2026-06-30
House passes kids online safety bill. Venezuela quakes kill 1,700+. Markets wobble on currency, oil.
Good morning. The House cleared a kids online safety package Monday night—the first time KOSA cleared either chamber. Meantime, Venezuela's earthquake death toll climbed past 1,700, and currency markets are still testing old limits.
Morning Reality Check
267-117 vote on the KIDS Act—first time a KOSA variant cleared the lower chamber. Watchdog groups objected. Senate has not moved.
Supreme Court ruling Monday. Trump can remove Federal Trade Commission members at will. The framing: dismantle the Deep State. The mechanism: presidential removal authority.
Collins, Wicker, Thune may use budget reconciliation to pass Pentagon funding and sidestep a shutdown. Opinion piece. The game: bypass 60 votes.
Twin earthquakes struck; rescuers still searching. Families waiting. The mountain did not care about the news cycle.
Ukrainian oligarch among the wounded. Attacker fled to France. Monaco, the super-safe place, learned otherwise.
Exiled Chinese tycoon convicted in 2024 on nine counts including money laundering. Gained followers criticizing Beijing. US court: 30 years.
Deported from Texas June 24. Placed in guarded hotel. Hours later, the ground moved. No control there.
Trump claimed Iran asked for Tuesday meeting in Qatar. Tehran denied direct negotiations. Witkoff and Kushner supposedly on the way. The story: who called whom.
"Standard noise. Calibrate accordingly."
"Worth paying attention to. Don't doomscroll."
House moved on kids. SCOTUS moved on power. Markets moved sideways. Politics stayed loud.
Back at 12:00 PM ET with the lunch reset brief.