A plurality of Latinos said "neither" when asked which major political party cares more about them, Axios' Russell Contreras and Margaret Talev write from a new Axios-Ipsos Latino Poll in partnership with Noticias Telemundo.

• Why it matters: More Latinos continue to favor the Democratic Party. But their allegiance is drifting: Some signal growing differences on cultural issues and crime — and give Republicans an edge on the economy.

🖼️ The big picture: That hasn't translated to a major realignment among Latinos to the GOP, Ipsos pollster and senior vice president Chris Jackson tells Axios.

• 47% overall (44% of the registered voters in the survey) said they had a favorable opinion of President Biden, about the same as last October.
• 29% of respondents (32% of the registered voters) had a favorable opinion of former President Trump.
• Just 20% (24% of the registered voters) nationally gave favorable reviews to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), despite his popularity in his home state with the heavily Cuban-American Hispanic population.

🔬 Zoom in: Latinos are an increasingly important voting bloc — 18.7% of the U.S. population and growing. The poll found that by nearly 3 to 1, Latinos say Democrats care more about them than Republicans, a declining but still dominant share.

• But 32% of all respondents (1,116 Hispanic/Latino adults, surveyed online June 2-9, with a margin of error of ±3.5 percentage points) said neither Democrats nor Republicans care about Latinos.
• 40% of respondents said it's a bad time to be a Latino or Hispanic person in America, up from 31% last October and 29% a year ago.

💭 "Latinos are still more Democratic than Republican by significant margins," Jackson said. "But when you're talking about elections that are won by a percentage point, small losses can make a difference."

🧮 By the numbers: A plurality said neither party is good on immigration (34%), crime (30%) or managing the federal budget (38%).

• Democrats were seen as better on climate and energy. Republicans had an advantage with the economy.

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⚡ Desperate search: The lost Titanic-seeking submersible is on its final hours of oxygen. Get the latest.

Adventurers around the world are shelling out big bucks to travel to remote — and often dangerous — parts of the Earth and beyond, Axios' Erica Pandey reports.

• Why it matters: Several factors, including new technologies and post-pandemic demand, are driving a surge in extreme tourism.

The world's wealthiest thrill-seekers are pushing tourism to its limits:

• 🚢 The expedition to the wreckage of the Titanic that went missing this week is just the latest example. Each of the five passengers paid $250,000 to travel nearly 2½ miles deep into a remote part of the Atlantic.
• 🧑‍🚀 The newest entry on the menu of potentially dangerous, extremely expensive travel — a trip to space — might cost millions.
• ✈️ A journey to the South Pole (private jet from Cape Town, South Africa, then sleeping in a luxury camp pod with a Star Wars feel) is just under $100,000, The Wall Street Journal reports (subscription).
• ⛰️ Nepal issued a record number of permits to summit Everest this year.

Courtney Iannuccilli, V.P. of marketing at Active Adventures, which organizes small group trips to destinations in the Americas, New Zealand and the Himalayas, said:

• "'With COVID, people were cooped up for so long. People are thinking: 'Do your bucket list now, because you never know if you won't be able to do it.'"

🥽 For the rest of us: The metaverse — where a virtual reality headset lets you tour any place on Earth — is an alternative, says James Petrick, a Texas A&M professor who studies tourism:

• "It takes the death out of it — but still gives you the excitement."

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A new federal law protecting the rights of pregnant workers takes effect next Tuesday:

• The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is a major advancement for the rights of pregnant workers — the first such breakthrough in more than four decades, Emily Peck writes for Axios Markets.

Why it matters: The law has the potential to increase women's labor force participation over the long term.

The act, signed by President Biden last year, requires employers with more than 15 employees to provide reasonable accommodations to pregnant workers, as well as those recovering from childbirth and those who need to pump breast milk at work.

• For example, a pregnant warehouse worker might need light duty if a doctor has restricted how much weight the employee can lift.
• A retail worker may need extra bathroom breaks or to carry a bottle of water on the store floor.
• A cashier might ask to sit on a stool while working.

Employers can claim a "hardship" exemption if they truly can't make anything work.

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The number of "mosquito days" — those with the hot and humid weather the flying insects crave — has increased in many U.S. cities over the past several decades, Axios' Alex Fitzpatrick reports.

• Why it matters: Mosquitoes are more than just a nuisance — they're a public health threat, carrying diseases such as malaria, West Nile and Zika.

A new report, from nonprofit climate science research organization Climate Central, defines a "mosquito day" as one with an average relative humidity of 42% or higher, plus daily temperatures of 50°–95° F.

• 71% of the 242 locations Climate Central analyzed saw an increase in mosquito days between 1979 and 2022.

The greatest increases were in Santa Maria, Calif. (Santa Barbara County) ... San Francisco ... and State College, Penn.

🌡️ Reality check: Some locations — particularly in the South — are actually getting too hot for mosquitoes, the analysis notes. The bugs don't thrive in temperatures above 95° F.

• So the number of mosquito days in Austin is trending down.

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Tonight's State Dinner for India Prime Minister Narendra Modi underscores the bet the U.S., and some major U.S. companies, are placing on the world's most populous country, Axios World author Dave Lawler reports.

• Why it matters: India is undercutting President Biden's strategy on Ukraine, and backsliding on human rights and democracy issues. But U.S. officials are anxious to demonstrate that relations have never been better.

India's economy is now the world's fifth-largest, and by far the fastest-growing in the G20. U.S. firms, including Apple, see India as a critical market and an alternative production hub as they hedge away from China.

• U.S. policymakers see India as arguably the biggest regional counterweight to Beijing's economic and military might.

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Stanford and Harvard researchers warn that leading AI models are woefully non-compliant with proposed AI standards out of the European Union, Axios global tech correspondent Ryan Heath reports.

• The House Science Committee today will probe AI executives on how to develop the technology "towards the national interest."

Why it matters: Leading AI companies have expressed openness to regulation. But they don't come close to following the first democratic rules for AI foundation models, drafted by EU officials and lawmakers.

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Author and journalist Marie Brenner is out this morning with a narrative for Vanity Fair, "Against the Dark," about a Jewish "CSI"-style group set up to protect New York City's 1.6 million Jews.

• Why it matters: Brenner describes the imaginable place we're in with the resurgence of antisemitism and a huge spike in attacks — and shows how Jews have mobilized to counter the threat.

Risk analysts for the Community Security Initiative (CSI) hunt through obscure pockets of the web in search of the next potential attack on a synagogue.

• One of the analysts tells Brenner: "Antisemitism has such a long and complex history. I have stopped worrying about the why. My worry is the what."

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The Fed head is also Deadhead, Matt Phillips writes for Axios Markets.

• A tweeted photo this month showed Fed Chair Jerome Powell at a performance in Prince William County, Va., by Dead & Co. — a project of former Grateful Dead members Mickey Hart, Bob Weir and Bill Kreutzmann, as well as guitarsmith John Mayer.

When asked about the show during House testimony yesterday, Powell said:

• "What can I say? It was great. I've been a Grateful Dead fan for 50 years."

Powell attended his first Dead concert in 1973 at RFK stadium in D.C., Andy Serwer reported in Barron's, citing a source close to Powell.

• Powell is also a guitar player. He has joined former Fed vice chair Richard Clarida — another picker — in lighting up the Fed holiday party with renditions of "God Rest You Merry Gentlemen" and the Burt Bacharach classic "What the World Needs Now is Love," according to "Limitless," a book on the Fed by the N.Y. Times' Jeanna Smialek.