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👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! George Santos is in hot water again — this time for insider trading. The former Republican congressman just became the first person to receive a lifetime ban from the prediction market platform Kalshi. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump built a career demanding answers. Nolan Wells’ death during a July Fourth outing in Mississippi has put his mission — and methods — back under a microscope. ➕ Lindsay Clancy trial: What the jury is weighing ➕ Tupac’s murder trial: Jury begins deliberations President Donald Trump keeps trying to preemptively blame congressional Republicans if they lose big in the 2026 midterms. CNN’s Aaron Blake says he’s making an argument that’s flat-out wrong. 🏗️ Just in: Supreme Court allows Trump to continue building White House ballroom 🗳️ Sign up: Introducing CNN’s 20/26 Vision midterms newsletter New and startling research revealed that as many as one in four NFL players could end up with CTE. Maura Horton explains what it’s like to live with — and lose — a loved one to the degenerative disease. Deep in a swampy forest lives a species