The Takeaway

CERN announces new discovery consistent with Higgs Boson | Dr. Michio Kaku discusses the basics of the Higgs Boson particle and what makes CERN's announcement so significant | Does the National Anthem reflect the country today? | George Washington letter on religious liberty found in a Maryland warehouse | A Rwandan-American's take on Independence Day | FDA approves an over-the-counter HIV test | The AIDS Memorial Quilt celebrates its 25th anniversary | Summer in the Parks series: finding the American identity.

Severe storms and heat wave leaves two million without power | Why the country needs an update to the national power grid | Barclays CEO Bob Diamond resigns after interest rate rigging scandal | Not working: An oral history of our troubled economy | Do celebrities have a responsibility to cash in on their fame to become role models for a younger generation who might be afraid to come out? | Opinionator author believes Americans are too busy for our own good.  

Following last week’s Supreme Court decision, the GOP tries to recast the health care mandate as a tax | Barclays Bank chairman Marcus Agius has resigned one week after the company was fined $ 450 million | The New York Times’ David Sanger on the Obama administration’s plan for sanctions on Iran | New task force recommends that your doctor tell you if you are obese: How would you react? | Fortune article reveals that many of the allegations brought by accusers about Fast and Furious are unfounded and built on lies | 75 years after Amelia Earhart disappeared investigators have evidence that suggests she was marooned on a deserted island

How does the ruling on the Affordable Care Act translate into change in the doctor’s office? | The GOP got to work immediately deciding how yesterday’s Supreme Court decision should inform their game plan going forward | After 13 hours of deliberations, euro leaders have hammered out a new bailout deal | From Arizona Immigration to the health care vote, a recap of the dramatic week at the Supreme Court | Ezekiel Emanuel on how yesterday's decision impacts the road ahead | Fifteen years since the Harry Potter first hit the bookshelves in London, Celeste look back at the magical story that has captured the imagination of children all over the world | It’s the Iphone’s 5th birthday and we talk about its significance and impact on business and our lives.

Live coverage of Supreme Court healthcare decision | Molly Ball on the merits of the rest of Romney's vice presidential pick options | Hillary Clinton visits 100th country as Secretary of State | Egypt's president-elect makes two surprising appointments | Losses from the "dodgy" bet at JPMorgan Chase could total as much as $9 billion | How will your life change with today's Supreme Court decision?

A friend looks back on the life and legacy of Nora Ephron, novelist, playwright, Oscar-nominated screenwriter and movie director | Two responses to Anne-Marie Slaughter's take on why women can't "have it all" | Bob Hennelley profiles Chris Christie | Documentarian profiles Americans in underfunded hospital waiting rooms | The black, white, and multiracial ancestors of Michelle Obama | President Obama awards Congressional Gold Medal to African-American Marines.  

How will the Supreme Court's ruling on Arizona affect states with similar immigration laws? | A conversation with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio | Will Romney pick Rob Portman as his running mate? | Politics and voting in a militarized Mexico | A look at Enrique Peña Nieto, the frontrunner in Mexico's Elections | Why women can't have it all | Baltimore selling ad space on fire trucks to pay for public services.

Marco Rubio is a "high risk, high reward" candidate for the Vice Presidency | The most "Leak-Proof" building in America might be the U.S. Supreme Court | The presidential race is getting nastier and nastier and it’s all on video | Anna Sale and Charlie Herman on the impending health care decision | The Library of Congress announces the 88 books that shaped America | Game developers at the Games for Change Festival explore the greater potential for games | Jimmy Fallon talks about his infamous spoofs and how he convinces fellow musicians not to take their work too seriously.

Preparing for the aftermath of the ACA ruling | How the Supreme Court is weighing ACA | The elusive victories in war from Lincoln to Obama | The rape crisis in the U.S. military | Louisiana sex offenders must now disclose their offender status in social media | Reviewing this weekend's movies with our Movie Date team | Listener playlists for the Olympics.

A new website invites the public to submit their complaints against credit card companies | Anna Sale on fundraising numbers from campaigns and Super PACs | Aging cities offer to repay student loans to attract new, young residents | Health insurance plans required to pay back $1.1 billion in customer rebates | Shareholders can now block company pay deals in the UK | Moving from 'Why don't you have children?' to 'Why do you have children?' | A reality TV show from Sundance follows four women in wheelchairs.

Romney and Obama slated to speak back to back at the Latino Political Conference on Thursday | Anna Sale explains the new planet of the presidential campaign "cash rush" | U.S. Spokesman Richard Grenell talks foreign policy and being gay in the GOP | WGBH Phillip Martin reports the international sex trafficking trail leads to the US | Part 1 of the "Summer in the Parks" series focuses on Teddy Roosevelt's conservationist legacy | The tenuous health of Hosni Mubarak has injected a new uncertainty into the political and constitutional crisis in Egypt.

Gov. Jon Huntsman on U.S.-China relations and campaigning for president | Looking at SCOTUS' health care hearings under a microscope | Questioning the path of health care reform | Why we fail to speak up for others even when we know we should | Asians pass Latinos as the largest wave of new immigrants to the U.S. | John Lanchester calls London's celebratory facade into question with "Capital" | Rev. Fred Luter Jr. set to become the Southern Baptist Church's first African-American President.

Egyptian news organizations declare Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood the winner of the country's first competitive presidential race | Pro-bailout New Democracy captures the most seats in the general election Sunday in Greece | Greek wine exports are thriving due to the economic crisis and recession in the domestic market | State legislator says "vagina" and is banned from speaking on the floor of the house | A look at Title IX, best known for its impact on female participation on women's high school and college sports | Outgoing president of MIT discusses stereotypes in the sciences and how to generate a culture of interest in the United States | How the War of 1812 brought the United States out of adolescence.

After one failure, Greek voters try again to produce a government | Political tensions in Egypt run high following a court decision that dissolved the Parliament | Why reduced summer employment for teens may become permanent | Takeaway contributor Ron Christie on record fundraising for the 2012 election season | Sorting through massive amounts of data to solve the problems we face in daily life | Former United States Air Force General Lloyd "Fig" Newton on America’s changing relationship with the U.S. military | And Jeff Yang and Farai Chideya on the week's top stories.

Nearly a third of American jobs require a license: why high standards aren't always a good thing | How losing it's last major daily newspaper will affect New Orleans | The latino impact on the 2012 presidential election | Muslims weigh in on the upcoming presidential election | The pastor who lost his flock for supporting gay marriage | Can a fake religion have the same effect as a real one?