Lam Yik Fei for The New York TimesAngry Core of Hong Kong Protesters Storms Legislature, Dividing the MovementDemonstrators marched in peaceful protest as Hong Kong commemorated its 1997 return to China, but a small group broke into the legislature building.The division offered vivid evidence that the protesters are increasingly at odds with one another. Hong Kong’s chief executive condemned the violence.121 comments
China Vowed to Preserve Hong Kong’s Freedoms. Why Are So Many Protesting?“One country, two systems” was Beijing’s pledge when it took back a former British colony on this day in 1997. But concerns over civil liberties are mounting.239 comments
Split Emerges in Trump Administration Over Approach to North KoreaJohn R. Bolton, the national security adviser, has insisted that North Korea should completely dismantle its nuclear program and relinquish its arsenal.But some senior officials have proposed an incremental approach where the North freezes new production, but keeps existing missiles.
Iranian Presidency Office, via Associated PressIran Passes Nuclear Fuel Limit Under 2015 Pact, State Media ReportsThe violation does not by itself give the country enough to produce a nuclear weapon, but it signals Iran may be willing to abandon the limits of the pact.487 comments
Ivanka Trump Tests Her Diplomatic Chops and Riles a Legion of CriticsPresident Trump’s elder daughter used a G20 summit and then the Demilitarized Zone to test her role as budding stateswoman for the administration.1717 comments
Jonathan Nackstrand/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesTanks, Navy Jets and Military Brass: Trump’s Plans for July Fourth CelebrationPresident Trump said tanks and a flyover will be part of the Washington Fourth of July celebration in a salute to the military.Transporting the 60-ton tanks downtown provides logistical concerns, and critics say Mr. Trump is hijacking a nonpartisan celebration.400 comments
Doug Mills/The New York TimesBig Donors, Small Donors: Pete Buttigieg Has Courted Them All — SuccessfullyMr. Buttigieg’s $24.8 million second-quarter total is the latest evidence that he has gone from a long shot to a serious candidate in a matter of months.The fund-raising haul is said to be likely to surpass every one of Mr. Buttigieg’s rivals, except perhaps for Joseph R. Biden Jr.385 comments
Massimo Percossi/EPA, via ShutterstockEurope’s Defenses Are Tested by a Heat Wave. Expect More.Across the Continent in June, from the Czech Republic to Switzerland to Spain, record heat shuttered schools and forced villages to evacuate.It is part of an unmistakable trend: The hottest summers in Europe in the last 500 years have all come in the last 17 years.
Jim Young/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesMinority Women Are Winning the Jobs Race in a Record Economic ExpansionHispanic women have emerged as the biggest job market winners in an economy that has now grown for 121 straight months.While employment rates have risen for minority women, the richest 1 percent of earners — heavily white and male — have notched outsized earnings.
Damon Winter/The New York TimesMichelle CottleHey, Democrats, What About the Senate?If the party is interested in restoring some semblance of good government to Washington, it needs to think about more than winning the White House.43 comments
Erin Schaff/The New York TimesMichelle GoldbergThe Welcome Humiliation of John BoltonA warmonger is the latest to lose his dignity to Donald Trump.
JSC/NASAThey Kinda Want to Believe Apollo 11 Was Maybe a HoaxConspiracy theories were once deadly serious. On the internet, skepticism about the moon landing shows how the mood has shifted.Science
Richard Heathcote/Getty ImagesOn Eve of World Cup Semifinal, Clock Is Already Ticking on U.S.Europe’s rise as a women’s soccer power has been on full display in France. Its teams are not going away.Sports
‘Three Women’ Takes a Long, Close Look at Sex LivesLisa Taddeo spent eight years with the subjects of her book, an immersive look at a particular story of female sexuality, refracted three ways.Books