We're not going to continue with this endeavour for weeks and months on end.— Marco Rubio, the U.S. Secretary of State, stated this after meeting with European and Ukrainian leaders in Paris.

"Millions of Americans understand that what is happening to him is a threat to their own constitutional rights."— Senator Chris Van Hollen discussing the implications of Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case for constitutional rights.

"The crew who flew to space this week on an automated flight by Blue Origin were brave and glam, but you cannot identify as an astronaut. They do not meet the FAA astronaut criteria."— Sean Duffy, the Secretary of the US Department of Transportation, shared his thoughts on social media regarding astronaut identification.

"We are all afraid."— Senator Lisa Murkowski made this statement at a summit of nonprofit and tribal leaders in Alaska.

The Fed really owes it to the American people to get interest rates down. That's the only thing he's good for.— Donald Trump comments on Jerome Powell and the Fed's interest rate policy.

"Italy will announce at the next NATO summit that it will increase spending to 2 percent as requested."— Giorgia Meloni during a meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House.

"Such an unprecedented action would endanger our ability to carry out our educational mission."— Harvard stated that there is no legal basis for rescinding its tax status.

It was malpractice on the side of Harvard’s lawyers not to pick up the phone and call the members of the antisemitism task force who they had been talking to for weeks.— May Mailman, the White House senior policy strategist, commenting on Harvard's response to the Trump administration's demands.

The rising prices were "driven primarily by poor harvests from the two biggest cocoa producing countries in the world that account for 60% of global cocoa production - Ghana and the Ivory Coast."— Claire Burnet, co-founder of Dorset-based premium chocolate company Chococo, explained the causes of rising chocolate prices.

"Our monthly dining club outings are always popular and well-supported."— Kevin Trickett, president of Wakefield Civic Society, discussing the popularity of the monthly dining club outings.

"The American military buildup and continued aggression against our country will only lead to more counterattacks and attack operations, clashes and confrontations."— Yahya Saree, the Houthi military spokesperson, during a rebel-organized protest in the capital, Sana’a.

"If for some reason one of the two parties makes it very difficult, we will just say: You are dumb. You are fools, you are terrible people, and we will just leave it."— Donald Trump on the negotiations to end the Ukraine war at the White House.