Biden Sees More Defections, US Soccer Fires Coach, and a Revolutionary War Find

A day after Democrats appeared to unify behind President Biden, a flurry of new critics expressed doubts about Biden’s ability to lead the party in November.
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➤ Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito on Wednesday, accusing the two of “unchecked corruption” and causing a “Constitutional crisis.” (More)  

The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed three senior White House aides Wednesday, requesting they sit for depositions regarding President Biden’s overall health. (More)

President Biden's fundraising has taken a major hit since his poor debate performance, with sources saying contributions could drop by as much as half this month. The campaign says "grassroots" donations remain strong. (More

➤ A U.S. marshal on Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s security detail shot and wounded an 18-year-old early Friday after the teen approached the marshal and pointed a handgun at him “in an apparent attempt to carjack him.” (More

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Sports

➤ Gregg Berhalter was fired on Wednesday as U.S. Men's National Soccer Team coach after the team's early elimination from Copa America. The U.S. Soccer Federation is now looking for the "right person" to lead the team. (See Details)

➤ NASCAR fined Bubba Wallace $50,000 for pushing another driver into the wall during the cooldown lap of Sunday’s Street racing event. (More

Los Angeles Clippers superstar Kawhi Leonard resigned from the 2024 Paris Olympics team on Wednesday to focus on the upcoming NBA season, according to USA Basketball officials. (More

Cincinnati Reds rookie Rece Hinds crushed a 458-foot home run to left field Tuesday night. Hinds is the first MLB player on record to have five extra-base hits in his first two games. (See video)  

Yesterday's results: MLB | Wimbledon | WNBA | Tour de France | Copa América | EURO 2024 

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GOLD
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HUBS
HubSpot, Inc.
$492.31
-12.12%

➤ Big Stock Move: Hubspot stock dropped 12% Wednesday on news that Alphabet, Google’s parent company, abandoned its planned acquisition of the customer relationship management company. (More

Albertsons and Kroger released their list of 579 grocery stores across 19 states, along with six distribution centers and one dairy plant, that they plan to sell to C&S Wholesale Grocers as part of their proposed merger. (See List)

CNN announced Wednesday it’s laying off 100 people, or 3% of its workforce, as part of a major digital revamp that includes launching a subscription product, pushing into AI, and reorganizing its newsrooms. (More)

Meanwhile, in Silicon Valley, Intuit, the maker of TurboTax and QuickBooks, is cutting 1,800 jobs to focus on AI-powered products while also planning to hire 1,800 new engineering and customer-facing roles. (See Details)

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Science & Technology

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have been aboard the ISS for over a month due to issues with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, said they are "absolutely confident" the vehicle can safely bring them home. Their original date of return was June 14. (More)

Europe's Ariane 6 space rocket made its debut launch on Tuesday, but after a successful liftoff, the mission ended early due to an issue with the upper stage. (More)

Microsoft's new AI speech generator is so convincing when recreating human voices from brief audio samples that researchers deem it too risky for public release. (See Details)

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Nearly 25% of 55-year-old Americans say they expect to become “silver squatters” requiring financial support from their family when they retire, and 21% say they’ll need housing support as well. (See Survey)

Support for Israel’s actions in Gaza have grown by 12% among Republicans in the past few months, according to Gallup, and by 5% among Democrats and independents. (See Poll)

Americans are split almost equally in their confidence in higher education. About a third of U.S. adults have a lot of confidence, another third has little to no confidence, and the final third are in the middle. (See Details)

Et Cetera

Five musket balls analyzed by archaeologists in Massachusetts indicate they were fired by colonial militia members in 1775 and may be linked to "The Shot Heard Round the World." (See Photo

➤ Colorado public health officials opened an investigation into the first confirmed case of human plague in Pueblo County, advising residents to immediately seek a healthcare provider if they experience plague symptoms. (See Precautions)  

➤ Peruvian authorities recovered the mummified remains of William Stampfl last week, 22 years after the American mountaineer went missing on Mount Huascaran, Peru’s highest summit. (See Video)  

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