NBA Hall of Famer and commentator Charles Barkley made a generous $1 million donation to St. Mary's Academy in New Orleans after being inspired by a @60minutes story about young scholars who cracked a centuries-old math mystery.

Bc he’d say “we’ll see what happens” or “you’re gonna love it” ?

More FBI raids on top City Hall aides in New York. thecity.nyc/2024/09/05/fbi…

We are going to tariff our way to free childcare. This is the Wall Street Journal Ed board candidate?

Imagine being a Russian taxpayer and this is where your money is going to

Free Tim !

“Among the officials the federal investigators sought information from were the city’s police commissioner, the first deputy mayor, the schools chancellor, the deputy mayor for public safety and a senior adviser to the mayor who is one of his closest confidants, the people said.”

Walz, in an interview with WCMU News today, was asked how a Harris-Walz administration would handle the Israel-Hamas war and if it would break with the Biden administration in any way. Here's his full answer:

As a U.S. Senator, I have always been guided by my friend and mentor, the late Senator Robert C. Byrd. I’m grateful to Shepherd University and the Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education for today’s recognition & for preserving our proud history of bipartisanship.

News -- the father of Colt Gray has just been arrested in connection with the shooting at Apalachee High School. Per GBI, Colin Gray has been charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children.

Since Biden quit, he has continued to privately insist that he could have won even while offering Harris unfailing support But in one area, Biden is unequivocally at peace with his decision to step away: “Maybe it will make it easier for Hunter” politico.com/news/2024/09/0…

Get ready to hear this quote repeated, again and again.

Question is about whether a 2028 or 2032 Dem primary would see as many crazy ideas as 2020. I really don't think it would. - no Bernie campaign, no pathetic attempts to get his progressive voters - influence of many Groups waning; many collapsed or just accepted minimal wins

I’d add: no 2018 and misread of same. The story was a massive Trump backlash, not a few lefty House wins in big cities. But Kamala and others read it as the latter, tried to run purity campaigns. Which left market wide open for what D voters actually wanted: I’ll beat Trump

Today's numbers give ammo to those who arguing for the Fed to cut by 50 basis points. There are strong arguments on both sides, and so this will be the first seriously contested Fed meeting in ages. I put the chances of a big cut (50 points) v. small cut (25) at fifty-fifty.

Job growth ticked up in August, but June and July were revised down significantly. The trend here clearly shows a weakening labor market.

Democrats spend $4 billion in Florida, Scott wins by between 0.5 and 1.5 points. It’s a tradition!

When DeSantis floated Kennedy for FDA last year, Pence and other pro-lifers were outraged - can't put a pro-choice guy in a role like this! Shanahan's just freelancing here but you can't promise everyone everything. nbcnews.com/politics/2024-…

Trump said his advisers told him not to publicly say that he would not want to be involved with E. Jean Carroll. "Please don't say that," he said. But he says it.