“The decision might appear to stabilize a situation that risked seeing the entire franchise implode, or at a minimum, struggle to deliver enough stories to populate a 59th season when the program returns from its annual summer hiatus in September.”

“The Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency in recent weeks issued the new counterintelligence threat assessment amid rising tensions between Israel and the U.S. over the way forward in the war with Iran.”

“But evaluators recommended that red, blinking obstruction lights similar to the ones atop the Washington Monument be added to the design — a common measure for large structures that go up near airports.”

“It could prove to be among the most significant federal interventions in the private sector in modern history.”

Financial Times: Trump says US may take equity stakes in AI companies.

REPORTER: The cheapest price for the game you’re going to is $8,000. Everyday Americans can’t afford these sporting events.

TRUMP: No, but they can watch it on television. It’s sort of semi-free to watch it on television. But that’s the way life goes…

— James Carville, on his podcast, endorsing Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner (D).

“As outside advisory and legal firms prepare the private sector for a Democratic House takeover that still looks likely, despite the GOP’s aggressive redistricting, the target list may well grow beyond US-based companies. Foreign dealmaking by the Trump family and its allies, including in the Gulf, is also in line for Democratic scrutiny.”

“In fact, this outcome was entirely expected. And that’s the whole problem.”

Said Trump: “If you don’t have a salary cap you don’t have a sport. Because they can’t help themselves. You know, in sports they can’t help themselves. They should have done it a long time ago.”

Said Trump: “I’m the chairman, so we’ll just keep it going. Somebody has to do it. It’s lost hundreds of millions of dollars for years, and yet it’s something you have to keep going, you know. It’s the arts.”

“The release of the ad, shared first with Bloomberg Government, coincides with the three-month mark since Kean has voted in the House.”

“The record came as she crossed party lines to support an unsuccessful Democratic bid to send her party’s immigration bill back to committee to add a requirement that the government investigate losses and denials of Medicaid benefits.”

“In an election season expected to hinge on weighty matters such as affordability concerns and the war in Iran, a non-pocketbook issue has emerged early in the campaign: whether Talarico, the Democratic nominee, is a vegan.”