Senator Sanders

Health Care Sen. Sanders isn't satisfied with the modest gains made by the Affordable Care Act. On CNN Sunday, he argued for a Medicare for all, single-payer system. "We are the only major country on earth that doesn't guarantee health care to all people as a right and yet we end up spending much more than they do," Sanders said. LINK  

Gun Control In a new web ad released last Thursday, a super PAC supporting former Gov. Martin O’Malley of Maryland attacked Sen. Sanders for his position on gun control. Sanders defended his voting record on guns, citing his votes to ban assault weapons and do away with the so-called gun-show loophole on gun purchases, The New York Times wrote. LINK  

World

Greek Debt Crisis European Union leaders have warned Greeks that rejecting creditors' proposals in a snap referendum called for Sunday would mean leaving the euro. German Finance Minister Sigmar Gabriel said the vote would be "yes or no to the Eurozone". Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has urged a no vote but insists he wants Greece to stay in the Euro, the BBC reported.  LINK

Egypt Car Bomb A car bomb killed Egypt's top prosecutor on Monday, ripping through his convoy in a Cairo neighborhood, in the first assassination of a top official in the country in a quarter century, marking an apparent escalation by Islamic militants in their campaign of revenge attacks for a 2-year-old crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, The Associated Press reported.  LINK 

National

Execution Drug Trading sharp words, a deeply divided Supreme Court upheld the use of a controversial drug in lethal-injection executions Monday. In a dissent, Justice Stephen Breyer said the time has come for the court to debate whether the death penalty itself is constitutional, according to The Associated Press.  LINK

Supreme Court Blocks EPA Power Plant Rules The Supreme Court on Monday blocked one of the Obama administration’s most ambitious environmental initiatives, an Environmental Protection Agency regulation meant to limit emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants from coal-fired power plants. Writing for the majority, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote: “It is not rational, never mind ‘appropriate,’ to impose billions of dollars in economic costs in return for a few dollars in health or environmental benefits, The New York Times reported. LINK

Court Upholds Independent Redistricting Commission The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that Arizona’s voters were entitled to try to make the process of drawing congressional district lines less partisan, The New York Times reported. LINK

Vermont

Prison Contraband Vermont correctional officials are creating new rules to cut down on the amount of drugs and other contraband making their way into the state's seven prisons. The Corrections Department is drawing up a new policy on searches, hoping to cut down on drugs in prisons. Commissioner Andy Pallito told Vermont lawmakers the searches of prison staff may involve pat downs and metal detectors, with prisoners possibly subject to a full strip search, WCAX-TV reported.  LINK