• Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky recommends that adults age 60 and older get an RSV vaccine after discussing the matter with their health care provider. The CDC expects the new vaccines to be available this fall.
  
  

• Revised data from the Commerce Department shows the U.S. economy was stronger in the first quarter than previously thought, with an annualized growth rate of 2 percent (the previous estimate was 1.3 percent). 
  
  

• Meta‘s oversight board recommended suspending Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen‘s Facebook and Instagram accounts due to a speech he posted containing violent rhetoric. Meta has two months to consider the recommendation.

The Hill’s Lexi Lonas breaks down five important takeaways from the affirmative action ruling. Some excerpts:

– The court eliminated Harvard and UNC’s race-based admission practices: “Both Harvard and UNC had admission processes that allowed race to be a deciding factor between applicants. The challengers in both cases said this had negative impacts on white and Asian American students.” 

– Court warns decision does not mean students can’t mention race on applications: “Race and ethnic background is still fair game for essays and interviews.”

– Liberal justices slam court for decision to upend ‘decades of precedent’: “The three liberal justices on the court shouted their displeasure, with liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor leading in the dissent and making the move of reading her opinion from the bench.” 

– Republicans and Democrats split on reaction: “Republicans are celebrating the move by the court, arguing this will make college admissions more fair for everyone. … Democrats are decrying the ruling, raising concerns it will harm diversity on college campuses.” 

– What are the next steps for colleges?: “Colleges have a momentous task ahead as they must create a new admissions process that takes away their long tradition of race-based preferences while creating a process that will still provide the diversity they strive for on campus.” 

Read Lonas’s full report here.

More coverage from The Hill:

• Thomas in rare occurrence reads affirmative action opinion from bench
• Justice Jackson rips Supreme Court’s ‘ostrich-like’ logic on affirmative action

President Biden is fundraising in New York City on Thursday, adding to a string of recent campaign events in heavily Democratic areas.

“The president has fundraised in high-income ZIP codes in Chicago, Maryland, San Francisco, Connecticut and New York City just in the last month — all friendly places for Democrats,” The Hill’s Alex Gangitano and Brett Samuels wrote.

The Federal Election Commission fundraising quarter ends tomorrow. As Biden announced his reelection bid in April, he’ll be filing his first quarterly campaign finance report. 

Sabato’s Crystal Ball released ratings for the 2024 presidential election, showing four states as “Toss-ups”: Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and Wisconsin. Those states have a combined 43 electoral votes of the total 538 at stake. 

“College admissions shouldn’t be treated like a race” — Carol Quillen, professor of history and president emerita of Davidson College and a senior fellow at the Aspen Institute. (Read here)

“Diversity, equity and inclusion: The new American battlefield” — Tirien Steinbach, an attorney who has served as associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion at Stanford Law School and as chief program officer at the ACLU of Northern California. In 2017, she launched the Coalition for Equity and Inclusion in Law. (Read here)

The final day of the Federal Election Commission‘s fundraising quarter and of the Supreme Court‘s current term.