Quick Hits

• Minnesota Primary Elections: Voters are casting ballots in closely watched Minnesota primaries that will set the November ticket for competitive races, including governor, U.S. Senate, and the Legislature. (MPR News)
• Trump Childhood Vaccine Order: President Donald Trump announced he will sign an executive order calling for revised childhood vaccine recommendations that promote spacing out immunizations. (MPR News)
• Secret Trump Flight: Reports indicate an alleged threat from Iran prompted President Trump to secretly switch planes in Turkiye, unbeknownst to the press pool and some White House staff. (Al Jazeera)
• Russian Strikes in Ukraine: Russian attacks killed six in Zaporizhzhia and struck a children's hospital in Kyiv, while an analysis notes Ukraine's recent 40-day campaign has not brought the war closer to an end. (Al Jazeera)
• Tribal Gambling Watchdog: The federal watchdog for the $46 billion tribal gambling industry is currently unable to enforce the law due to a vacancy in its chairperson role. (MPR News)

Top Stories

• Minnesota Heads to the Polls: Minnesota's primary election is narrowing candidate fields for November, featuring prominent candidates in both major parties vying for open gubernatorial and U.S. Senate seats. (MPR News)
• U.S. and Iran Tensions: Amid reports of a secret flight switch for President Trump in Turkiye due to an Iranian threat, the Pentagon is asking for more funding for the ongoing war on Iran. (Al Jazeera)
• Global Conflict Updates: Russian attacks killed six in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia and struck a children's hospital in Kyiv. Meanwhile, Yemen’s Houthis launched ballistic missile attacks on al-Makha and Marib, killing seven people. (Al Jazeera)

Left Perspective

• MPR News highlights that primary elections in Minnesota and Wisconsin are serving as a key test for the power of progressive candidates, including those backed by the DSA.
• A federal judge dismissed a Department of Justice lawsuit against Minneapolis Public Schools on procedural grounds, which had challenged the district's policy aimed at retaining teachers of color. (MPR News)
• Eighty-two businesses in northeast Minnesota are requesting state wildfire relief funds after wildfires and the closure of the Boundary Waters disrupted the region’s peak summer tourism season. (MPR News)

Right Perspective

• President Donald Trump is fulfilling a long-held personal belief by signing an executive order to revamp childhood vaccine schedules, directing that childhood shots be spaced out. (MPR News)
• In Minnesota, heated GOP primaries are settling nominations for the U.S. Senate and governor's race, with candidates including Mike Lindell and Kendall Qualls seeking the Republican nod for governor. (MPR News)

International View

• A family in Colombia documented their home being destroyed in real-time during a devastating magnitude 7.4 earthquake. (Al Jazeera)
• In Sudan, officials discovered a mass grave containing 25 bodies, including women and children, after the army retook the town of Kurmuk; officials accuse the Rapid Support Forces of the killings. (Al Jazeera)
• Indonesian officials are deploying cloud-seeding aircraft and closing dozens of schools to combat wildfires and poor air quality. (Al Jazeera)

Underreported

• The Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan has reportedly revealed decades of sexual abuse allegedly connected to Jeffrey Epstein, including the abuse of a 16-year-old student by his ballet teacher. (MPR News)
• A power failure at an unassuming data center in downtown Minneapolis, known as the 511 Building, caused widespread telecommunications and government service disruptions across the Midwest last week. (MPR News)
• The University of Minnesota has paid a $250,000 settlement to Holocaust and genocide scholar Raz Segal after the university withdrew an offer for him to lead its Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies in 2024. (MPR News)
• The U.S. Department of Defense is providing a $150 million federal loan to Niron Magnetics, a Minnesota-based magnet maker, to accelerate the construction of a facility north of St. Cloud. (MPR News)

Sources

• MPR News
• Al Jazeera