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Breaking news: More than 2.6 million are without power and at least two people have died as Beryl continues to pound Houston and the surrounding area with intense winds and rain.

Live updates: Beryl downgraded to tropical storm as Houston battered with wind, rainwww.washingtonpost.com The storm, which made landfall near Matagorda, has been producing dangerous storm surges, floods and heavy winds in parts of Texas. Follow our live updates.

The 2024 Republican convention platform that aides to Donald Trump have drafted stops short of explicitly calling for a constitutional amendment to give embryos or fetuses constitutional rights and does not call for any national bans on abortion, confirming the concerns of antiabortion activists.

Trump proposes scaled-back platform that softens language on abortion, same-sex marriagewww.washingtonpost.com The draft was circulated Monday among members of the 2024 Republican convention platform committee. It will be discussed and voted on later this week.

Paramount Global will merge with Skydance Media, capping months of twist-and-turn negotiations and catapulting the storied entertainment company behind CBS, MTV and the “Top Gun” franchise into a new era.

Paramount signs off on merger with David Ellison’s Skydancewapo.st The deal transfers control of the storied studio behind CBS, MTV and the “Top Gun” franchise, bringing the Redstone era to a close.

A Post reporter embedded with Michigan prosecutors for two years as they chose to do what no prosecutor in the U.S. had ever done before: charge the parents of a school shooter with homicide. Here’s what unfolded.

Guilty: Inside the high-risk, historic prosecution of a school shooter’s parentswww.washingtonpost.com A Post reporter embedded with Michigan prosecutors for two years as they pursued homicide charges against Jennifer and James Crumbley, whose son killed four students at Oxford High School.

President Biden sent a letter to congressional Democrats on Monday noting his intentions to stay in the race despite growing calls for him to step aside, writing that he “absolutely” believes he is the best person to beat Donald Trump and would not be running if he thought otherwise.

Election 2024 live updates: Biden writes letter telling Democratic lawmakers he won’t drop outwww.washingtonpost.com Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.

Boeing agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to defraud the government in a case linked to crashes of its 737 Max jets in Indonesia and Ethiopia that killed 346 people — a stunning turn after the Justice Department determined that they failed to live up to terms of a 2021 deal to avoid prosecution.

Boeing will plead guilty to fraud related to fatal 737 Max crasheswww.washingtonpost.com Boeing agreed to take a plea deal offered by the Justice Department to avoid a trial for its role in fatal plane crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people.

Exclusive: Reid Hoffman, the LinkedIn co-founder, has invested in Smartmatic, an election technology company suing Fox News, and Newsmax over false claims of 2020 vote-rigging, intended to help the company sustain its costly litigation.

A billionaire is boosting a major defamation lawsuit against Fox Newswww.washingtonpost.com Reid Hoffman, the LinkedIn co-founder, has invested in Smartmatic, an election technology company suing Fox News, Newsmax over false clams of 2020 vote-rigging.

Hurricane Beryl has made landfall near Matagorda, Tex., as a Category 1 storm, the National Hurricane Center said around 4 a.m. Central time on Monday. The storm is expected to produce dangerous storm surges, floods and heavy winds. Follow our live updates:

Live updates: Hurricane Beryl makes landfall on Texas coast as Category 1 stormwww.washingtonpost.com The storm, which made landfall near Matagorda, is expected to produce dangerous storm surges, floods and heavy winds in parts of Texas. Follow our live updates.

President Biden and other Democrats are increasingly focusing their attacks on an aggressive right-wing agenda called Project 2025 that is being pushed by allies of presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump — prompting Trump and his team to lash out in recent days at supporters of the effort.

Democrats focus attacks on right-wing Project 2025 pushed by Trump allieswww.washingtonpost.com The former president has sought to disavow the plan being touted by former advisers and aides, but Trump has endorsed many of the same ideas.

Interviews with more than three dozen aides, advisers, lawmakers, governors and other President Biden allies tell the inside story of his team’s failure over nine days to contain the crisis from his debate with Donald Trump.

