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‘Brexit,’ Abortion, Euro 2016: Your Tuesday Briefing

Staff members at a women’s health center in Texas reacted on Monday to a Supreme Court decision that affects access to abortions.Credit...Nathan Lambrecht/The Monitor, via Associated Press

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Good morning.

Here’s what you need to know:

• An awkward reunion.

Leaders of the European Union’s member countries are gathering today in Brussels. Britain’s prime minister, David Cameron, will discuss the results of the referendum and have dinner with leaders of the 27 other E.U. countries.

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President François Hollande of France, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of Italy, in Berlin on Monday.Credit...John Macdougall/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

No country has ever left the bloc, and given the turmoil, we look at how Britain could avoid a so-called Brexit.

Britain’s economy is likely to suffer in the near term, but the worst effects of a divorce may be felt on the Continent. The Brexit vote illustrates how right-wing populism is succeeding in left-wing bastions.

• On Capitol Hill.

The House Select Committee on Benghazi issued its 800-page final report today, finding no new evidence of wrongdoing by Hillary Clinton in the 2012 attacks in Libya that left four Americans dead. House Democrats have issued their own 339-page report, casting the inquiry as a politically motivated crusade that wasted time and money.

The Senate is considering a spending package to address the Zika virus threat before breaking for the Fourth of July recess. The bill appears engineered for maximum partisan squabbling.

• Volkswagen’s settlement.

The German car giant has agreed to pay about $15 billion to settle claims in the U.S. stemming from its diesel emissions cheating scandal. The financial toll will be much higher once it deals with a long list of fines, lawsuits and criminal investigations around the world.

Attorneys general are expected as soon as today to announce their own settlement with Volkswagen, for $500 million in penalties for defrauding consumers. See what it means if you own a Volkswagen car.

• The abortion ruling’s effects.

The Supreme Court’s rejection of parts of a law in Texas prevents the threatened shutdown of clinics there and in other states, especially in the Deep South.

In the long term, it may give momentum to dozens of legal challenges, including to laws that restrict abortions with medication or ban certain surgical methods.

• Corruption watchdogs lose some bite.

The Supreme Court’s unanimous overturning of a former Virginia governor’s corruption conviction will make it harder to prosecute public officials for graft.

Some legal experts see the ruling as grounds to challenge past and pending cases across the country brought by the Justice Department.

• On the campaign trail.

Hillary Clinton will travel today to Colorado and California. On Monday, she was joined by Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who had not endorsed Mrs. Clinton or Bernie Sanders during the primaries.

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Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren campaigning onstage together for the first time.Credit...Hilary Swift for The New York Times

Donald J. Trump, who has hired a former adviser to Ted Cruz, will speak about trade today in Pennsylvania.

• In memoriam.

Pat Summitt, who won more games than any other Division I college coach, male or female, died on Tuesday at age 64. Summitt, who led the University of Tennessee to eight N.C.A.A. titles, was at the forefront of pushing women’s sports into the national spotlight.


• Consumers are ditching their hybrid and electric vehicles in favor of bigger cars, pickups and S.U.V.s.

• The world’s largest uncut diamond — at 1,109-carats — will be auctioned today in London.

• Global stock markets have lost a record $3 trillion in the last two trading days, but calm seems to be returning.

• Exploring race in the U.S.

There are striking new findings about inequalities in the lives of blacks and whites, and in opinions about racial attitudes in the U.S.

Jackson, 1964: And Other Dispatches from Fifty Years of Reporting on Race in America,” by the New Yorker writer Calvin Trillin, is released today. We also look at the newest books on Muhammad Ali.

Tonight, “Policing the Police” examines the police force in Newark, which was ordered to change its ways after systemic civil rights abuses were found (10 p.m. Eastern, PBS, but check local listings).

And a special issue of Aperture magazine is devoted to the photography of the black experience.

• Are we there yet?

NASA’s Juno spacecraft is expected to begin studying Jupiter soon, after a trip of nearly two billion miles.

• Gay rights milestone.

On this day in 1969, a riot at the Stonewall Inn in Manhattan became a turning point for the gay rights movement. We remember the event’s two key figures.

• Scoreboard.

England exited again, this time in a 2-1 loss to Iceland at the Euro 2016 soccer tournament. Iceland never played in a major tournament until this month. Italy defeated Spain, 2-0.

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Michael Phelps is expected to qualify for his fifth trip to the Olympics.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times

The U.S. Olympic Trials in swimming continue (7 p.m., NBCSN; 8 p.m., NBC). After attending rehab, Michael Phelps isn’t fixated on adding to his record total of Olympic medals this August in Rio. The journey now is personal.

• Recipes of the day.

Try this vegetarian take on a classic of Vietnamese restaurants, ca kho, or fish braised in caramel sauce.

This savory Moroccan soup is a great way to break the fast during Ramadan.

Before “Hamilton,” there was “Oklahoma!” — the first Broadway blockbuster.

When it opened in 1943, it represented the first of a new genre, the musical play, in which songs, written by Rodgers and Hammerstein, advance the script.

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Oscar Hammerstein II, left, and Richard Rodgers in 1956.Credit...Associated Press

One partner in that songwriting team, Richard Rodgers, was born on this day in 1902.

Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II went on to become a dominant force on Broadway. Rodgers wrote more than 40 Broadway musicals — nearly half of which were made into films — and 900 songs, including “Getting to Know You” and “My Favorite Things.”

More than 500,000 copies of the original cast recording for “Oklahoma!” — which included “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ ” — were sold. (“Hamilton” has sold about the same number).

A $20,000 investment in “Oklahoma!” eventually received a return of about $6.5 million. By 1975, 60 productions of the play were underway in the U.S. and abroad.

Later, Rodgers and Hammerstein successes included “South Pacific” (1950), “The King and I” (1951) and “The Sound of Music” (1959).

It’s only fitting that “Hamilton” consistently sells out all 1,321 seats at its home, the Richard Rodgers Theater.

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