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At a rally last night, Sen. J. D. Vance (R-OH) “defended his comments about Haitian immigrants eating pets” by “saying that ‘the media has a responsibility to fact-check stories – not him,” The Guardian reports.

“U. S. employers will confront a shortage of some 6 million workers within a decade,” Bloomberg reports. “A combination of retirements, mismatches between workers and available jobs, and a decline in workforce participation among men is set to drive the gap, according to by Lightcast, a provider of labor market data.

Jonathan Last writes about conservative journalist Byron York, saying “you can learn a lot about how Trump happened and where the Republican party is headed by understanding the career of this one guy.”

The Cook Political Report launched the 2024 Demographic Swingometer — an interactive tool to simulate how fluctuations in turnout and partisan support could alter this year’s outcome in the Electoral College.

Melania Trump’s latest video promoting her upcoming memoir asks: “Why do I stand proudly behind my nude modeling work?”