--- title: Morning Must Reads: June 26 description: In the news: Iraq's sectarian warfare; The power of the Tea Party; Aereo's demise; a landmark Supreme Court ruling for digital privacy; 984 ways the United States can advance to the next round of the World Cup; What's prettier in print canonical: https://time.com/2927011/morning-must-reads-june-26/ author: Alex Rogers article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-26T12:57:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:38:40.503Z article:section: Politics og:title: Morning Must Reads: June 26 og:description: In the news: Iraq's sectarian warfare; The power of the Tea Party; Aereo's demise; a landmark Supreme Court ruling for digital privacy; 984 ways the United States can advance to the next round of the World Cup; What's prettier in print og:url: https://time.com/2927011/morning-must-reads-june-26/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Morning Must Reads og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Morning Must Reads: June 26 twitter:description: In the news: Iraq's sectarian warfare; The power of the Tea Party; Aereo's demise; a landmark Supreme Court ruling for digital privacy; 984 ways the United States can advance to the next round of the World Cup; What's prettier in print twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Morning Must Reads: June 26 > Sponsored content. 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Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [Alex Rogers](https://time.com/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Jun 26, 2014 12:57 PM UTC * “The bodies arrive in twos and threes most every day in the Baghdad morgue now, a grim barometer of the city’s sectarian tensions. Most have gunshot wounds to the head, some have signs of torture, and most of them are Sunnis.” \[[NYT](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/world/middleeast/shiite-violence-traps-sunnis-in-baghdad.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=LedeSum&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news)\] * How the fate of one holy site could plunge Iraq back into civil war \[[TIME](http://time.com/2920692/iraq-isis-samarra-al-askari-mosque/)\] * “Republican Sen. Thad Cochran’s runoff victory Tuesday exposed the limits of tea-party power at the polls, but conservative activists retain considerable influence in Congress as they fight the Export-Import Bank, an immigration law overhaul and higher taxes to repair bridges and roads.” \[[WSJ](//online.wsj.com/articles/tea-partys-poll-setbacks-dont-limit-its-washington-clout-1403743322?mod=WSJ%5Fhp%5FRightTopStories)\] * House Republicans to sue Obama \[[TIME](http://time.com/2921512/barack-obama-john-boehner-republicans-lawsuit/)\] * Explaining Aereo’s Demise: Bad for Cord-Cutters, Good for Lawyers \[[TIME](http://time.com/2924025/aereo-supreme-court-cord-cutters-2/)\] * “The Supreme Court issued a far-reaching defense of digital privacy in a landmark ruling Wednesday, blocking law enforcement officials from searching cell phones without a warrant at the scene of an arrest or after—except in cases of extraordinary and specific danger, like child abduction or the threat of a terrorist attack.” \[[TIME](http://time.com/2921211/supreme-court-cell-phone-police-search-digital-privacy/)\] * How Eric Holder outlasted his (many) critics. \[[Politico Mag](http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/the-survivor-108018.html?hp=t1#.U6wTHo1dVUU)\] * 984 ways the United States can advance to the next round of the World Cup \[[NYT](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/06/25/upshot/984-ways-the-united-states-can-advance-to-the-next-round-of-the-world-cup.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSumSmallMedia&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&%5Fr=1)\] * Beyond the Bite: 5 of the most shocking World Cup moments \[[TIME](http://time.com/2923162/world-cup-shocking-moments-suarez/)\] * Prettier in Print * Cover: “[The Smarter Home](http://time.com/2926400/at-your-service/)“ * “[The Close Work of Diplomacy](http://time.com/2926422/the-close-work-of-diplomacy/?pcd=hp-magmod)” by Joe Klein * “[Coalition of the Unwilling](http://time.com/2926431/coalition-of-the-unwilling/?pcd=hp-magmod)” by Rana Foroohar * “[Hobby Lobby’s Contraception Showdown](http://time.com/2926404/the-contraception-showdown/?pcd=hp-magmod)” by David Van Biema * “[The War in Iraq Could Fuel Terror at Home](http://time.com/2926410/the-war-in-iraq-could-fuel-terror-at-home/?pcd=hp-magmod)” by Aryn Baker * How the fate of one holy site could plunge Iraq back into civil war \[[TIME](http://time.com/2920692/iraq-isis-samarra-al-askari-mosque/)\] * Beyond the Bite: 5 of the most shocking World Cup moments \[[TIME](http://time.com/2923162/world-cup-shocking-moments-suarez/)\] * Cover: “[The Smarter Home](http://time.com/2926400/at-your-service/)“ * “[The Close Work of Diplomacy](http://time.com/2926422/the-close-work-of-diplomacy/?pcd=hp-magmod)” by Joe Klein * “[Coalition of the Unwilling](http://time.com/2926431/coalition-of-the-unwilling/?pcd=hp-magmod)” by Rana Foroohar * “[Hobby Lobby’s Contraception Showdown](http://time.com/2926404/the-contraception-showdown/?pcd=hp-magmod)” by David Van Biema * “[The War in Iraq Could Fuel Terror at Home](http://time.com/2926410/the-war-in-iraq-could-fuel-terror-at-home/?pcd=hp-magmod)” by Aryn Baker ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2927011/morning-must-reads-june-26/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2927011/morning-must-reads-june-26/"},"headline":"Morning Must Reads: June 26","datePublished":"2014-06-26T12:57:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:38:40.503Z","description":"In the news: Iraq's sectarian warfare; 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