7. Jimmy Kimmel’s comments spreading misinformation and smears about Charlie Kirk’s assassination drew criticism, leading FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr to call for a review of broadcast standards and ABC to suspend the show. This led to cries about free speech from the same people who supported Biden-era pressure on social media to silence Americans.
6. Birmingham city leaders know that gunshot detection systems work, but because stopping crime is politically fraught in the city, they had to push the $1 million yearly investment in the system, which uses sensors to alert police to shootings, until after the latest municipal elections.
5. The Federal Reserve implemented a rate cut, reducing the federal funds rate by a quarter percentage point, meaning money is cheaper to borrow which coul