Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Six States Vote, Quarantine Update & Serena Returns

All the news you need in about 10 min:

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Story Links

All the news stories mentioned in today's episode are listed with links below, so you can spend as much -- or as little -- time as you want to review the latest happenings... 

Read more about the stories in today's show:

Six States Hold Primaries: LA Times, AP, Decision Desk HQ, WHAM

Status of U.S.-Iran Negotiations: WaPo, CNN, AP, ABC News, NY Post

Trump Urges Pause in Israel-Hezbollah Fighting: BBC, Reuters, NY Times, AP

Reports: Hegseth Blocks Diverse Officer Promotions: NY Times, WSJ

Appeals Court Ruling on Trump’s Transgender Troops Policy: Reuters, AP, The Hill, CBS News

5 People Leave Hantavirus Quarantine: NY Times, Bloomberg, ABC News, NBC News, WaPo

Usha Vance’s Summer Reading Challenge Kicks Off: White House, ABC News

Trump Backs Off Anti-Weaponization Fund: DOJ, Bloomberg, Politico, CBS News, Fox News

Anthropic Files for IPO: WSJ, NPR, NY Times, CNBC

Serena Williams Returning to Tennis: ESPN, Yahoo! Sports, NPR, Reuters

Taylor Swift Releases ‘Toy Story 5’ Song: Disney, Variety, ABC News, LA Times, Deadline

Trivia Tuesday: Where's the geographic center of the United States?
Last Week’s Q: Which artist is the only one to have a No. 1 album in six different decades?
Last Week’s A: Barbra Streisand
Read More: Guinness World Records, LA Times, WA Examiner, Today