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“I would try to explain why it’s important to support her at that point, but there was no saving that,”
Rima Mohammad recalled the difficulty of persuading voters to back Kamala Harris in 2024.
“The US approach to chemical regulation is to assume everything is safe unless there is evidence of harm, instead of testing beforehand to ensure it’s safe,”
Kristen Knox highlighted what she characterized as a fundamental flaw in the United States' chemical regulatory framework.
“electricians were considered essential to make sure that things weren’t deteriorating in the ocean while the shutdown was happening”
Ryan McElroen explained why electricians continued working during the project shutdown.
“Most commercial requests and appeals remain stuck due to unjustified restrictions and delays at the crossings,”
Hossam Al-Huwaity notes that requests to import sanitation supplies are blocked by border restrictions.
“The point of these APIs is verification, not sharing more personal information than necessary.”
Shawn Hakl explained that carrier APIs are intended for verification rather than data sharing.
“to the economic equivalent of the 51st state”
Eby said accepting a U.S. condition restricting Canada's trade deals with other countries would have reduced Canada to the economic equivalent of the 51st state.
“It was really tough to kind of get a gauge on the match.”
Jessica Pegula spoke about the difficulty of finding rhythm in her Cincinnati semifinal match.
“A lot of back and forth, a lot of breaks,”
Jessica Pegula reflected on the momentum shifts in her Cincinnati semifinal against Iga Swiatek.
“Everybody thinks they're a buyer, not a seller.”
Sorrentino commented on the current mindset of banks preferring to acquire rather than be acquired.
“come here more often.”
Surveying an enthusiastic crowd in Florence with homemade signs reading 'PETE' and '2028,' Buttigieg observed he should come there more often.
“warhawks that came out of the Republican party”
Samraa Luqman discussed the factors that alienated Arab and Muslim voters during the Bush administration.
“They don't want to get booed, it's about playing good football,”
Coach Todd Monken commented on what the team needs to do to avoid boos from the crowd.
“Top of food chain”
Prosecutors characterized Agostino Abbatiello's alleged leadership role in the cocaine trafficking operation.
“And so I realized that I was being prideful and disrespectful to people and just different things that made me be like, 'Pump the brakes. I’m doing something wrong here. And I need to speak to people. I need to apologize to these people for my mistakes,'”
Mary J. Blige explained realizing her own pride and deciding to apologize for her mistakes.
“While a ‘lightweight’ by conventional standards, it has assets that make it significant for the rest of the world. Its geostrategic location at the heart of Eurasia makes it both an important connector and buffer between Europe, Russia, the Middle East, South Asia, and East Asia. It is also a regional leader in Central Asia,”
Nargis Kassenova outlined Kazakhstan's geostrategic assets and role as a regional leader in Central Asia.
“You can push too hard and you get fired.”
Scott Kirby discussed the career risks of pushing for too much change as a subordinate executive.
“He’s just a trash human being. Piker was supposed to debate Charlie Kirk a few days after he was assassinated. Piker actually talked about how much the shooting shook him. Now, he’s mocking it all for the pleasure of his loser fans,”
Chuck Ross condemned Hasan Piker for mocking Charlie Kirk after previously expressing shock over Kirk's death.
“We do not trust Israel currently.”
Asaad al-Shaibani stated that Syria currently lacks trust in Israel.
“At the same time, market performance has broadened beyond the mega-cap names, with a wider range of sectors and market segments participating in the rally. … Equal weighting solves the problem of concentration risk and allows investors to participate more fully if market leadership continues to broaden,”
Nathan Geraci explained how equal weighting addresses concentration risk as market leadership broadens.
“I think it would have been a tougher decision for me in November”
Samraa Luqman reflected on how an anti-war Republican candidate would have impacted her vote in the Senate race.
“Anything to intimidate minority voters, particularly immigrant voters, and also I think anything that allows them to try to seize voting machines, as Trump wanted to do in 2020, but [then-attorney general] Bill Barr explained to him there was just no basis for it.”
Ty Cobb discussed potential efforts to intimidate voters and seize voting machines.
“I heard about it for the first time this morning. I know Jared, he's a smart guy. I'm telling you what, you better not bet against the House Republicans. I've been all around the country the last several weeks, this is going to come down to a race of about 19 streets ... I'm telling you, our base is going to turn out, and we're going to hold the House Republican lead.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson addressed reports that Hakeem Jeffries met in New York with Jared Kushner.
“Unprecedented events will take place next month right here in our nation's capital. On Aug. 22 and 23,”
Donald Trump previewed the upcoming IndyCar race in Washington, D.C., during remarks outside the White House.
“That extra step may feel like a little friction, but it is there for a reason,”
Shawn Hakl explained why extra verification steps are necessary when hardware changes occur.
“What's more important, is whether people will tell me, yeah, we can trust you handling that position.”
Mykhailo Fedorov discussed the importance of public trust regarding any future presidential ambitions.
“not really directly involved in the admin, at least in the day-to-day in the White House”
Mike Johnson commented on Jared Kushner's involvement in the administration during a Fox News appearance.
“we feel no pressure to pursue”
Scharf stated that Wells Fargo is under no immediate pressure to execute an acquisition.
“exposed widespread fraud in immigrant communities”
Shirley has criticized AB 2624, saying it was created after he reported on fraud in immigrant communities in California and Minnesota.
“It was such a massive risk,”
Lynsey Rendall reflects on the massive undertaking of completing the film.
