Walking stick

The idea that proper governance is not to disclose to your closest advisors, your chief operating officer, your fellow board members something of consequence that you’re even considering -- let alone proposing -- that should be fatal.

— Mark Carney, Canadian Prime Minister, commenting on a governance failure related to Infantino's World Cup plan

I’m still working hard to get back to my full schedule of work in the Senate and in Kentucky, keeping up with intense physical therapy per my doctors’ orders.

— Sen. Mitch McConnell, in a statement about his recovery and ongoing physical therapy (as reported by CNN).

He wouldn't return for a ninth season with the Los Angeles Lakers.

— Rich Paul, confirming to ESPN's Shams Charania that LeBron James wouldn't return for a ninth season with the Los Angeles Lakers.

The extrajudicial killing of another community member by ICE agents in Maine — just days after the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston — is a devastating and unacceptable escalation of violence. These are not isolated incidents; they reflect an immigration enforcement system that has become increasingly militarized, unaccountable, and willing to use deadly force against the very communities it is supposed to serve.

— Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), in a statement.