Marco's Morning Report — Saturday, June 13, 2026

A · Top Stories

Knicks can clinch their first title since 1973 — tonight

Update: Game 5 is tonight, Saturday June 13, 8:30 PM ET in San Antonio. New York leads the Finals 3–1 after that 29-point Game 4 comeback, and this is the first of up to three chances to close it out. Win tonight and it's over; lose, and they still get Games 6 and 7 back at the Garden. Wembanyama and the Spurs have to run the table.

Why it matters to you: you're a New York fan and this is genuinely historic — 53 years since the last one. If you're up after the shift, this is the game to catch.

Talking point: even a Game 5 loss isn't a disaster — the math still heavily favors the Knicks with two of the last three at MSG.

Iran deal reportedly at "final text" — but Tehran isn't confirming

Update: A day after Trump canceled further strikes and said a deal was "approved," Pakistan's PM said negotiators have reached a "final, agreed-upon text" and Trump expects a signing over the weekend. A senior U.S. official walked that back slightly — "not quite at the finish line, but very close." Iran is publicly cooler: its foreign minister says the memorandum is still under review and is calling Trump's claims "speculation." Sticking points: Iran wants Lebanon and the Strait of Hormuz carved out, plus a non-interference pledge.

Why it matters to you: this is still the biggest swing factor on fuel prices — the Hormuz scares have been pushing gas and energy costs up (Puerto Rico included). A real signing would ease that; a collapse back to strikes would do the opposite.

Talking point: "final text" and "approved" are not "signed." Watch Al Jazeera/Reuters for an actual signing event this weekend before believing the blockade lifts.

B · The Debate

Should experienced nurse practitioners be allowed to practice without physician oversight?

Why it's live: New York's law letting veteran NPs (3,600+ hours) drop written collaborative agreements sunsets July 1, 2026. Unless Albany passes the Modernization Act (S2360) to make it permanent, thousands of NPs would have to re-establish a physician "supervisor" or stop seeing patients — a hard deadline now two weeks away, with national scope-of-practice fights running in parallel.

For independent practice

Access is the core of the case. Restored supervision rules would, overnight, disrupt care for patients in already-underserved areas — and the evidence doesn't show a safety penalty. The New York State Nurses Association and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners argue decades of data show no worse outcomes in full-authority states, often with shorter waits; rural counties in those states are far likelier to have an NP delivering primary care than restricted states. Make it permanent, they say, and stop manufacturing a cliff.

Against

The training gap is the crux. The AMA — which worked with 40+ state medical associations to defeat scope expansions in 2026 — points to its own survey finding 95% of NPs already practice on a physician-led team and 88% are satisfied with it, and to research showing NP-led emergency care runs ~11% longer ED stays with more testing. Their pitch: keep the team-based model, expand physician-led access instead of cutting the physician out.

Where it might land: S2360 sits in the New York legislature; if it doesn't move before July 1, the independent-practice provision lapses by default.

C · On My Radar

Mets — Lindor closing in on a return. David Stearns said Friday he expects Francisco Lindor (calf) back this month: he took two simulated innings Friday and repeats that next week, with the June 22 homestand as the likely target — roughly two months on the IL. Francisco Álvarez is already back from the meniscus tear and homered in his second game.

Clinical: quiet 48 hours. No major new SHM, JAMA Internal Medicine, NEJM, Annals, or AAFP guideline dropped. On the calendar: AAFP's Family Medicine Update livestream (June 16–20) includes a 2026 USPSTF update session — a tidy way to get the year's screening changes in one sitting.

Puerto Rico — LUMA pushes back on the squeeze. LUMA filed a mid-June motion asking the Energy Bureau to pause both the new $750/hour cap on its outside legal counsel and the regulator's denial of FY2026 Title III cost recovery. The political "LUMA will be gone this year" drumbeat continues, but no sharp 48-hour shift. Background.

Cuba: nothing materially new in the last 48 hours from mainstream wires — still the same deepening energy and economic crisis (rolling blackouts, fuel and medicine shortages, the U.S. oil chokehold). Background.

Worth queuing (critics on board): The Bear's final season lands June 25; House of the Dragon S3 and AMC's The Vampire Lestat are both reviewing well right now per June streaming guides.

D · Trends to Watch

Scope-of-practice fights are everywhere now. New York's NP cliff isn't isolated — the AMA says it helped beat back scope-expansion bills in 40+ states this year, while the AANP is pushing full authority in the holdouts. Expect this to keep landing on hospital staffing and coverage models, including how mid-levels are deployed on inpatient services like yours.

The evidence war is the real battleground. Both sides now lead with data — access and outcome studies on one side, the ED length-of-stay and utilization studies on the other. Worth knowing which papers get cited when this surfaces at your shop, because the policy is increasingly argued on the numbers, not the vibes.

E · Ideas & Opportunities

Post-shift wind-down: if you want something low-commitment, the back half of the June streaming slate is strong — The Vampire Lestat for something campy, or hold for The Bear's finale on the 25th.

Golf gear on deck: the HackMotion Sensor 4 wrist-angle trainer ships June 19 (25% smaller, 800 fps); Garmin's new Approach G82 now adds putting metrics and a virtual caddie. If wrist mechanics are your nemesis, the HackMotion's the more targeted buy.

Mets storyline to track: Lindor's return around June 22. The lineup has been treading water without him; his bat is the swing factor on whether they climb back into the NL East race.