Barney Frank, entering hospice care, embarks on a final act: Taking on the left  Politico

1. Report reveals groundbreaking update on potential March Madness expansion  On3
2. Sources: NCAA basketball tournaments set to move to 76 teams  ESPN
3. What 2026 NCAA Tournament bracket could have looked like with 76 teams: No. 12 seeds brawl in opening round  CBS Sports
4. NCAA’s March Madness field could grow to 76 teams for 2027 season  CNN
5. Proposal for historic NCAA tournament expansion reaches final stages: report  Fox News

1. Tyran Stokes could drastically swing Mark Pope's future in Lexington  On3
2. Stokes, potential No. 1 pick in '27 NBA draft, chooses Kansas  ESPN
3. No. 1 overall recruit Tyran Stokes commits to Kansas basketball  The Topeka Capital-Journal
4. No. 1 recruit Stokes announces commitment to KU  KU Sports
5. Tyran Stokes commits to Kansas: Jayhawks land No. 1 player in 2026 class over Kentucky  CBS Sports

1. Elon Musk takes stand in trial vs. Sam Altman that could reshape AI’s future  AP News
2. OpenAI Trial Starts With Two Very Different Tales of a Company’s Early Years  The New York Times
3. Elon Musk casts his OpenAI lawsuit as a defense of charity  Yahoo
4. Musk and Altman go to trial, GM earnings, Spotify's fitness push and more in Morning Squawk  CNBC
5. 'He wanted to be CEO': Early OpenAI VC Vinod Khosla says Elon Musk's bid for control led to the Sam Altman feud and his major investment  Fortune

1. Kacey Musgraves Taps Mariachi Brothers Detained by ICE to Open Texas Shows  Yahoo
2. Kacey Musgraves adds 3 surprise shows in old Central Texas dance hall  CultureMap Austin
3. Mariachi teens freed from ICE detention to open for Kacey Musgraves in Texas  Houston Chronicle
4. Man in stable condition after getting grazed by a bullet in the back of the head  WOAI
5. Kacey Musgraves to play Gruene Hall, sign albums in Austin  statesman.com

1. NASA’s Artemis II moonship returns home to its launch site after historic voyage  AP News
2. Artemis 2 heat shield is a sunken treasure in the ocean  Space
3. NASA on Track for Future Missions with Initial Artemis II Assessments  NASA (.gov)
4. Eerie underwater scene found by US Navy divers at site of Artemis touchdown  Yahoo
5. The challenge of celebrating Artemis II as NASA cuts loom  Big Think

The pro-private-listing camp has polished its talking points, coach Darryl Davis writes. Here is how to address them, point by point.

1. Cop haunted for decades by Roxanne Sharp’s brutal killing didn’t live to see suspects arrested  NBC News
2. Cold case cracked after 40 years as teen's alleged killers are caught after podcast helps find new leads  Fox News
3. Podcast helps Louisiana State Police arrest 4 suspects in decades-old murder of teenage girl  AP News
4. Detectives Couldn’t Solve a Teen’s Murder for Decades. Then a Podcast Cracked the Case Open  People.com
5. She Was Killed and Left in the Woods. Decades Later, a Podcast Cracked the Case in Roxanne Sharp’s Murder  Oxygen Official Site

1. Deal Talks Between Pernod and Maker of Jack Daniel’s Falter  The New York Times
2. Pernod Ricard and Brown-Forman End Deal Talks  WSJ
3. Pernod Ricard and Jack Daniel's owner Brown-Forman end merger talks  Reuters
4. Jack Daniel’s maker faces foreign takeover push  The Center Square
5. Brown-Forman, Pernod Ricard call time on merger negotiations  Global Drinks Intel

1. State Department to release limited edition ‘America250’ passports with Trump’s face  Politico
2. EXCLUSIVE: State Department introduces new US passports celebrating America250  Fox News
3. US to issue passports featuring Trump’s picture to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary  CNN
4. Trump's face to feature on commemorative US passports  BBC
5. Trump’s picture will appear in commemorative passports for America’s 250th birthday  Anchorage Daily News

1. Trump Administration Secures New Indictment Against James Comey  The New York Times
2. Exclusive: Former FBI Director James Comey indicted over alleged ‘threat’ against Trump  CNN
3. James Comey gets indicted (again)  vox.com
4. James Comey indicted again, this time over seashell Instagram post  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
5. Ex-FBI Director James Comey charged with threatening Trump's life in ‘8647’ post  CNBC

1. The United Arab Emirates is quitting OPEC oil cartel after nearly 60 years  NPR
2. UAE leaves OPEC in blow to global oil producers' group  Reuters
3. United Arab Emirates will leave OPEC in a blow to the oil cartel  The Independent
4. UAE quits Opec in win for Trump as oil cartel weakened  The Guardian
5. Amid Iran War and Tensions with Neighbors, U.A.E. Goes Its Own Way  The New York Times

1. Agents armed with search warrants keep focus on Minnesota in public fraud probe  AP News
2. Patel turns tables on Walz in response to viral tweet on Minnesota fraud raids: 'Come again?'  Fox News
3. FBI agents force way into Minneapolis day care, neighbors uneasy after recent violence  5 EYEWITNESS NEWS
4. Fraud in MN: Quality Learning Center among businesses raided by FBI on Tuesday  FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
5. Feds, state execute search warrants at Twin Cities daycares and autism centers  MPR News

1. Trump's picture is coming to some U.S. passports  NBC News
2. EXCLUSIVE: State Department introduces new US passports celebrating America250  Fox News
3. US to issue ‘America250’ passports featuring Donald Trump’s image  The Guardian
4. US to issue passports featuring Trump’s picture to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary  CNN
5. State Department planning to put Trump’s face on new passports  The Hill

1. FCC orders early license renewal for ABC stations following Kimmel's first lady joke  NPR
2. What to Know About the Kimmel vs. Trump Feud  The New York Times
3. Brendan Carr takes on Disney — and escalates Trump’s media war  Politico
4. Opinion | The funniest thing about Jimmy Kimmel  The Washington Post
5. ABC faces renewed Trump backlash as Kimmel says comments 'not, by any stretch' call for violence  CNBC

1. After Decades of Resistance, a Casino Finally Opens in New York City  The New York Times
2. New York City's first full casino with live table games opens  Yahoo
3. First Vegas-style casino opens in New York City  CNBC
4. NYC casinos reignite New Jersey gambling fight  Politico
5. Resorts World launches NYC's first full-fledged casino gaming hall  Gothamist

1. King Charles praises Nato and urges defence of Ukraine in key speech during Trump visit  The Guardian
2. King Charles’ subtle but striking warning to America  CNN
3. Melania Trump and Queen Camilla match in pink for royal state dinner  USA Today
4. See the Menu for the British Royal State Dinner  The New York Times
5. Trump saw 2 kings, Charles saw something much different  Politico

Scaling shouldn't feel like you're barely hanging on. It should feel like everything's finally clicking into place, Kevelyn Guzman writes.

1. In pictures: King Charles and Queen Camilla on US state visit  BBC
2. Five takeaways from the King's historic address to Congress  BBC
3. King Charles praises Nato and urges defence of Ukraine in key speech during Trump visit  The Guardian
4. Charles and Trump set for face-to-face talks ahead of king's rare speech to Congress — follow live updates  Yahoo
5. The history behind Queen Camilla’s brooches for royals’ White House visit  Politico