The rulings temporarily block an Arkansas law banning gender confirming treatments for transgender youth​ and a West Virginia ban on trans athletes in women’s sports. Source

Get some privacy without a hefty price tag by investing in an above-ground swimming pool from Amazon or Walmart. Source

Hunter Biden is expected to meet with potential buyers of his paintings at art shows later this year. CBS News White House reporter Bo Erickson joins CBSN’s “Red & Blue” host Elaine Quijano to discuss why that’s raising red flags for some government ethics experts. Source

Here’s a look at the top stories making headlines on the “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell.” Source

The CDC says 83% of all new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. can be attributed to the Delta variant. CBS News’ Skyler Henry has more on the sharp increase in cases across the country. Then Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease expert and senior scholar at John’s Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health, joins CBSN to discuss the growing number of breakthrough cases nationwide. Source

The reporter who helped bring Jeffrey Epstein’s sex abuse case to the national spotlight has written a new book about her years-long investigation. “Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story” tells the stories of his alleged victims and the “failures of the criminal justice system.” Author Julie K. Brown, an investigative reporter for the Miami Herald, joins CBSN to discuss the case and why she thinks there are too many unanswered questions regarding Epstein’s suicide. Source

Senate Republicans defeated a vote to open up debate on the framework for a bipartisan infrastructure bill, citing concerns over how to pay for it. CBSN Washington reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns, CBSN political contributor and Associated Press White House reporter Zeke Miller, and Washington Post White House reporter Tyler Pager join CBSN’s “Red & Blue” anchor Elaine Quijano with more on the bill’s future, plus the debate over the debt ceiling, and why House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is launching a separate GOP investigation into the Capitol riot. Source

Arizona and Georgia could determine whether Republicans take back the senate next year. Josh Kraushaar, a senior national political columnist for the National Journal, argues election conspiracies and Trumpism will hurt their chances. He joins CBSN’s “Red and Blue” anchor Elaine Quijano with his perspective. Source

The U.S. Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security are warning asylum seekers in Cuba and Haiti against traveling to the U.S. by sea. In this fiscal year alone, the Coast Guard says it has intercepted more than 550 Cubans attempting to enter U.S. waters. CBS News embedded with the Coast Guard’s Key West sector to discuss his team’s operations. CBS News’ homeland security and justice reporter Nicole Sganga joins CBSN’s Lana Zak to discuss this. Source

State House Democrats fled the state two weeks ago in order to stop the legislature from passing a more restrictive election law. Source