Friday, June 20th

🚨NATION

• Judge blocks Trump plan to tie states' transportation funds to immigration enforcement (NBC)

• Mahmoud Khalil ordered released on bail (AXIOS)

• Supreme Court allows victims of terrorist attacks to sue the Palestinian Authority (CNN)

• Former Hamas hostage Edan Alexander returns to a hero’s welcome in New Jersey (FOX)

• Memphis mayor targeted in stalking and attempted kidnapping incident, police say (CBS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

• Zelensky calls for more pressure on Russia after deadly missile strike in Kyiv (AP)

• Pope Leo XIV warns of the dangers of AI on youth (POLITICO)

• U.K. lawmakers back a bill that would allow terminally ill adults to choose to end their lives (CBS)

• Thai Prime Minister faces calls to quit after leaked phone call (BBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

• Massive data breach reportedly leaks 16 billion passwords (AXIOS)

• Deadly US listeria outbreak linked to chicken dishes at Kroger and Walmart (GUARDIAN)

• Fed Governor Waller says central bank could cut rates as early as July (CNBC)

• Plastic shopping bag policies are making a difference for marine ecosystems, according to a new study (CNN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

• Diddy’s ex-assistant, arrested for cocaine, says he wasn’t ‘drug mule’ (NEWS NATION)

• World’s best restaurant for 2025 revealed (CNN)

• New Pixar film releases to students days before premiere (AXIOS)

• Rachel Zegler serenades the crowd for free outdoors in a new London production of ‘Evita’ (AP)