The Senate’s exit strategy: secure Blanche’s confirmation (down to a single vote…), and vote on the SAVE America Act (expected to fail for a sixth time). Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) threw cold water on an easy confirmation for Blanche as Attorney General when she announced that she’d be voting against his appointment, leaving one vote out in the ether that needs to be secured if Republicans hope to see Trump’s pick confirmed. Meanwhile, Majority Leader Thune has teed up the SAVE America Act for another vote to avoid hardline members forcing a vote and delaying recess, and for the sixth time in a row, it’s likely to fail.

A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms in the second phase of a landmark trial, via Politico.

According to the Labor Department’s recent analysis, employers cut over 100,000 jobs last quarter, with most in the education and hospitality sectors.

A bit of good news: 90,000 rubber ducks are floating in the Chicago River to compete in the Chicago Ducky Derby, which has raised close to half a million dollars for Special Olympics Illinois.