“I am very happy that here, you are all welcome.” @Pontifex stands up for press freedom as he makes a historic trip to France, speaking before a packed stadium of young worshippers. Christopher Lamb reports.

Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza blasts NHL star Alex Ovechkin for appearing in a pro-Putin political ad: “I think it is absolutely shameful for somebody to use their sporting fame and their reputation to become a propaganda pawn for a murderous criminal dictatorship.”

Vladimir Kara-Murza, the Russian opposition politician who survived two poisoning attempts suspected to be tied to Moscow, says the DOJ accusing Russian agents of plotting a murder on U.S. soil is a “game changer” and warns “anything can happen.”

Vladmir Kara-Murza, the Putin critic who was freed from a Russian prison after being sentenced 25 years for criticizing the Ukraine war, says it’s “shameful” and “despicable” that Trump has invited Putin to the G20 summit in Miami.

Michigan senate nominee Mike Rogers is out with a brand-new ad calling for an end to Trump’s Iran war. But @KFILE found something looks very familiar.

Rep. Jason Crow, a U.S. Army veteran, says he’s “beyond angry” after the Pentagon quietly announces 37 more Americans were injured amid the Iran war: “They won’t even have the respect for our fallen heroes and our military families to actually tell us how many have been killed, and how many have been wounded.”

MAGA podcasters are turning on Trump, and there’s one Democrat they’re all talking about. The WSJ reporter behind a new analysis of nearly 70,000 hours of podcasts shares what she found.

.@ErinBurnett shares what Iran’s president revealed to her and other journalists in New York about the war and his interactions with the Supreme Leader, who has not been seen by the public in 7 months: “He said he’d had two meetings with the supreme leader... he said the most recent one was about a month ago."

Former Trump WH Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham says she thinks Trump will try to get around the judge’s order on his media ban by creating unprecedented new rules for the press: “Democracy is dying under the Trump Administration. Death by a thousand cuts.”

Constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe speaks out after CNN is denied access to cover the guest arrivals at the WH state dinner: “He would like basically to be not just King Trump, but Emperor Trump… and I don’t think that the American people are having it…”

A CNN investigation finds a Republican candidate in Minnesota once trashed her own state. She denies ever saying it, but @KFILE shares what he found.

Rep. Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, warns the Iran war is “pushing our service members to the brink” after the Navy secretary reveals eight sailors from the Lincoln strike group attempted suicide.

Former Trump WH Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham says she heard Trump tell both Chinese and North Korean officials that they had “the right idea” about the press, describing reporters as “animals.”

Forbes’ Dan Alexander explains why GOP calls to investigate Don Jr. and the Russian oligarch who funded his wedding celebration could ultimately hurt Trump: “It’s hard to investigate Don Junior’s finances without getting into Donald Trump’s finances.”

Juan Proaño, who is supporting the family of the 28-year-old DoorDash driver shot by an ICE agent in Austin, says he doesn’t have faith ICE will investigate the shooting: “We don’t trust DHS to be transparent in this process. We don’t trust them to police their own officers.”

GOP Rep. Don Bacon speaks out against Trump’s “petty” media ban: “Picking a fight with the media is beneath what the White House should be doing.”

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed dismisses backlash over his ties to Hasan Piker, the left-wing streamer and activist who once said America deserved 9/11: Talking “about a dumb comment from a streamer in California… that’s their only strategy.”

Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed reacts to his surprising new defender, Tucker Carlson: “He's not somebody whose endorsement I sought.”