{"id":218374,"date":"2026-07-26T23:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T23:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/daily-briefing-america-cant-find-a-home-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T23:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T23:24:07","slug":"daily-briefing-america-cant-find-a-home-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/daily-briefing-america-cant-find-a-home-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Briefing: America can&#039;t find a home &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Daily Briefing. Start the day with these reads:<br \/><em><strong><a href=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nicolefallert\/ data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Nicole Fallert<\/a><\/strong><\/em> here. Watching every episode of <a href=\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2026\/06\/16\/gilmore-girls-leaving-netflix-last-day-to-stream\/90577454007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>&#8220;Gilmore Girls&#8221;<\/a> before it leaves Netflix. Here&#8217;s the news to know on Thursday, including why Americans feel they can&#8217;t move homes.<br \/>The <a href=\/story\/money\/personalfinance\/real-estate\/2026\/06\/17\/americas-housing-expensive-unavailable-giving-up\/90487899007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>findings are sobering<\/a> in the &#8220;State of the Nation\u2019s Housing&#8221; report, produced every year by Harvard University\u2019s Joint Center for Housing Studies. Only 1.1 million new households were formed in 2025 \u2013 a number roughly in line with the depths of the Great Recession over a decade ago \u2013 as student debt, a weaker job market, and <a href=\/story\/money\/economy\/2026\/06\/15\/next-fed-meeting-june-2026-preview\/90511812007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>anemic consumer sentiment<\/a> make Americans wary of striking out on their own.<br \/><strong><span style=text-decoration:underline>Take a look<\/span><\/strong><br \/>An <a href=\/story\/news\/nation\/2026\/06\/17\/aerial-photo-captures-everything-unfolding-around-white-house\/90591595007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>aerial photo taken by a passenger<\/a> of a commercial plane descending into Washington, DC, this week shows the\u00a0<a href=\/story\/news\/politics\/2026\/06\/16\/lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-renovations-cost-breakdown\/90574103007\/ rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=_blank data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>algae-ridden Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool<\/a>, the damaged White House South Lawn\u00a0<a href=\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2026\/06\/15\/ufc-white-house-event-perfect-wont-return-dana-white\/90556669007\/ rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=_blank data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>following the UFC Freedom 250 fight<\/a>\u00a0and a covering on the National Mall, where\u00a0<a href=\/story\/news\/politics\/2026\/06\/11\/8647-national-mall-markings-investigation\/90514696007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>someone wrote &#8220;8647.&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0<br \/><strong><span style=text-decoration:underline>US Open<\/span><\/strong><br \/>The U.S. Open is set to tee off at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York, <a href=\/story\/sports\/golf\/2026\/06\/18\/us-open-live-updates-leaderboard-round-1-scores-thursday\/90596397007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>with first-round action Thursday<\/a>. American Scottie Scheffler is the heavy\u00a0<a href=\/story\/sports\/golf\/2026\/06\/17\/us-open-2026-odds-predictions-sleeper-picks-longshots-golf\/90593855007\/ rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=_blank data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>pre-tournament favorite<\/a>\u00a0to capture the only major trophy he hasn\u2019t won as a professional.<br \/><small><em>Have feedback on the Daily Briefing?\u00a0Shoot\u00a0Nicole an email at\u00a0NFallert@usatoday.com<\/em><\/small>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxOV2RJbnpBWktuZkdDbnRCUmRkVjRPWGlzc2lZdXhZYXBGN080XzNDcFNXRkVoczFhT3Y4WEtLTkQ4X1RQSzR3LUF0c3hvUERWenE2WnZmMkN1bmhDdktHeVpQRjJDTldMeGtKUWJ2VXNCTkwwT3o5SG9MUDI5VjNiRXUyblJ5QnhzazBRTVFEcmU4SEdNcDBMZGttazBaN2JZQkdhTWUtU05INWdWampxQg?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Daily Briefing. Start the day with these reads:Nicole Fallert here. Watching every episode of &#8220;Gilmore Girls&#8221; before it leaves Netflix. Here&#8217;s the news to know on Thursday, including why Americans feel they can&#8217;t move homes.The findings are sobering in the &#8220;State of the Nation\u2019s Housing&#8221; report, produced every year by Harvard University\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218375,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}