Egg Settlement, USMCA Trade Talks, & the Strawberry Moon

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Adam Rogers
July 01, 2026

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The Supreme Court issued three major decisions Tuesday on birthright citizenship, transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports, and coordinated campaign spending.
In a 6-3 ruling, the court blocked Trump's executive order limiting automatic citizenship for children born in the United States, finding it conflicted with the 14th Amendment's citizenship protections. The decision preserves birthright citizenship, which has applied to nearly everyone born on U.S. soil for more than a century.
The court also upheld laws in West Virginia and Idaho barring transgender athletes from competing in female sports, a ruling likely to affect 25 other states with similar laws. In a separate 6-3 decision, the justices struck down federal limits on coordinated spending between political parties and candidates, expanding campaign finance rights under the First Amendment.

The Justice Department and 15 states reached a proposed settlement with three of the nation's largest egg producers after accusing them of conspiring to manipulate wholesale egg prices between 2022 and 2025. Investigators alleged the companies coordinated bids to inflate industry price benchmarks that retailers use to set egg prices nationwide.
Under the proposed agreement, Cal-Maine Foods, Versova, and Hickman's Egg Ranch will provide 53 million eggs to food banks and community organizations and pay states $3.3 million. The companies denied wrongdoing, and the settlement still requires court approval.
The investigation comes after egg prices became a major consumer concern during the recent avian flu outbreak. A dozen Grade A eggs averaged $6.23 in March 2025 before falling to about $2.19, though producers argue bird flu and higher production costs—not collusion—were the primary drivers of price increases.

The Trump administration is expected to formally decline an automatic 16-year extension of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement today, triggering the trade pact's first mandatory review and opening negotiations over its future. The agreement will remain in effect during the review process.
The review stems from a "sunset clause" negotiated during Trump's first term that requires the three countries to decide every six years whether to extend the pact. If no agreement is reached, annual reviews will continue until 2036, when the agreement would expire unless renewed.
The United States is seeking major changes, including stricter North American content requirements for automobiles and new measures aimed at preventing Chinese goods from benefiting from the agreement. Mexico has backed extending the pact, while Canada says it is prepared to negotiate revisions.

The House rejected a resolution to limit President Donald Trump's authority to engage US forces in Lebanon without congressional approval for the second time this month. (More)

President Trump announced Republicans will hold the party's first-ever midterm convention in Dallas on Sept. 9-10. (More)

Authorities regained control of a North Carolina jail after inmates overran the facility and held two correctional officers hostage during a nine-hour standoff. (More)

Keiko Fujimori won Peru's presidential runoff by fewer than 50,000 votes, securing the presidency on her fourth attempt after campaigning on restoring order amid rising crime and instability. (More)

An explosive device seriously injured two adults and a child in Monaco, prompting a cross-border manhunt after authorities said the suspected attacker fled into neighboring France. (More)

Pope Leo XIV appointed Sister Alessandra Smerilli to lead the Vatican office overseeing migrants, the environment and development, marking his first major promotion of a woman within the Holy See. (More)

US stock markets closed higher on Tuesday (S&P +0.79%, Nasdaq +1.52%, Dow +0.26%) as Wall Street wrapped up a strong first half and second quarter. (More)

The Japanese yen fell to its weakest level against the US dollar since 1986, prompting officials to signal readiness to intervene against excessive currency volatility. (More)

US job openings held steady at 7.6 million in May, exceeding expectations, while hiring and quit rates remained unchanged, signaling continued stability but limited momentum in the labor market. (More)

Kylian Mbappé scored twice to become the World Cup's all-time knockout scoring leader as France defeated Sweden 3-0 to reach the round of 16. (More)

LeBron James informed the Los Angeles Lakers he will leave in free agency after eight seasons, becoming an unrestricted free agent for the first time since 2018. (More)

The Grizzlies traded two-time All-Star Ja Morant to the Trail Blazers for Jerami Grant and Kris Murray. (More) | The Clippers traded Kawhi Leonard to the Toronto Raptors for Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick and multiple draft picks. (More)

The brain protein Arc helps toxic Tau spread between neurons, identifying a potential new target for treatments aimed at slowing Alzheimer's disease progression. (More)

Scientists identified a dinosaur tail bone collected in Antarctica four decades ago as belonging to a titanosaur, marking only the continent's second known sauropod body fossil. (More)

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