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New Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee chair Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has been privately indicating she's prepared to intervene in contested primaries.

Why it matters: Senate Democrats want to avoid the GOP's Obama-era pain of watching preferred candidates lose primaries to unelectable newcomers.

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• Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) know their ability to claw their way back to the majority starts with candidates who are built for the general election.
• The top target: Getting the right candidates in three of the most competitive races of the 2026 cycle — Maine, North Carolina and now Michigan.

Zoom in: At a private DSCC fundraiser on Wednesday night, Gillibrand told donors that Roy Cooper, the former North Carolina governor, would be a "formidable candidate," according to people familiar with the matter.

• Cooper has yet to decide whether to run, but he's clearly indicated he's considering it and used his farewell address to say, "I am not done."
• A big announcement from Cooper would help offset fears of losing other seats — especially if Gov. Brian Kemp (R-Ga.) decides to challenge Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.).

Democrats were stunned by Sen. Gary Peters' (D-Mich.) surprise announcement he won't seek a third term, opening a primary they thought would be closed.

• Reps. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) and Hillary Scholten (D-Mich.) are both mulling primary bids. Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the current Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist are also taking a look.

The bottom line: In these MAGA times, the NRSC is typically left with whatever candidate President Trump endorses.

• Schumer and Gillibrand don't have that kind of power, but they clearly want to avoid intra-party fights and save their resources for the general election.
• "As always, the DSCC evaluates every primary on a case-by-case basis and doesn't take any options off the table," a DSCC aide said.

• A jet operated by American Airlines collided with a Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, DC.
• Investigators on Thursday said they recovered the black boxes from the passenger jet.
• Black boxes can provide key data from moments before the impact.

Investigators recovered the recording devices, or black boxes, from one of the aircraft involved in Wednesday night's midair crash near the Reagan Washington National Airport.

A spokesperson for the National Transportation Safety Board, which is overseeing the probe into the crash, told Business Insider in an email that the "cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder" from the Bombardier CRJ700 airplane operated by American Airlines was recovered.

"The recorders are at the NTSB labs for evaluation," the spokesperson said.

Blackboxes provide key pieces of data that can help investigators determine what happened before the moment of impact.

The cockpit voice recorder "records radio transmissions and sounds in the cockpit, such as the pilot's voices and engine noises," according to the NTSB. "The other, the Flight Data Recorder (FDR), monitors parameters such as altitude, airspeed and heading."

The collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter occurred in one of the most congested airspaces in the US, BI reported.

Sixty-seven people — including four crew members and 60 passengers aboard the CRJ700 and three Black Hawk crew members — were presumed dead.

For years, aviation experts have warned of the risks of midair collisions amid air traffic controller staffing shortages and an increasingly congested airspace.

This is a developing story, check back for more information.

• I moved closer to my daughter, anticipating the arrival of my grandson.
• When he was 4 months old, I received a call that my daughter had unexpectedly died.
• I put my life on hold to help take care of my grandson.

Anticipating retirement as a single mother, I made a major move to be closer to family. Two kids out of college, both married, with the prospect of grandchildren and the ocean close — a side benefit — I could now indulge in personal pursuits, writing fiction.

After two gut-wrenching days of labor, my daughter Kendra gave us Ewan. Beautiful and healthy, his eyes sparkled with knowing wisdom that defied explanation. Savoring the joy after years of uncertainty, I was ecstatic to learn that my son Erik and my daughter-in-law Laura were expecting their first child six months later.

Then, my daughter died

Living minutes away, Kendra and I were in frequent contact as she adjusted to motherhood with the end of her maternity leave in sight. Surprising me one day with a visit, she held this plump-cheeked, 4-month-old delight, and I noted his flirting.

"I've never seen him do that," she replied.

"Here, I'll hold him so that you can see." Her glow was immediate as he delivered that coy smile, his head slightly tilted, with his thick lashes and watery blue eyes.

The next day, I received a call at work. Driving the highway at 95 miles an hour, screaming, "Hold on, I'll be there," I was too late — by hours. My daughter had died suddenly. The rest is too painful to recount.

I took care of my grandson

Temporarily suspending my job, I focused on Ewan — as I shared the air with my son-in-law Steve, my family, his from Ireland, and their friends, young parents themselves.

