Current Affairs: NATO Spending, Vaccine Controversies, and Extravagant Celebrations

Israel tasked private contractors with distributing aid in Gaza. Nabih Bulos with the Los Angeles Times explains how those sites have descended into chaos.

Arian Campo-Flores with the Wall Street Journal unpacks the economic implications of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration policy.

More than 100 million Americans have faced sweltering weather this week. NPR asks, how hot is too hot for kids?

Plus, the NATO summit concluded with new spending targets, the readout from the first meeting of RFK Jr.’s new vaccine panel, and inside the wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.