Today’s biggest stories:
- House Democrats’ gun-control sit-in ended about 24 hours after it began; Speaker Paul Ryan formally adjourned the chamber for the July 4 holiday at approximately 3 a.m. without agreeing to Dems’ demands to hold a vote on gun legislation. (Ryan’s earlier attempt to call the House to order had provoked a surprisingly rowdy reaction.)
- Michigan Rep. Debbie Dingell spoke about having been threatened with a gun by her abusive father in the sit-in’s most memorable moment.
- The problem with using the no-fly list as a basis on which to deny gun purchases was illustrated by the fact that sit-in leader Georgia Rep. John Lewis was once accidentally put on the no-fly list himself.
- The Supreme Court effectively blocked Obama’s deferred-deportation immigration reform in a 4-4 decision.
- But the Court also delivered a blow to conservative activists by upholding the legality of the University of Texas’ affirmative-action program.
- The police officer who drove the van in which Freddie Gray was fatally injured was cleared of all charges by a judge.
- Illinois senator Mark Kirk—a Republican—is running ads denouncing Donald Trump. (Here’s today’s Trump Apocalypse Watch.)
- CNN—which is ostensibly a proprietor of journalism—hired former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, who is infamous for lying to and bullying reporters.
