Quick Glance: Ron DeSantis criticizes Trump, labels him a 'lame duck' president if elected
- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis: Trump would be a 'lame duck' president
- DeSantis launches an attack on Donald Trump in an interview with CNBC's 'Squawk Box', calling him a 'lame duck' if elected for a second term.
- He stated that Trump failed to 'drain the swamp' - a reference to official Washington institutions - and make Mexico pay for a border wall.
- When asked if his declining poll numbers were related to his public fight with Disney, DeSantis denied this.
Quick Glance: Director Terence Davies Passes Away at 77
- Terence Davies, the Liverpool-born director of autobiographical memory pieces like 'The Long Day Closes' and 'Distant Voices, Still Lives,' has died.
- Davies directed several masterpieces in his lifetime, including the sorrowful 'The Deep Blue Sea' starring Rachel Weisz as an eternally unhappy seeker of love and his debut feature 'Distant Voices,' built on his own closeted working-class British upbringing.
- He was a critic's darling who preferred never to make too much noise, and so was never part of any awards chatter and nor did he wish to be.
Quick Glance: Sex Scenes Used as Arguments in Senate Hearing on Book Bans
- A witness read from the book, saying 'Cousins weren’t supposed to do these things with cousins.'
- During the hearing, a male-male sex scene from the same book was read, along with a paragraph from 'Gender Queer,' which is also on Pen America’s banned book list.
- Kennedy quoted from the book, saying 'I’m going to give you the blowjob of your life, then I want you inside of me.'
- The hearing on book bans was called due to Republican-led states making it easier to challenge books in classrooms and school board meetings being filled with arguments on appropriate reading materials for children.
Quick Glance: US Lawmakers Grill Bank Executives Over Collapse
- Former senior managers at Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank are blamed for the lenders’ spectacular collapse in March by key US senators, who rebuke executives already under scrutiny in Washington.
- Among those testifying were Greg Becker, ex-CEO of Silicon Valley Bank, and Scott Shay, who served as chairman of Signature Bank.
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Quick Glance: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Hospitalized After Fall
- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was hospitalized Wednesday evening after collapsing in a Washington hotel, according to his spokesperson.
- Republican Senate colleagues have expressed their best wishes for McConnell's quick recovery.
- McConnell, who was first elected to the Senate in 1984, made history in January by becoming the chamber's longest-serving party leader in United States history.
- He was majority leader from 2015 to 2021, when the Republicans controlled the Senate.
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