Biden thought he had it under control. Then it got worse.www.washingtonpost.com The inside story of the Biden team’s failure over nine days to contain the crisis from his debate with Trump.

Five House Democrats said during a leadership call Sunday that Biden should step aside, three people on the call told The Post’s Capitol Hill team. The meeting was moved up by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries amid members’ restlessness over Biden. Follow live updates:

Election 2024 latest news: 5 senior House Democrats want Biden to step aside, according to three people on a leadership callwapo.st President Biden has two events in Pennsylvania on Sunday as he and his staff remain defiant against calls to drop out.

Most Americans don’t think about measles because vaccination had largely eliminated the scourge from the U.S. in 2000. But many Americans who survived measles as children never forgot how sick they were. These are some of their stories.

Isolation, extreme fatigue, lingering misery: What it’s like to survive measleswww.washingtonpost.com Measles is back, after vaccination largely eliminated it from the United States. Survivors describe having one of the most contagious diseases on Earth.

Interviews with more than three dozen aides, advisers, lawmakers, governors and other Biden allies paint a picture of the Biden team’s failure over the past nine days to contain a crisis that is tarnishing his legacy and threatening his presidency.

Biden thought he had it under control. Then it got worse.www.washingtonpost.com The inside story of the Biden team’s failure over nine days to contain the crisis from his debate with Trump.

The Supreme Court said its guidance that gun laws must align with U.S. “history and tradition” was misunderstood. What does that mean for hundreds of legal challenges to gun laws?

The Supreme Court upended gun laws nationwide. Mass confusion has followed.www.washingtonpost.com The Supreme Court said its guidance that gun laws must align with U.S. “history and tradition” was misunderstood. What does that mean for hundreds of legal challenges to gun laws?

Breaking news: The first projections after polls closed in France’s legislative election put a leftist alliance in the lead, as the populist, anti-immigration far right falls behind and performs far below expectations.

France election live updates: Left-wing bloc leads in results projectionswww.washingtonpost.com The populist, anti-immigration National Rally party had been hoping to install France’s first far-right government since World War II, with 28-year-old Jordan Bardella as prime minister.

In San Francisco, where cyclists already contend with angry drivers and unpredictable jaywalkers, self-driving cars present a new obstacle.

Cyclists can’t decide whether to fear or love self-driving carswww.washingtonpost.com Cyclists have a contentious and sometimes deadly relationship with human drivers. Now they are split about whether self-driving cars can make the roads safer.

The Shade Room has become a cultural force in the Black community, wielding enough power to not only cover culture but also to shape it.

The Shade Room built a massive Black audience. Candidates want in.www.washingtonpost.com Shade Room CEO Angie Nwandu said she wants to grow political coverage to reflect the page’s diverse Black audience: “Black people are not a monolith.”

After his halting performance at a debate against Donald Trump, President Biden’s senior aides face worries among fellow Democrats and sharp accusations from Republicans that they took steps to conceal the effect the president’s aging has had on his ability to carry out his duties.

Debate brings scrutiny of whether aides shielded signs of Biden’s agingwww.washingtonpost.com Biden, aides now grappling with accusations they strongly reject that they were not candid with the public about how his age impacted his ability to do the job.

As Hurricane Beryl moves this weekend toward the Gulf of Mexico and Texas, the Caribbean islands already hit by the storm face the task of rebuilding.

Caribbean islands reel from Hurricane Beryl damagewww.washingtonpost.com As Hurricane Beryl moves this weekend toward the Gulf of Mexico and Texas, the Caribbean islands already hit by the storm face the task of rebuilding.

Former president Donald Trump’s campaign is aiming to announce his running mate by July 15, the first day of the Republican National Convention, according to people familiar with the situation, and internal discussions have largely centered on two finalists as he nears a decision.

Trump running mate decision nears, with Vance, Rubio at center of talkswww.washingtonpost.com The campaign is eyeing an announcement by July 15th and internal talks have focused heavily on the two senators.

