💬 Quoted: “This is a pivotal moment between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.”

• The first presidential debate of the 2024 election took place last night, with the top two major candidates facing off onstage in an audience-less studio in Atlanta. The 90-minute event featured a heavy dose of policy contrasts, with both candidates attacking each other over the economy, abortion, and immigration. Analysts largely agree that Trump lobbed a fair share of insults and falsehoods and was generally less aggressive than in some previous debates, while Biden at times appeared to lose his train of thought and delivered rambling answers. As the debate played out last night, third-party presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held his own public event in Los Angeles where he gave his own thoughts on the debate issues as they came up.

📊 Flash poll: Did you watch at least some of the debate?

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✈️📈 Stat of the Day: In case you haven’t heard, we’re in the midst of hot travel summer. The TSA on Sunday broke its all-time record for most people screened on a single day, with 2.99 million individuals passing through security checkpoints. Another record-high total is expected today, with the agency projected to screen 3+ million travelers for the first time in US history. Overall, seven of the TSA’s 10 busiest travel days ever have come within the past month (not including today).

• Traveling this weekend without an airport dad? Here are some tips to time your airport arrival amid the crowds.

🤔 Did You Know? The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum was the first in a series of 14 full-length novels about the Land of Oz.

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