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In today's newsletter:

• The Supreme Court says former President Trump is at least somewhat immune from criminal prosecution stemming from his time in office.

• Hurricane Beryl has become a potentially dangerous Category 4 storm in the Caribbean — the earliest such storm of that strength on record.

• The fallout over President Biden’s disastrous debate performance continues, even as he fundraises and holds regular events this week before the July Fourth holiday.

I’m Elizabeth Crisp, filling in for Cate, with a quick recap of the morning and what’s coming up. If you would, please forward this newsletter to someone who may like it — they can sign up here.

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The Supreme Court, in an ideologically divided 6-3 decision, has ruled that former President Trump should be given some immunity from charges related to his alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority that former presidents have broad — but not total — immunity from criminal prosecution related to their actions while in office.

The court's ruling puts many big decisions before Judge Tanya Chutkan, an appointee of former President Obama who is overseeing the Jan. 6 case against Trump in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

For his part, Trump has long argued he has “absolute immunity” for all acts in office.

THE RULING: “At least with respect to the president’s exercise of his core constitutional powers, this immunity must be absolute. As for his remaining official actions, he is entitled to at least presumptive immunity,” the conservative majority panel of justices wrote in the late-term decision rendered, later adding, “There is no immunity for unofficial acts.”

The Hill's Rebecca Beitsch and Zach Schonfeld report that the dust likely won't be settled before the November election, when Trump is set to again face off against President Biden.

BACKGROUND: Justices tossed around the idea of presidential immunity during oral arguments, and how the issues in the case could have major implications for not just Trump but the future of the presidency.

"The most powerful person in the world with the greatest amount of authority could go into office knowing there would be no potential penalty for committing crimes," Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, a Biden appointee and the first Black woman on the Supreme Court, hypothetically posed during arguments in April. "I'm trying to understand what the disincentive is from turning the Oval Office into the seat of criminal activity in this country."

Trump's lawyer, John Sauer, at the time argued immunity should still shield Trump from accusations related to the alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

TRUMP, BIDEN & MORE RESPOND: Trump hailed the court’s ruling in a post Monday.

"BIG WIN FOR OUR CONSTITUTION AND DEMOCRACY. PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!" he posted on Truth Social.

Earlier in the morning, before the decision was announced, Trump claimed during an interview with the conservative John Fredericks Radio Network that the ruling would have “a bigger impact on Joe Biden than it does on me.”

Biden’s reelection campaign said the ruling "doesn't change the facts" of what happened on Jan. 6.

"Donald Trump snapped after he lost the 2020 election and encouraged a mob to overthrow the results of a free and fair election. Trump is already running for president as a convicted felon for the very same reason he sat idly by while the mob violently attacked the Capitol: he thinks he’s above the law and is willing to do anything to gain and hold onto power for himself,” a senior Biden campaign adviser said.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the ruling represented a "sad day for America and a sad day for our democracy," noting three of the justices who ruled in Trump's favor were appointed by the former president during his four-year term.

"This decision undermines the credibility of the Supreme Court, and suggests that political influence trumps all in our courts today," he said in the statement.

Meanwhile, Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), who has been a staunch Trump ally and is running for Senate, said the ruling was a "massive win for the Constitution."

"Corrupt Democrats tried to take American voters out of the 2024 election by twisting the rule of law and weaponizing our justice system. But the Democrats failed," Banks said in a statement.

There was only a small scattering of protestors outside the Supreme Court as the ruling was issued.

LIVE UPDATES FROM THE HILL: Catch up on the latest from the Supreme Court’s ruling here.

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President Biden and his closest allies are brushing off calls for him to step aside in the presidential race and allow another Democrat to take the party’s mantle following his disastrous performance in the first debate against Trump last week.

Biden’s team has been batting away suggestions that the 81-year-old president should not seek another four years in the White House, and Biden’s closest allies say he won’t be dropping out, The Hill’s Brett Samuels and Amie Parnes report.

Veteran Democratic strategist David Axelrod, who noted immediately after Thursday's debate that Democrats would be speaking openly about whether Biden should continue, said Saturday that talk about replacing Biden atop the Democratic ticket is "irrelevant," arguing, “Unless the @POTUS, himself, decides to quit — which he won’t — that issue is settled."

Biden spoke with members of his family at Camp David over the weekend, and several calls have been organized with donors and party brass across the country seeking to quell concerns about his ability to campaign and defeat Trump again.

First lady Jill Biden told Vogue in a conversation Sunday for the magazine’s August cover story that the whole Biden clan, which gathered at the presidential retreat, “will not let those 90 minutes define the four years he’s been president.”

“We will continue to fight,” she said.

Notably, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), a top ally of the president's, is standing staunchly behind Biden and Harris.

"I am saying to you that I support the Biden Harris ticket. I'm not abandoning Joe Biden right now, for any speculation ... While the intelligencia may have some analysis of what people are thinking, what we're hearing that people are thinking is, they support the ticket and I support the ticket,” the House Speaker Emerita said.

RELATED: Senate Democrats are also circling the wagons around Biden.

An Axios report over the weekend provided some insight into Biden’s shoddy debate performance last week, with unnamed sources within the White House and Biden World suggesting the president is A-OK during regular daytime hours, but those sources suggest that "Biden is more likely to have verbal miscues and become fatigued" outside of the six-hour span from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Axios)

RELATED: Jen Psaki, the former White House press secretary-turned MSNBC host, says it would be "very messy and potentially very divisive" to try to replace Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket before November. (The Hill)

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Vice President Harris gave a nod to Kendrick Lamar’s epic Drake diss track while discussing the importance of voting in a video message that was played during the BET Awards Sunday night.

In the taped video, Harris explained to Oscar-nominated actress and D.C. native Taraji P. Henson, host of this year's awards show, that a lot is at stake in this year's election. The VP then signaled her support for Team Lamar in the raging rap beef.

“The majority of us believe in freedom and equality but these extremists, as they say, they’re ‘not like us,'” Harris said, to which Henson quipped, “They not.”

Lamar’s song “Not Like Us” came out in May as part of a series of anti-Drake jams and quickly hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100. Lamar and Canadian-born Drake, formally Aubrey Graham, have been feuding for at least a decade. (The Hill)

Hurricane Beryl, the first big storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, is heading for the Caribbean this week.

Forecasters have already issued hurricane warnings for Barbados, Grenada, Tobago and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, with thousands of residents sheltering.

“This is an extremely dangerous and life-threatening situation,” the National Hurricane Center said in a warning as the storm careened toward the Windward Islands on Monday. “Take action now to protect your life!” (The Associated Press)

France’s far-right National Rally is ahead in the first round of the legislative elections overseas, according to preliminary results, and that could deal a major blow to French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrists.

The National Rally party has historically been accused of racism and xenophobia and was once shunned by the mainstream after World War II. But the election results over the weekend suggest that the party’s views may not be as taboo as they once were.

Final voting will take place Sunday. (The Associated Press)

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The House and Senate are on a holiday break this week. President Biden will be back in D.C. this evening, and Vice President Harris is in California. (all times Eastern)

• 8:20 p.m.: President Biden and the first lady are scheduled to return to the White House after a weekend at Camp David.

• 1:30 p.m.: State Department principal deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel will brief reporters. (Stream here)

• Coming up: Biden will attend a campaign reception in McLean, Va., on Tuesday.

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