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The Supreme Court says Congress can't ban drug users from owning guns.
Plus, the technology that helps tankers move sanctioned oil around the world also makes them ticking time bombs.
These ships are massive oil tankers carrying millions of barrels of volatile crude oil.
And so what scares authorities is that they could explode or they could cause massive oil spills.
That would be a problem for the rest of the world.
And there's a new legal fight over perks, popular derivatives that trade 24-7 and never expire.
It's Thursday, June 18. I'm Alex O'Sulliv for The Wall Street Journal.
This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.
We start today's show at NATO headquarters in Brussels,
where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was turning up the pressure on European members of the alliance.
The Trump administration has pushed Europeans to boost their military budgets,
and they've agreed to spend 5% of their GDP on defense.
Hegseth today threatened to cut how much the U.S.
Gives to NATO if European countries don't meet their commitments.
Our annual NATO dues will be contingent on other countries meeting their defense spending targets.