Capitol Hill

• A Government Shutdown May Be Averted – but We're Not Quite There
Senate Leaves Town for a Month, Leaving Key Bills Up in the Air
• Indiana Recount Flips State Senate Primary to Trump-backed Republican
• Trump Signs New Executive Order Reducing Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children
• Fauci’s Texts About COVID Vaccine Concerns for Pregnant Women Released
• F-16s Scrambled After Aircraft Entered Restricted Airspace Over Trump’s New Jersey Golf Club
• 1,200 Illegal Immigrants Arrested By ICE During Statewide Georgia Operation
• Resurfaced Video Shows James Talarico Bragging About Hiding Illegal Aliens, Calling Texas Christians “Christo-Fascists”
• More Dems Are Blasting the DSA and the “Big Tent”

ECONOMY

• America’s Hottest Housing Markets Concentrated In These Two Regions
• GameStop CEO May Drop $56B eBay Takeover Bid

• U.S. Pays German Company $1.22 Billion to Cancel Offshore Wind Leases
• JPMorgan Raises Year-end Target for S&P 500 to 8,000
• Wendy’s Rival Overtakes Struggling Burger Chain by Revamping a Classic
• Latest AI Cybersecurity Incident Has OpenAI Hitting Pause on New Bot Testing Over “Critical” Risk Concerns
• Appeals Court Allows Thousands of Addiction Lawsuits Against Meta and TikTok to Move Forward
• Use of AI for Financial Guidance Rises, But Trust Lags Behind
• The Cheap Meal Isn’t So Cheap Anymore — Except in Certain American Cities

SWAMP WATCH

• This CBS News Host’s Attempt to Push the Vaccine Misinformation Talking Point Didn't Go Well
• New MS NOW Host Promises to Give His Audience “the Facts” – Then Opens Show With Huge Lie

• Hillary Clinton Believes Republicans’ Anti-communist Messaging Will Be Effective During Primaries
• Bernie Sanders Wants to Ban Super PACs from Democrat Primaries NOW
• Nancy Mace’s Comments About Muslim Lawmakers Has Liberals Seething With Rage
• District Judge Sides with Trump for Major Victory in $10B BBC Defamation Case
• RFK Jr. Taking Steps to Fix Loophole Allowing Additives In Food
• Tourist Hotspot Rocked by “Latest Chapter” of Deadly Violence as Officials Avoid “Gang” Label
• Why Has No Motive Been Reported About the In-N-Out Burger Shooter

NATIONAL SECURITY & GLOBAL AFFAIRS

• New President of Colombia Takes Out Top Terror Commander Hours After Taking Office
• Iran’s “Misery” Index Reaches Record High – But Set to Get Worse Under This Move By Trump
• Netanyahu Rejects Trump’s Peace Plan for Gaza
• Israel’s New “Doomsday” Submarine Provides Major Boost to Iran Deterrence
• Colombia, Ecuador Hit By Deadly 7.4 Magnitude Earthquake
• Archaeologists Unearth Secret Church That Hosted Council of Nicaea, Christianity’s Defining Moment
• Ukraine Reports Russia Launching Starlink-Style Network Faster Than Expected
• The U.S. Back in Ethiopia, a New Hub of Major Power Competition
• Zelensky Claims As Many As 50,000 North Korean Troops Being Deployed in Russia

SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

• This Joke Resulted In Death Threats for Arynne Wexler
• Disney Reportedly Looking Into Free Streaming Product to Boost Disney+ Growth
• Broadway Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber Decries Soaring Cost of Productions Amid Woke Play Explosion
• “Back Off the Wagon:” Brad Pitt Confesses He’s No Longer Sober After 7 Years
• Red Letter Media Says Exactly What Every Star Trek Fan Has Been Thinking
• How Yankees’ New Pieces Can Fuel How Far This Team Ultimately Goes
• Transgender Cyclist Veronica Ivy Now Knocking Women Out of Winning Titles in a Second Sport
• Martha Stewart’s Verdict on Meghan Markle’s Homemaking Guru Bid Is Brutal
• Tom Selleck Tells Us Why He’ll Never Bash Trump

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• 49ers Coach's Tesla Autopilot Crash Raises Questions About Autonomous Driving Safety
• China’s Long March 7A Rocket Explodes After Liftoff, Destroying Chinasat-4B
• Tech Companies Look to Federal Government to Resolve AI-Driven Memory Chip Shortage
• Record High Chip Demand Pushes TSMC Revenue Up 45%
• Engineers Achieve Practical Nuclear Fusion Milestone
• Apple Pay Text Scam Could Result In $8,250 Loss in 35 Minutes
• Meta Unveils Personal Superintelligence Strategy for Billions
• Breakthrough Algorithm Creates Patterns Making You Invisible to AI Cameras
• China's “Kimi K3” the Latest AI Model to Break Out of Containment

HEALTH, FITNESS & MORE

• Your Neighborhood May Be Partly to Blame for Your Sleep Troubles
• Taxi Drivers Are Protected Against Alzheimer’s – Here’s Why
• Peaches Provide an Excellent Source of Carotenoids Which Help the Skin and Eyes
• Biden’s Cancer Battle Renews Focus on Prostate Disease
• A Look at CKM Syndrome – a New Condition 9 in 10 Adults May Have
• 45% of NYC Homeless Deaths Linked to Drugs, Alcohol
• Use This One Simple Exercise for a Stronger Core
• Even a Short-term Vegan Diet Can Lower Inflammation, Slow Aging
• Train Your Fascia Strength, Ease Back Strain, and Help Prevent Falls With These 3 Exercises

OPINION

• Victor Davis Hanson: Fresh Proof That “Democratic Socialists” Will Act like Communists Once Elected
• Rob Cheng: Iranian Hackers Attacked Our Water Systems. Here Are 5 Things Our Leaders Need to Do Now
• John Ketcham: Mamdani’s Taking over NY Institutions to Push His Agenda —Testing the Law’s Limits
• Scott Morefield: Burritogate, Affordability, And the Elephant That Con Inc. Refuses to Name
• Kevin McCullough: 25 Years Ago, Coming to a Mosque Near You
• Adriel Perez-Gonzalez: The Price of Their “Safety” Is Your Freedom
• Mark Lewis: Prepare for the DSA Revolution
• Jon Schweppe: The Never-Vance Crowd Stole the Woke Playbook — Voters Aren’t Buying It
• Mark Lewis: Can America Rise Above the Tide of History?