Booming Optimism

Economic optimism hits a four-year high under Trump, while Epstein survivors take matters into their own hands—vowing to release a client list from Capitol Hill, even as NBC panels admit no ties to Trump. And closer to home, Grand Valley State tightens campus security after a stabbing, rolling out strict new visitor rules, parking limits, and ID checks.

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1. Trump economy has raised optimism to a four-year high
2. Epstein survivors plan to release their own client listLed by survivor Lisa Phillips, they announced plans on Capitol Hill to independently compile names of individuals they say aided Epstein’s abuse.
   • NBC panel: victims say they never saw/heard anything about Trump
   • MTG: “I’m not afraid to say the names.”
3. GVSU tightens security after weekend stabbing near campusOn-site students must register guests (one at a time), residence halls move to single-entry access with ID checks, and parking lots D-1/D-2 now close at 10 p.m. nightly with no overnight/guest parking. Police say neither suspect nor victim were students; no arrests yet as the investigation continues.

NOTABLES

• Powerball rolls to $1.7B (cash option ~ $800M) after no winner
• Trump to speak again with Zelenskyy; Putin says he’ll meet only if Zelenskyy comes to Russia
• Judge blocks Trump’s $2B Harvard freeze
• Florida hero: 76-year-old tackles suspect during police chase
• $1M luxury yacht sinks 15 minutes after launch

MICHIGAN

• Mason School District pays $350,000 to settle middle-school assault lawsuit; no wrongdoing admitted
• FBI probes Detroit Judge Andrea Bradley-Baskin over alleged exploitation of wards
• State data: unemployment up in 14 of 15 Michigan metro areas vs. a year ago

CLIPS

• Trump: “We have a big case in the Supreme Court” (tariff appeal)
• On sending National Guard to Chicago/New Orleans
• Message for Putin during Q&A
• Trump on U.S.–Poland “special relationship”
• Trump calls Epstein-file push a “Democrat hoax”
• No government shutdown expected
• VP Vance on visiting Minnesota families
• Sec. Rubio: more strikes on drug boats coming
• Comer questions “autopen” pardons
• Bernie Sanders calls on RFK Jr. to resign
• Dem reps react to declining DC crime stats
• Axelrod cautions Dems on attacking Trump’s crime push
• Epstein survivor reacts to Trump’s “hoax” comment
• Another survivor names Bill Clinton among “notable figures”
• MTG & Eric Bolling urge Trump to release files
• Attorney: Trump helped before calling it a hoax
• DHS Sec. Noem adds Louisiana lockup for detainees
• Tom Homan isn’t backing off narco-terrorists
• DeSantis slams Mexico’s president as “owned by cartels”
• Jasmine Crockett changes tone
• Dems fret over falling voter registrations
• Christie vs. Pritzker sumo (…probably fake)
• Dr. Oz blasts media shielding CDC
• Florida Surgeon General drops all vaccine mandates
• Expect fireworks at RFK Jr. testimony (see Maher clip)
• DeSantis explains Florida’s authority
• Joy Reid pushes “Trump wasn’t shot” narrative
• Nigel Farage responds to Jamie Raskin