Bitter rivals.  Beloved friends.  Survivors.  —  After 50 years, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova understand each other like no one else can.  When cancer came, they knew where to turn.  —  Deep Reads features The Washington Post's best immersive reporting and narrative writing.

Hunter Biden's Daughter and a Tale of Two Families  —  The story surrounding the president's grandchild in Arkansas, who has not yet met her father or her grandfather, is about money, corrosive politics and what it means to have the Biden birthright.  —  Katie Rogers reported from Batesville, Ark.; Little Rock, Ark.; and Washington.

Most Americans approve of Supreme Court decision restricting use of race in college admissions: POLL  —  52% of Americans support the Supreme Court decision.  —  A majority of Americans approve of the Supreme Court ruling restricting the use of race as a factor in college admissions …

Man cited in Supreme Court LGBTQ rights case says he was never involved  —  The man says he has been married to a woman for 15 years and never asked for services from a Christian website designer  —  Stewart was working on his couch in his Portland, Ore., home last week when he received …

Trump in SC: Crowd of 50,000 packs Pickens.  More than 50 treated for heat-related illness  —  Former President Donald Trump didn't have to do much convincing to impress a hometown crowd of mostly Trump supporters in Pickens Saturday.  —  Nearly 75 percent of Pickens County voters selected Trump …

Smoke will keep pouring into the US as long as fires are burning in Canada.  Here's why they aren't being put out  —  Another wave of wildfire smoke has drifted into the US, dimming blue summer skies and igniting troubling concerns regarding the increasing frequency of fires, and what they have to do with climate change.

U.S. Attorney in Hunter Biden Case Defends Investigation to House Republicans  —  David C. Weiss, a Trump appointee, denied that he had retaliated against an I.R.S. official who testified about divisions in the case.  —  The U.S. attorney in Delaware denied retaliating against an I.R.S. official …

Shell still trading Russian gas despite pledge to stop  —  Shell is still trading Russian gas more than a year after pledging to withdraw from the Russian energy market.  —  The company was involved in nearly an eighth of Russia's shipborne gas exports in 2022, according to analysis from campaign group Global Witness.

Chris Christie Takes On Donald Trump  —  I offered to help prep Chris Christie for the debate with Donald Trump.  —  Christie helped prep Trump in 2016, saying he played Hillary Clinton very aggressively so that Trump would think the real thing was “a cakewalk.”

Along With Conservative Triumphs, Signs of New Caution at Supreme Court  —  Chief Justice Roberts delivered both landmark victories for the right and significant rulings in which he forged alliances with the liberal justices.  —  By Adam LiptakGraphics by Alicia Parlapiano  —  Reporting from Washington

The New York City pizza stove controversy, explained  —  The New York Post ignited a controversy Sunday when it published a story titled “NYC rules crack down on coal-, wood-fired pizzerias — must cut carbon emissions up to 75%.”  The article accused climate change activists of threatening a beloved culinary staple.

DeSantis, Seeking Attention, Uses L.G.B.T.Q Issues to Attack Trump  —  The Florida governor sought to contrast his record opposing gay and transgender rights in a video highlighting comments made by the former president during the 2016 campaign — but has gotten some pushback.