Same-sex marriage litmus test
House lawmakers are going on the record for LGBTQ rights today ahead of this fall's elections. A deadly heat wave is taking over parts of Europe. Tonight is the MLB All-Star game.
🙋🏼♀️ I'm Nicole Fallert and here's Tuesday's news.
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House vote on same-sex marriage puts lawmakers on the record
House Democrats and Republicans will vote Tuesday on protections for same-sex and interracial marriage in a political roll-call that indicates where each lawmaker stands on these issues ahead of November's elections. The vote is a direct reaction to the Supreme Court's conservative majority, which has expressed intentions to revisit widely-held laws protecting many Americans' rights, most recently overturning Roe v. Wade and the right to abortion. Here's more on Justice Clarence Thomas' call to "reconsider" other rights established by the high court.
The House vote foreshadows how issues like abortion and same-sex marriage will top ballots this November.
- A similar effect in the Senate: Sen. Ted Cruz said the Supreme Court was off base in 2015 for its ruling that legalized same-sex marriage and believes it should be reconsidered.
- Background: Here's a quick history of the battle for same-sex marriage in the U.S
- ''Be really afraid right now'': LGBTQ people fear hard-fought gains are greatly at risk.
- The power is with midterm voters: The legislative path to codify rights like abortion is doomed, and anything Biden does will only last as long as he's in the White House.
Funerals, calls for justice follow gun violence
A spree of gun violence in recent weeks has left communities across the nation reeling with grief – and demanding justice. In Uvalde, Texas, law enforcement's delayed response to the school gunman is coming under increasing scrutiny and criticism. But legal experts say it would likely be a difficult path in the criminal and civil justice systems to charge police officers for failing to take action after the shooting began. Read more
- Gunman kills 3 in Indiana mall before being fatally shot by armed bystander: Here's what we know about the Greenwood Park Mall shooting.
- The Buffalo supermarket shooting suspect pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges.
- A funeral service was held Monday for a toddler's father, putting to rest the last of the seven people killed in a July 4 shooting in Highland Park, a Chicago suburb.
- ''Cold, calculated, manipulative and deadly": Prosecutors laid out opening arguments yesterday in the death-penalty trial of the Parkland school shooter.
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Deadly heat wave embroils Europe
An extreme heat wave that meteorologists call an "apocalypse" gripped much of Europe and the United Kingdom on Monday, and hundreds of people died because of record high temperatures and ferocious wildfires. At least 748 heat-related deaths have been reported in Spain and neighboring Portugal, where temperatures reached 117 degrees this month. In Britain and most of Europe, few homes, apartments, schools or small businesses have air conditioning, making residents vulnerable. Read more
Will the Secret Service meet today's deadline?
Members of the House Jan. 6 committee expect the Secret Service to meet the Tuesday deadline for providing to the panel the reportedly deleted text messages that agents sent around the Capitol riot. The committee members subpoenaed the Secret Service on Friday for text messages agents reportedly deleted around Jan. 6, 2021. The next hearing is Thursday and will not only have new witnesses (who currently are unnamed) but also explain exactly what Trump was doing on Jan. 6. Read more
- DHS watchdog: Secret Service deleted Jan. 5 and 6 text messages after investigators requested records.
Ketchup, regrets, blood and anger: A guide to the Jan. 6 hearings' witnesses and testimony.
ICYMI: Some of our top stories yesterday
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- 🙏 Emilia Clarke said she's surprised she can speak after she experienced past aneurysms.
- 🟢 From our product experts at Reviewed, here's 4 easy things you can do to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- 🎨 A Vincent Van Gogh self-portrait was accidentally discovered on the back of his painting.
Los Angeles' Dodgers Stadium set to host 92nd MLB All-Star Game
Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw will start for the National League on Tuesday night at the 92nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game and the first at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles since 1980. The Tampa Bay Rays' Shane McClanahan will be on the mound to start for the American League. Washington Nationals star outfielder Juan Soto, 23, won't be in the starting lineup, but he has been a hot topic of conversation this week as the Nationals revealed Saturday that Soto was on the trade block after rejecting a record 15-year, $440 million contract earlier this month. Read more
- ''This is once in a lifetime'': Willson and William Contreras share MLB All-Star stage as brothers.
- Why did MLB add Pujols, Cabrera to the All-Star Game?
📷 Photo of the day: Top hitters at the 2022 MLB Home Run Derby 📷
The 2022 MLB Home Run Derby remains the event increasingly commanding fans’ attention. Monday night culminated with the great Juan Soto, who through no fault of his own became the story of this All-Star Game, tossing his bat toward the Dodger blue sky after the darkest few days of his otherwise charmed professional life gave way to a Home Run Derby title. Read more
Nicole Fallert is a newsletter writer at Paste BN. Send her an email at NFallert@usatoday.com or follow along with her musings on Twitter. Support journalism like this – subscribe to Paste BN here.
Associated Press contributed reporting.