We kick off Monday with a 162-year-old bottle of Guinness pulled from an 1864 shipwreck and immediately ask the only question that matters: would anybody actually drink it? Dawn Stensland covers a double shooting outside Temple University Hospital, several other Philadelphia shootings, a congressional probe involving immigration enforcement and military families, the arrest of Derek Reid in the fatal Kelly Drive hit-and-run that killed Temple student Bryce Wolfe, and the rescue of a 13-year-old boy after a seizure in a New Jersey pool. In sports, we get Kyle Schwarber’s two-homer day, Derek Hill’s walk-off winner against Toronto, Chase Utley’s Phillies Wall of Fame ceremony and Lane Johnson saying this is probably his final Eagles season.
Nick Kayal’s Big Take unloads on John Thune and the Senate as lawmakers leave Washington for a 35-day recess without passing the SAVE America Act. We get into voter ID, proof of citizenship, Kamala Harris’ objections, John Fetterman’s criticism of his own party’s border record and Trump’s standing heading toward the midterms. From there, 2028 enters the picture with Marco Rubio topping JD Vance in a conservative straw poll while Trump reportedly tells donors, “we need to elect JD.” We debate Rubio, Vance, AOC, Kamala Harris, Josh Shapiro and the degree to which the Iran war could shape the next presidential race.
Closer to home, we spend a major stretch on Ro Khanna’s proposed Data Center Bill of Rights, the fight over projects in Pennsylvania communities and whether homeowners should face higher utility bills, noise, water demands or falling property values. Harry Mays joins for Mays Monday before the Cut Sheet takes us through AOC’s policing comments, her 2028 possibilities and her decision to freeze her eggs; then we get Tucker Carlson’s Hunter Biden interview tease, a $10 million Yankees lawsuit, a Tesla driver blaming Autopilot for a speeding ticket, Flock cameras and Phoenix speed cameras. Fight Club returns, we follow Isaiah Thomas’ 3,000-mile walk and two Navy veterans’ coast-to-coast ride, dig into jobs and Iran, hit Today in Music History, then close with Dawn’s Big Three: fighter jets near Bedminster, Iran and the Houthis, disputed “Made in USA” shopping claims, a jalapeño recall, heat threatening Parmesan production and a $905 million Powerball jackpot.
