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The Washington Post reports that the White House secretly awarded a no-bid contract worth up to $500 million to build the East Wing ballroom, routed through an office exempt from competitive bidding and public disclosure, bypassing typical cost controls; Clark Construction is named in the contract, and Trump was reportedly directly involved in cost negotiations.
Satellites imaged an underwater volcanic eruption, but scientists still don’t know what’s actually happening on the seafloor, underscoring gaps in our understanding of deep-sea volcanic activity.
Thomas Massie’s bid for re-election in Kentucky’s 4th District becomes a national test of Donald Trump’s influence within the GOP, pitting Massie’s principled libertarian-conservative stance against Trump’s endorsement-driven candidate Ed Gallrein. With polls showing a closer race than expected, the primary may reveal whether pro-Trump loyalty can override Massie’s record of bucking party leadership and signal how the party will navigate loyalty versus conservatism going into the midterms.