A Quiet Surge in ICE Arrests, and Trump’s First Flight on Plane Given by Qatar
7/2/202610 min
Plus, the fight over “Y.M.C.A.”
Here’s what we’re covering:
Live Updates: Russia Hammers Ukraine’s Capital in Deadly Attacks, by The New York Times
Mass Mournings, 6 Days and 2 Countries: Iran Prepares to Bury Supreme Leader, by Yeganeh Torbati
Immigrant Arrests Surge to 10,000 in 5 Days as ICE Clamps Down, by Hamed Aleaziz
Trump Takes First Flight on New Air Force One, by Karoun Demirjian
Live Updates: Brutal Heat Wave Broils Eastern U.S., by The New York Times
Victor Willis, Lead Singer of the Village People, Dies at 74, by Alex Marshall and Isabella Kwai
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Tracy Mumford· Host0:28
[tense music] From The New York Times, it's the Headlines. I'm Tracy Mumford. Today is Thursday, July 2nd. Here's what we're covering.
Cassandra Vinograd0:44
So the air alarms went off, um, a little before 8:00 last night. We started hearing air defenses firing around 9:00 or 10:00. It's a bit of a rat-a-tat-tat sound. And then we heard one very, very big boom. That was the start of a lot of booms over the course of the night.
Tracy Mumford· Host1:00
My colleague Cassandra Vinograd is in Kyiv, where Russia hammered the city overnight with deadly waves of drones and ballistic missiles.
Cassandra Vinograd1:08
The Ukrainian authorities were telling everyone to stay in shelters, stay in shelters, because the attack was underway. We heard a lot of explosions in the center of Kyiv, and this continued for hours and hours. [somber music] While we're hearing all this going on, we're always monitoring Telegram channels, and