Headlines for July 3, 2026
The Daily Beans podcast headlines sourced and cited
Friday, July 3, 2026
Today, Olympic canoeist David Hearn has been federally charged for touching water, the Justice Department accidentally emailed Volume II of Jack Smith’s final report to outside lawyers, a court filing unearths a Kennedy Center non-profit taken over by the Trump administration, transgender troops have been granted a class action lawsuit against the government, the June jobs report is in and it’s underwhelming, Kash Patel is shifting massive resources to investigating the Georgia 2020 election, a federal judge blocks the post office from withholding mail in ballots, Colorado Governor Jared Polis fired board members who disagreed with granting clemency to election denier Tina Peters, ICE arrests surge to over 10,000 in 5 days, and the University of Tennessee has to pay $1.9M to someone they fired for their remarks about Charlie Kirk.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/us/jared-polis-tina-peters-clemency-board-fired.html
University of Tennessee to pay $1.9M to professor fired over Charlie Kirk comment
Judge Blocks Postal Service From Imposing Restrictions on Mail-In Ballots - The New York Times
Navy helicopter crashes in Arabian Sea; search ongoing for missing sailor - The Washington Post
https://www.rawstory.com/kennedy-center-trump-2677140034/
Transgender troops granted class action lawsuit against government
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/june-jobs-report-stable-hiring-rcna352603