“The mid-2020s does not represent our nation’s first experience with corruption and self-dealing, with bigotry and exclusion, with inequality and injustice, with undemocratic behavior or with political violence,”
Buttigieg said during an evening speech to the NAACP branch in Orangeburg that Trump's second term may feel familiar to civil rights activists.
“This is heartbreaking for me. I don't know how I can mentally continue working 12+ hour days knowing that my dad is somewhere, possibly being treated like a criminal,”
Aviles added in his Facebook post that he was struggling with the news of his father's arrest while working long days deployed at sea.
“The backlash in the UK was so intense, it became untenable to go forward. This does not bode well for Meghan’s acting comeback in the UK.”
Tina Brown noted that intense UK backlash made moving forward with Meghan Markle's casting untenable.
“It's a beautiful city, and it's very surreal.”
Josef Newgarden described the surreal experience of racing through Washington DC.
“We have those inmates in mind and we are making sure that we have plans in place in case we may have to evacuate the facility,”
Authorities monitored a county detention facility near the fire's evacuation warning zone.
“It's super unique. You might never see this again, and as an American driver, it's very special celebrating the 250th anniversary of the country,”
Josef Newgarden reflected on the significance of racing through the capital for the nation's 250th birthday.
“On day five my wing mirror got clipped by a passing vehicle and I skidded onto the hard shoulder”
Bob Brown described a collision with a passing vehicle early in his cross-Australia challenge.
“I think probably the gas will go up even more, and all products, from food to, I don’t know, wood, everything else,”
Coulis shared concerns about rising consumer prices resulting from the trade war.
“A depository deal would be a major distraction”
McGratty weighed in on the potential complications if Citigroup were to buy a regional bank.
“The bigger story and the more important one long term is that 8 million barrels of Persian Gulf production is currently shut in and world production is down about 10 million barrels a day,”
Art Berman highlighted the volume of shut-in oil production in the Persian Gulf and globally.
“We were kids navigating something so big, and not everyone had the foundation or the support they deserved,”
PenaVega continued reflecting on the lack of support child stars received.
“Puerto Rico is already being very Americanized,”
Boo raised concerns about Puerto Rico becoming overly Americanized.
“I understand we have many problems in society right now. We are trying to prevent these as much as we can,”
Masoud Pezeshkian acknowledged the difficulties currently facing Iranian society in a televised speech.
“He had had been in an airplane and had a turn because his heart medication wasn't working,”
Dominic explains how his father suffered a medical emergency on a plane.
“Urging educators and families to avoid Target is not an appropriate use of the union’s resources or influence,”
Corey DeAngelis criticized the union's boycott campaign against Target as an inappropriate use of resources.
“I’m hoping they’ll get a good handle on it,”
Ted Melden expressed hope that emergency responders would quickly contain the wildfire.
“Consumers don’t have access to a lab.”
Kristen Knox emphasized that everyday shoppers cannot independently test products in a laboratory.
“It was an intense six weeks, filming in Voe virtually every day. It wasn't glamorous but that's part of the fun.”
John Haswell describes the experience of filming in Shetland.
“We were watching a documentary one afternoon about 30, 40 years ago,”
Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton recalled the moment his mother revealed her connection to British intelligence.
“So, ah, Jay has got to – Clayton – has big shoes to fill. Every day we’re going to be dogging him on, like, where’s the next release on this.”
Steve Bannon discussed pressuring Jay Clayton over intelligence releases.
“As a result of the war it has been climbing, and the higher defence spending that is planned implies it will carry on growing unless we see higher taxes or cuts in civilian spending,”
Michael Ben-Gad explained that Israel's debt will continue to grow without tax hikes or spending cuts.
“And there was a thing called the ‘Cambridge spy ring,’ which were Soviet agents who had infiltrated the British system. And there was a great mystery about who the fifth man was. And up pops the documentary maker saying, ‘Well, it could be Sir Roger Hollis.’”
Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton described watching a documentary about Soviet spies with his family.
“Like my mother, she had an incredibly sharp memory,”
Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton compared the Queen Mother's sharp memory to that of his mother.
“Well, the answer is yes. And she does,”
Tim Scott defended Darline Graham's understanding of national security issues during an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press.
“The enemy had assessed that if Iran falls, it will become Venezuela,”
Masoud Pezeshkian discussed Western assessments of Iran prior to the conflict.
“I was just really happy with the way I was able to kind of handle just a lot that was going on today,”
Jessica Pegula expressed satisfaction with how she managed disruptions during her victory over Iga Swiatek.
“This Administration does not pick and choose which laws to enforce.”
DHS said in a statement Sunday that the administration does not selectively enforce laws.
“She made really good roast potatoes for lunch. And she’d obviously had enough. She got this potato, and she flung it down the dining room table with [my sister] Sarah and me on either side thinking, ‘My goodness, what’s going to happen now?’”
Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton recounted an amusing moment when his mother threw a potato at the dining table.
“She was like everybody’s favorite granny. She had a bolt of steel running down her spine, so nothing fazed her.”
Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton described the strength and character of the Queen Mother.
“If we keep going on this trajectory, I believe that the Democratic party will actually gain back a lot of support,”
Zainab Bibi Ahmed expressed optimism regarding voter turnout in Michigan's primary.
“We expect FIFA to provide binding guarantees that the organisation’s governance or competitions will never again be opened up to private ownership.”
Nordic football associations demanded binding guarantees against opening FIFA governance or tournaments to private ownership.