Two years ago, Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts became the first Black QBs to face each other in the Super Bowl. Now they're reprising that historic matchup reuters.com/sports/nfl/mah… Reuters

The Superdome field getting transformed for the halftime show

Fired, then rehired: how the blunt force approach to terminating federal employees by Donald Trump and Elon Musk's DOGE is causing chaos and risk for everything from fighting bird flu to maintaining nuclear weapons Reuters reuters.com/world/us/fired…

The Trump administration plans to revoke legal status for 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the war with Russia, potentially putting them on a fast track to deportation, sources tell Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke reuters.com/world/us/trump… Reuters

Meet the Eternal Word Television Network - an Alabama-based Catholic media conglomerate that has emerged as a beacon for conservative Catholics and a potent voice in Trump-era politics. Story w/ Joseph Ax reuters.com/world/meet-us-…

Trump's trade war have cost companies more than $34 billion so far, according to a Reuters analysis of corporate disclosures reuters.com/business/trump…

Elon Musk said he and DOGE would take a chainsaw to government spending, but the result was more like a trim, official data shows. Good reporting from Brad Heath Jason Lange Andy Sullivan and Grant Smith reuters.com/sustainability… via Reuters

NEW from Hümeyra Pamuk: The State Department has ordered all overseas consular missions to begin additional vetting of visa applicants looking to travel to Harvard for any purpose, escalating the Trump admin's attack on the school reuters.com/world/us/trump… Reuters

Spoken like a true White Sox fan

Humanitarian aid organizations in Ukraine that provide everything from medical treatment to evacuations are reeling as U.S. and European assistance dries up - sobering story from Elizabeth Piper and Vitalii Hnidyi Reuters reuters.com/world/europe/u…

How concrete, asphalt and "urban heat islands" make heat waves even more miserable in cities - cool interactive from Reuters Graphics reuters.com/graphics/CLIMA…

Sean "Diddy" Combs cleared of sex trafficking and racketeering charges, convicted of lesser prostitution-related offenses. Latest updates: reuters.com/legal/litigati… Reuters

WHERE’S MANAGEMENT? 🧵Our bargaining team and members were ready to start bargaining for our new contract today. Reuters management agreed to the date, but was a no-show……

👇✊

U.S. consumer prices ticked up in June, suggesting that President Trump's tariffs are starting to have an impact on the economy reuters.com/business/us-in… Reuters

What happened during the final moments of Air India 171 reuters.com/graphics/INDIA… Reuters Graphics

We know what our rights are. Reuters management is breaking federal labor law to hold contract bargaining hostage in an effort to shut all of us out of the process. We won't stop fighting for our rights.