Tropical Storm Beryl is poised to gain strength as it passes over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and is predicted to become a hurricane again later Sunday on approach to the Texas coast.

Live updates: Beryl set to strengthen on approach to Texas coastwww.washingtonpost.com Beryl is forecast to make landfall in Texas as a Category 1 hurricane early Monday. It’s gaining strength in the Gulf after hitting Mexico, Jamaica and other Caribbean islands.

French citizens are voting in an election that could result in the country’s first far-right government since World War II — or end in political deadlock just ahead of the Summer Olympics in Paris.

France election live updates: Final-round voting underway as far right seeks a majoritywww.washingtonpost.com Sunday’s election could result in France’s first far-right government since World War II — or end in political deadlock just before the Summer Olympics.

Analysis by Dan Balz: A week after his disastrous debate performance and amid rising doubts inside his party about his capacity to defeat Donald Trump in November, Biden has adopted a one-word strategy to keep his candidacy alive: defiance.

Analysis | Biden meets his critics with defiance. But they see him in denial.wapo.st In the week since his disastrous debate, President Biden has been grimly determined to stay in the race, but has he done enough to turn the tide of dissent in his party?

President Biden made clear that he has little intention of quickly or quietly leaving the presidential race, issuing a blunt warning that if leading Democratic donors and elected officials want to alter his thinking, they are going to have to wage a protracted and public battle.

As Biden digs in, another elected Democrat calls on him to exit racewapo.st The president has warned that if leading Democrats want to alter his thinking about staying in the race, they are going to have to wage a protracted battle. That fight has intensified.

Minnesota Vikings rookie Khyree Jackson and two of his Wise High School teammates were killed early Saturday in a three-vehicle crash after their car was struck by another car and veered off the road in Upper Marlboro, Maryland State Police said.

NFL rookie Khyree Jackson, two former teammates killed in Maryland crashwapo.st Jackson, a cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings, died in a crash in Upper Marlboro Saturday, along with two of his Wise High School teammates Anthony Lytton Jr. and Isaiah Hazel.

The storm is forecast to come ashore not far from Corpus Christi late Sunday into Monday, bringing strong winds, heavy rain and a “life-threatening” ocean surge.

Beryl forecast to strengthen and strike Texas coast as dangerous hurricanewww.washingtonpost.com The storm is forecast to come ashore not far from Corpus Christi late Sunday into Monday, bringing strong winds, heavy rain and a “life-threatening” ocean surge.

Much of the public sees the Supreme Court as political, not impartial, even as the court’s defenders say its critics simply oppose the conservative majority.

Justices’ right turn amid ethics issues may hurt public trust, experts saywapo.st Much of the public sees the Supreme Court as political, not impartial, even as the court’s defenders say its critics simply oppose the conservative majority.

White House officials have confirmed that they believe a Russian satellite named Cosmos 2553 is designed to test components of an “anti-satellite capability,” which could cripple orbital technology, potentially by a nuclear detonation in space.

What would happen if Russia detonated a nuclear bomb in space?www.washingtonpost.com A mysterious satellite known as Cosmos 2553 has raised concerns that Russia is conducting tests that could lead to a nuclear weapon in space.

Jackson Madnick, a 76-year-old resident of Wayland, Mass., suspected lawn chemicals contributed to his cat’s death. So he developed a seed mix that can thrive naturally.

Did this citizen scientist develop the perfect, chemical-free lawn?wapo.st Jackson Madnick has developed a grass seed mix that can thrive without chemicals and with minimal watering.

Perspective by Stephen P. Leatherman: Digging holes in sand might seem innocent, but experts recommend never digging a hole deeper than the knee height of the shortest person in your group — with two feet being the maximum depth.

Perspective | There’s real danger in digging deep holes on a sandy beachwapo.st Experts recommend never digging a hole deeper than the knee height of the shortest person in your group — with two feet being the maximum depth.