The Fourth of July holiday and the deadly shootings in Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Fort Worth, Indianapolis and Baltimore; the 2024 presidential race; a federal judge issues and order for federal agencies to not order social media to take down posts protected by First Amendment rights; Israel’s military operation in the West Bank town of Jenin and the Hamas attack in Tel Aviv; and the scorching heatwave affecting the Southern U.S. were some of the most-talked-about stories in news/talk media over the long holiday weekend, according to ongoing research from TALKERS magazine.
