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"We are taking steps to ensure that our state remains a leader in protecting the rights of individuals with autism and all people with disabilities."— Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, who signed the executive order to ensure privacy protections for individuals with autism.

It’ll be a key moment and a real opportunity to showcase what Saudi has to offer.— Dina Esfandiary, Middle East lead for Bloomberg Economics, discussing Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia.

I’ve spent my career fighting for Iowans — locking up corrupt public officials, violent criminals, scammers, and thieves, rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse, and holding members of both parties accountable.— Rob Sand, announcing his campaign for Iowa governor.

So now, seven years later, when you have a little bit of breathing space, you can just enjoy each other in a new way, and that’s why I feel like it’s more of a honeymoon period for us now.— Meghan Markle discussing her relationship with Prince Harry on the Jamie Kern Lima Show podcast.

It's inappropriate. It's unconstitutional.— Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) criticizes the acceptance of the jet, warning of corruption.

"This gift represents our vision of empowering students in a Christian college environment, enhancing resources for current and future foster care system graduates to thrive academically and beyond."— Howard Booker, executive director of In-N-Out Burger Foundation, spoke about the importance of the donation for supporting former foster youth.

"I touched her on the hips, but that was not sexually motivated."— Gérard Depardieu denies the allegations of sexual harassment.

"I would never be one to turn down that kind of an offer."— Donald Trump, speaking about accepting a luxury Boeing jet from the Qatari royal family for use as Air Force One.

India will not mix peace talks with terrorism or trade with violence—'water and blood cannot flow together.'— PM Modi, regarding India's stance on terrorism during his address following Operation Sindoor.

"The Pahalgam attack was the most barbaric face of terrorism. It was very painful for me... Today, every terrorist and terror organisation understands the consequences of attempting to harm the dignity and pride of our daughters and sisters."— PM Modi on the Pahalgam attack and the response of the Indian Armed Forces.

I believe that this rocket firing shows our people the military’s determination to protect the country’s security and safeguard our beautiful homeland.— Officer Ho Hsiang-yih told reporters this in relation to the test firing of the HIMARS rocket system.

"Everybody should equalize. Everybody should pay the same price."— Donald Trump at a press conference urging drugmakers to lower medicine prices.

It is surely no coincidence he acted less than a day after she refused to rubber-stamp Elon Musk’s efforts to mine troves of copyrighted works to train AI models.— Representative Joe Morelle (D-NY) on the termination of Shira Perlmutter.

"There are no more excuses."— California Governor Gavin Newsom, pushing municipalities to address one of the most visible byproducts of homelessness.

"Our country is in crisis because there is far, far too little help available to tackle the mental illness crisis."— Bailey Koch's parents, Lane and Peggy Kugler, addressing the mental health care challenges following the tragic deaths of their daughter and her family.

We want our children to regain their dignity so whenever they are on their period they aren’t forced not to go to school and use things that might damage them and put their lives in danger due to not having sanitary towels.— Julius Malema, addressing residents in Soweto about the need for free sanitary pads for poor children.

"That is not common sense in the coalition."— Thorsten Frei (CDU) commented on Bärbel Bas's pension plans in ARD.

"The role of family is very difficult to explain to people. How grounding it is to just come back to your family every time you have something which is intense, which happens on the outside."— Virat Kohli spoke at an event during IPL 2025 about the influence of his family on his life and career.

"I often think about the time I spent working in our restaurants as a General Manager, and it was immediately clear that crew members are the heart and soul of this brand."— Joe Erlinger, President of McDonald's USA, discussing the importance of employees and their skills.

This term, we have one of the most progressive Senates we’ve ever had, an opportunity for real progressive reform. There is no excuse now for Labor to resist real reform to help people and nature.— Elizabeth Watson-Brown, Federal Greens MP for Ryan, spoke about the need for reform in her electorate.