“Mr. Trump’s first state dinner came over a year into his first presidency, when he shared a kiss on the cheek and racks of lamb with President Emmanuel Macron of France in a relationship that has since soured.”

“A reckoning—one far harsher than was expected, even a few months ago—now seems imminent.”

“Sherrill, a Democrat, hired former New Jersey Attorney General Chris Porrino to lead the probe, which examined allegations of sexual harassment and ethics violations.”

“President Donald Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping at a state dinner at the White House on Thursday night. When reporters from the outlets attempted to cover arrivals at the event, officials from the Trump administration told them they were not allowed to do so.”

“The data breach could be massively significant and may have all sorts of national security and counterintelligence implications. Criminals from the same ecosystem as ShinyHunters have previously used hacked data like phone records to track, intimidate, and harass the FBI agents investigating them.”

“The highly sensitive data could also be a boon to foreign intelligence agencies who want to better understand how one of the most important law enforcement and intelligence agencies in the U.S. operates. And if the data fell into the hands of more criminals, FBI agents and their spouses could face serious threats to their safety.”

“Talarico has challenged Paxton to a number of debates hosted by numerous news networks for months, but Paxton has yet to agree to any. Paxton’s campaign initially said it would be willing to debate Talarico so long as the moderators were neutral. But in the weeks since, it has been silent on future debates.”

Said Talarico: “Ken Paxton is running from the fight. And that sounds like low-T behavior to me.”

Said Pezeshkian: “We don’t want it to get to the midterm elections.”

I’m not sure Iran wants a deal before the 2028 elections.

“But it was not clear whether Alaskans, who for decades have elected abrasive, bellicose and occasionally violent individuals to represent them in Congress, would find it disqualifying.”

Said Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski: “We want the kind of U.S. presence that would reassure us, but not be threatening to Russia. We hope that President Trump keeps the promise that he has made to this effect to our president.”

“As he prepared to speak, many delegates walked out of the chamber, reflecting international censure of Israel’s campaign in Gaza and Lebanon following the attack.”

Fox News: Mass walkout before Netanyahu speech prompts fiery response from Israeli prime minister.

“Yet maybe Trump didn’t need to literally roll out the red carpet and go out of his way to make his first interaction with Xi on Thursday as awkward as possible.”

“Xi arrived at the White House Thursday morning for an Oval Office meeting with Trump, where the pair were expected to discuss everything from trade to counternarcotics to artificial intelligence. But little has emerged since, including any details on a ‘bigger’ trade deal between the countries.”

The Economist: What Donald Trump’s meeting with Xi Jinping has—and hasn’t—achieved.

NBC News: GOP senators criticize Trump’s “red-carpet treatment” of China’s Xi Jinping.