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“This is rich: Netflix, which played a pioneering role in luring Americans out of malls and onto our couches, is opening themed stores at, yes, the mall,” Marc Fisher writes in Opinions. Can Netflix House — which will sell show- and movie-related merch and meals, offering customers a chance to dance like characters on “Bridgerton” and walk over a glass bridge as on “Squid Game” (presumably with fewer deaths) — bring back the glory days of the mall? https://wapo.st/3VZXJqG

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) joins Washington Post Live to discuss why he is standing by President Biden’s presidential campaign, the divisions in the Democratic Party over their nominee and the stakes for the 2024 presidential election.

On a special edition of Washington Post Live’s “First Look,” associate editor Jonathan Capehart speaks with The Post’s Dan Balz, Michael Scherer, Jennifer Rubin and Ramesh Ponnuru about the future of Biden’s presidential candidacy and the stakes for American democracy.

President Biden, who in the past has batted away questions about his advanced age by telling skeptics to “watch me,” will have one of the most consequential audiences of his political career as he steps to the lectern in Washington and faces a horde of journalists on Thursday. Biden often keeps his answers brief, rarely engaging in the kind of lengthy, professorial responses embraced by former president Barack Obama or the long-winded riffs by Trump. In recent press appearances, Biden has read his answers from notecards or a teleprompter rather than speaking extemporaneously. His voice at times has been low and gravelly. He has sometimes mixed up names or stopped himself midsentence rather than completing his thought, with Republicans seizing on each flub.

Inflation eased more than expected in June, handing Federal Reserve officials another dose of encouraging data as they inch closer to cutting interest rates and giving long-awaited relief to households and businesses. Data by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that prices climbed 3 percent compared with last year, an improvement from the 3.3 percent annual figure notched in May. Prices also fell 0.1 percent over the previous month.

George Clooney called Wednesday for President Biden to exit the 2024 presidential election race, urging Democrats to pick a new nominee. Clooney’s criticism is especially notable, because he was one of Biden’s biggest, best-known supporters in Hollywood — a major base of support for the president that now appears to be teetering. “The one battle he cannot win is the fight against time,” he wrote. The Academy Award-winning actor’s defection adds to a wave of outcry from prominent Democrats calling for Biden, 81, to step aside after his halting, confused performance in a June 27 presidential debate against Donald Trump, 78, who has long claimed that Biden is mentally unfit to lead the country.

On any given day in the warmest months, millions of workers nationwide labor in heat that is increasingly hazardous to their health. The Biden administration proposed a rule that, for the first time, would protect such workers, whether their jobs are indoors or outdoors. A Post analysis finds that 500,000 agricultural workers and 4.3 million construction workers nationwide could benefit from the OSHA proposal, which faces industry opposition.

Donald Trump’s former national security advisor John Bolton joins Washington Post Live to discuss the state of NATO, what a second Trump administration’s foreign policy might look like and the latest on the war in Ukraine.

Why not ban left turns on busy streets in U.S. cities? We‘d all save time by only turning right, Daniel Pink argues in Opinions. 🚘 Read his full argument: https://wapo.st/4eXuwoU

Mingling with the top brass and world leaders at the NATO summit in Washington this week will be some fresher faces on a unique mission: social media influencers recruited to improve NATO’s image with young people. Deploying social media stars in D.C. could engage NATO at a critical moment with a generation born after the enemy it was formed to resist had dissolved, writes Taylor Lorenz.