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• The Supreme Court punted Donald Trump’s presidential immunity claim back to the lower courts today, ruling that presidents have immunity for core constitutional powers, but not for unofficial acts—though they did not detail what those acts are and are not. Lawmakers and legal experts responded to the decision.
• Hurricane Beryl made landfall on the Caribbean island of Carriacou. The dangerous and powerful Category 4 storm is the earliest one of its strength to form in the Atlantic, fueled by record warm waters.
• House Republicans filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Merrick Garland for the audio recording of President Joe Biden’s interview with a special counsel in his classified documents case. They are asking the courts to enforce their subpoena and reject the White House’s effort to withhold the materials from Congress.
• Former senior aide to Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, has reported to prison to begin serving a four-month sentence for defying a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the January 6, 2020, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
• The monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride reached its finale over the weekend, with Pride parades hosted in numerous major cities across the country and the globe. In San Francisco, home to one of the first formal Pride organizations in the world, thousands of people gathered yesterday to celebrate the city’s 54th annual Pride march. The march stretched the length of downtown Market Street, from the Embarcadero to the Civic Center

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