary heads to China this week at a tense moment between Washington and Beijing. 

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The Supreme Court has flexed its muscles over key aspects of American life. It struck down President Biden’s debt forgiveness plan, limited protections for the LGBTQ+ community and ended race based affirmative action in college admissions. 

Plus: Our panel discusses reform for the Supreme Court, a move President Biden says could politicise the Supreme Court forever.

And: While Ron DeSantis focuses on “wokeness” in his campaign, polls indicate Donald Trump is ahead in the GOP Presidential nominations.

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Today at the Supreme Court: Two new rulings, two 6-3 decisions, two more sweeping changes to American life. The Court tilts the scales to the right on speech versus gay rights and on a signature Biden policy to zero out student debt. The latter ruling sparked fury in Congress and celebration on the GOP campaign trail. Republicans say the justices ruled correctly. Democrats say they are controlled by the MAGA right. 

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First: By ruling against using race expressly for college admissions, the Supreme Court's conservative majority will change how decisions are made everywhere. 

Plus: The two Black justices on the bench use their opinions to litigate a fight over the role of race in American society. 

And: Today's SCOTUS decision is already making waves on the 2024 campaign trail. 

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First: Today's show begins with breaking news regarding new photos of the doomed Titan submersible pulled from the ocean floor. Officials hope they will be helpful in their investigation. 

Plus: Donald Trump reacts to the audio seemingly confirming him holding a document he knew was classified, claiming he was just "showing off" and that there was no document in his hand. 

And: President Biden prepares to speak in Chicago where he will lay out his vision focusing on the middle class and take credit for an improving economy. 

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First: CNN obtains audio that pits Donald Trump against himself. The former president wants you to believe he was playing pretend, but the recording certainly sounds like he was telling the truth about showing off a classified document. 

Plus: Chief Justice John Roberts leads the Supreme Court charge to kill off a radical theory that would let states rewrite how they count your votes. 

And: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggests that maybe Donald Trump is not the Republicans' best bet to beat Joe Biden. 

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A Russian mercenary leader is heading for exile and Vladimir Putin remains in power after the dramatic developments of the past 36 hours. But his grip on the Russian government appears weaker than ever. 

Plus: Is Russia's nuclear arsenal still secure? We ask a member of the House Intelligence Committee. 

And: Donald Trump cast himself as a crusader who delivered a shift on abortion, but what he won't say might be just as important. 

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First: Today's show begins with new, exclusive CNN reporting about an immunity deal given to two fake electors in exchange for testimony, making clear the Trump special counsel's January 6th investigation is picking up speed. 

Plus: One year after Dobbs erased Roe, abortion is front and center in the 2024 campaign. 

And: IRS whistleblowers bullet point how they say the DOJ blocked the Hunter Biden investigation at every turn.  

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