Tuesday, July 8th

⏳ THE SPEED READ

🚨NATION

• Supreme Court allows Trump to move forward with plans for mass firings, reorganization of the federal government (ABC)

• Kerr County, TX request for $1 million for flood alert sirens was repeatedly rejected over the last decade (MO NEWS)

• Netanyahu surprises Trump with Nobel Peace Prize nomination (MO NEWS)

• Attorney General Bondi discusses missing minute of Epstein video as Trump slams media for asking about him (MO NEWS)

• Troops and federal agents briefly descend on L.A.'s MacArthur Park in largely immigrant neighborhood (NBC)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

• 3 Russian officials found dead: one by suicide, one by cardiac arrest, one falls from window (MO NEWS)

• Israel outlines plans to pack Gaza’s population into a closed border zone (AP)

• Acropolis closes as heatwave grips Greece (BBC)

• Haiti's iconic Hotel Oloffson, long a cultural beacon, destroyed by gang violence (NPR)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

• US posts highest annual measles case tally in 33 years amid Texas outbreak (GUARDIAN)

• Copper prices hit record high after Trump previews 50% tariff (AXIOS)

• Wendy’s CEO Kirk Tanner tapped to lead Hershey (CNBC)

• Medical groups sue HHS, RFK Jr. over 'unlawful' vaccine changes (ABC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

• Country star Pat Green reveals "heartbreaking loss" after Central Texas floods (WFAA)

• Cierra Ortega exits ‘Love Island USA’ villa following backlash over resurfaced racial slur posts (AP)

• Taylor Fritz becomes 1st American man to reach Wimbledon semifinals since 2018 (FOX)

• Scarlett Johansson becomes Hollywood’s highest grossing lead actor With ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ (THE WRAP)