Israel and Iran’s fragile ceasefire. And, what to learn about NYC’s mayoral race

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Final night time, President Trump introduced on social media {that a} ceasefire has been established, ending the 12-day battle between Israel and Iran. The warfare started when Israel attacked Iran, damaging its nuclear amenities and killing a number of scientists and army officers. Over the weekend, the U.S. grew to become concerned by dropping bunker-buster bombs on vital nuclear websites in Iran.

• 🎧 Regardless of the ceasefire settlement, Israel intensified its strikes on Iran simply earlier than the ceasefire was set to take impact, NPR’s Tamara Keith tells Up First. Because the ceasefire was imagined to be carried out, Israel reported that Iran launched a barrage of missiles in the direction of Israel, a declare that Iranian state media denied. In line with Keith, battle is usually dicey and unsure initially of any ceasefire. In regard to yesterday’s Iranian strike on a U.S. airbase in Qatar, Trump known as it weak. Nevertheless it may very well be symbolic, Keith says, since Iranians fired at an air base the place the president delivered a speech to U.S. troops final month.
• ➡️ Lawmakers have been extremely crucial of Trump’s resolution to launch airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear amenities with out first consulting Congress, saying the transfer bypasses their constitutional authority to declare warfare. Here is what we learn about who holds warfare powers.

Yesterday, a U.S. Supreme Courtroom ruling blocked a decrease court docket order that required 15 days’ discover to individuals the Trump administration is attempting to deport to nations apart from the place they’re from. A federal decide had put the apply on maintain, stating that deportees have been being denied due course of. With the Supreme Courtroom reversing that call, these deportations have been enabled to proceed.

• 🎧 Immigrant rights advocates have known as the ruling disastrous, saying that hundreds of migrants may very well be despatched to nations the place they is perhaps prone to torture or inhumane remedy, NPR’s Tovia Smith says. The Division of Homeland Safety known as yesterday’s order from the Supreme Courtroom a victory for public security and nationwide safety. Smith says although the order comes from the Supreme Courtroom, it is not the final phrase on the authorized dispute. The underlying difficulty of what’s satisfactory due course of for deportees is pending in a federal appeals court docket.

New Yorkers are heading to the polls at the moment to forged their ballots within the Democratic mayoral main. The winner of at the moment’s main will go up towards the one Republican candidate and present New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams, who’s now working as an Unbiased. There are a complete of 11 Democratic candidates, and the highest candidates are present member of the New York State Meeting Zohran Mamdani and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

• 🎧 The massive points arising within the marketing campaign are housing and the price of dwelling in New York, in addition to public security and training, NPR’s Sarah Ventre says. Cuomo is campaigning as a centrist, whereas Mamdani is extra progressive. Ventre says New York Metropolis’s ranked-choice voting entails choosing your high 5 candidates so as. The votes are counted and if one candidate has greater than 50% of the vote, that individual wins. If not, the candidate in final place is eliminated, and the votes are counted once more.

Dwelling higher

Ticks can carry greater than a dozen totally different disease-causing brokers, together with toxins, allergens, micro organism, parasites and viruses.

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Dwelling Higher is a particular collection about what it takes to remain wholesome in America.

There are early indicators that tick bites may very well be dangerous this yr. In line with the CDC, final month, the speed of individuals in search of emergency look after tick bites was the best it has been since 2019. Not each tick chew yields illness; nevertheless, most reported instances of vector-borne illness come from ticks. Listed here are the information to learn about these critters and ideas that can assist you keep protected:

• ➡️ In case you are spending time outdoors, ensure that to do frequent tick checks on your self, members of the family and pets. In the event you discover a tick on you, take it off as quickly as potential.
• ➡️ If bitten, after eradicating the tick, attempt to establish key details about the critter to assist decide your dangers. This consists of what sort of tick it’s and the way lengthy it has been feeding on you. You possibly can determine this out on the Tick Encounter web site.
• ➡️ The chance of getting a tick-borne illness like Lyme varies by location, which the CDC divides into three areas: North, South and West. Tick bites are commonest within the Northeast, mid-Atlantic and Higher Midwest, with a lot of the area thought of excessive threat for Lyme illness.

Right this moment’s hear

Former Columbia College scholar and pro-Palestinian protest chief Mahmoud Khalil, accompanied by his spouse Noor Abdalla, arrives for a press convention outdoors the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York on June 22, 2025, two days after his launch from US custody.

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Latest Columbia College graduate scholar and pro-Palestinian protest chief Mahmoud Khalil has been launched on bail after 104 days in a Louisiana immigration detention heart. He’s a authorized everlasting resident who’s married to a U.S. citizen and have become the face of the Trump administration’s crackdown on scholar protesters opposing Israel’s warfare in Gaza. Khalil was one of many first of a number of college students throughout the nation who have been detained and threatened with deportation. Now, he has opened up about what occurred to him with Morning Version host Leila Fadel. From his arrest, which he says felt like a kidnapping, to his time in detention and why he believes the federal government focused him, hearken to him share his expertise.

3 issues to know earlier than you go

A 30-second advert for Kalshi, a web based buying and selling service, presents a string of characters in wild situations making their picks for who will win the NBA Finals. All the video clips have been generated by AI.

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1. Prediction market Kalshi employed promoting veteran P.J. Accetturo to make an unhinged NBA Finals business with the power of Grand Theft Auto and web memes. Accetturo says the advert may recommend weeks of labor, however he used AI instruments as an alternative. He says he can see AI being an enormous a part of the business’s future.
2. The Fourth of July is shortly approaching and as many People plan to have fun the vacation, NPR desires to know: What does freedom imply to you? Share your response and you might be featured in this e-newsletter.
3. Final month was the slowest Might for present dwelling gross sales within the U.S. since 2009, with a 0.7% decline in comparison with Might of final yr.

This text was edited by Yvonne Dennis.