“The currently untitled film will follow the early life of a cop who goes on to be caught up in the January 6th Capitol riots. Penn has scripted and will direct the movie, which has five-time Oscar nominated actor Bradley Cooper in talks to star in the lead role. There’s no deal yet.”

Said Cassidy: “The details that I’ve seen so far look … awful. This will go down as a tremendous foreign policy blunder.”

“Hal Duncan, who is seeking Senate confirmation to serve as deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, said during his confirmation hearing that the White House will ensure federal grants are aligned with Trump’s priorities by changing the way more than $1 trillion is approved each year.”

“The district, wedged in the western corner of North Carolina, has not elected a Democrat since 2010, but it got a little less red between 2020 and 2024.”

“Electoral trends, combined with the perceived strength of the challenger Jamie Ager (D) and potential weaknesses of the incumbent Chuck Edwards (R, NC-11), lead many Democrats to believe they have a chance in this unlikely district.”

Said Clinton: “He made a terrible mistake. He made a terrible mistake for himself, his legacy, and for the country. He had said that he would not run again. And counterfactual narratives are always a bit tricky. But I believe if he had kept to that plan and said, in, say, the late summer of ’23, that he wasn’t going to run, that he was going to pass, you know, the torch to the next generation, we would have had a real contest.”

She added: “So I think it was a terrible miscalculation on the part of President Biden. But once he didn’t move, and and did not, you know, admit that he had said he was going to step aside and then decided not to, and held on for as long as he did, we were in a terrible dilemma.”

“It blocks porn, which experts in network security say marks the first time a U.S. cell plan has used network-level blocking for such content that can’t be turned off even by adult account owners. It’s also rolling out a filter on sexual content aimed at blocking material related to gender and trans issues, which will be optional but turned on by default across all plans.”

“Bracing for the loss of some of their colleagues, Black Democrats from the South are appealing to leadership to help the region maintain power and influence in the caucus, even if its numbers shrink.”

Said Trump: “We’ve been there for a little while and he’s a very tough negotiator, one of the toughest, actually.”

“Burnham is standing in a special election on Thursday that he’s expected to win, which would give him the Parliamentary seat he needs to bid for Starmer’s job. But Burnham would rather not directly launch a leadership challenge immediately after the by-election.”

“Speaking to journalists on his last day at the Group of 7 summit in France, Mr. Trump denied reports that the preliminary deal, the contents of which have yet to be released, included any U.S. investment in a $300 billion reconstruction fund for Iran or any immediate sanctions relief.”

“If the results hold, she will be all but certain to replace Mayor Muriel Bowser as the city’s leader in January.”

“Hundreds of journalists working the pro-Orban Mediaworks Hungary Zrt. were reportedly given notices of termination this week and several publications will be shuttered and others rationalized.”

“It’s now a proxy fight over power, and a sign of the increasingly contentious relationship between him and the Senate GOP.”

“But Trujillo says he is now facing the most difficult battle of his life, as he implores the government he began serving in uniform after high school to not deport his wife.”

Said Trujillo: “It breaks me because the country I worked my entire life for is ripping my family apart, and taking away my wife. It makes me sick to my stomach.”

“The rest of the G7 leaders were seated and were beginning their discussion on economic issues when Trump walked into the room.”

“Intended as a celebration of the progress embodied by the nation’s first Black leader, its Juneteenth unveiling comes at a time when his agenda — and broader diversity initiatives — are wilting from a decade of concerted attack.”

“An implicit repudiation of his brash, populist successor, the $850 million monolith nevertheless towers over Chicago’s Midway Plaisance. Imposing in both scope and scale, the so-called “Obamalisk” is as overt an attempt to use architecture to personify his legacy as the current president’s oft-ridiculed calls to remake Washington with oversized monuments and gold leaf.”

“There’s one problem: Historians say the 26th president never uttered the phrase.”