Watching my 40-year-old daughter's world being eviscerated, I inhaled the insensitivity. At times an invisible entity, and in shock, I recalled her heartfelt anguish the day before — that I was the only one she trusted to care for Ewan.

Having firsthand knowledge of Ewan's world, I temporarily moved in with Steve to share in his 24x7 care. Shutting out the heartless advice to leave this neophyte young father alone, to get over my grief and move on, I would not abandon my daughter's child.

As a veteran, I also understood the visceral impact of trauma and what Kendra wanted for her child.

Like all sleep-deprived new mothers, I managed the daily routine so that Steve could return to work. Following sprints to day care, diaper bag in tow, I'd head to my job with spit-up on my shoulder, then rejoin the commuting tangle to make the 4:30 p.m. pickup. Our evenings were spent together until Ewan fell asleep, and I would return home alone to a space now outfitted with the requisite baby paraphernalia.

A bright spark ignited our landscape when my granddaughter Matilda and her brother William were born, uplifting our spirits with their precocious charm. From this growing family, new traditions emerged with the weekly Burger Night as we guided Steve back to living.

As reluctant partners, taking our cues from the parents' poorly crafted playbook, we, over time, adjusted to Ewan's growing demands, from newborn challenges to toddler exploration. The criticism is still in play, with retirement a necessity.

I went back to writing

Following my son's suggestion, I returned to my writing. Lost in my characters' despair and the elation of hard-won victory over injustice, I embedded the life I had wished for myself in their narrative.

With Steve's remarriage and two energetic babies, my care of Ewan gradually shifted to weekends and daily day care runs. While balancing grandkid sleepovers, picky eaters, cooking lessons, new holiday traditions, and special Grammy days with Matilda and William. Despite the imbalance, with time and maturity, they understood that my relationship with Ewan would need to be different.

After a recent local move, I am pleased that Ewan, now a thriving 13-year-old, still comes every weekend by choice. His future is secure, and his cousins are his best pals. He has blossomed with the loving support of family.

As I sit on the cusp of new dreams — postponed for 13 years — I know that life's trajectory is not ours to control, despite all we crave, as impermanent as icicles.

While nothing can erase the pain of a child's passing, my future now includes the warm touch of unconditional love and a new definition of retirement — come what may.

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• My daughter is entering high school, and I got her a "dumb phone" with no access to social media.
• I can't ignore the studies that say social media is harmful to teens.
• She can try to change my mind, but I doubt I'll budge.

I spent over a decade working in education. After the pandemic, I saw a distinct change in the screentime habits of my middle school students, and that's when I knew I needed to make a different decision for my daughter.

My daughter is finishing up middle school and about to enter high school this year.

I decided my teenager would have a "dumb phone" that's limited to calling, texting, and photo-taking capabilities. The phone will never have social media, internet browsing, email, news, or ads. The goal is to have my teenager go through most of high school with a dumb phone.

Of course, my daughter isn't happy about it, but I am certain I'm making the right decision.

I can't ignore the studies that show social media is harmful to teens

To say my teenager is less than thrilled to be getting a dumb phone for high school would be the understatement of the century. It's not just my teenager; other parents are typically taken aback as well.

However, I don't think there is a one-size-fits-all plan for technology that works for teens and social media.

I can't simply ignore the facts. According to a 2024 Pew Research study, 95% of teenagers at least have access to a smartphone, putting our decision to give our teenager a dumb phone into a much smaller subset — and making us wildly unpopular parents. The study also found that these teens are on social media apps "almost constantly."

Smartphones bombard teenagers with constant notifications, curated images, and overwhelming amounts of information — all of which can contribute to increased anxiety, depression, and isolation.

The social and physical comparisons on social media are unrelenting and incredibly harmful, especially for teenage girls. Teenagers are especially susceptible to visual comparison and perfectionism, and social media platforms give much more life to these ideas than I could ever counter as a parent. I cannot compete with that, so I am not going to spend my energy trying to do so.

I am worried my daughter will feel left out

Our daughter has played competitive sports for several years, which involve travel and significant time at practice and games. I connect with her through an Apple Watch, which gives me a way to communicate while keeping track of her safely and allowing autonomy. However, it doesn't give her the ability to communicate with her friends or teammates.

If you ask her what bothers her the most about having an internet-less phone, the top complaints are that she won't have the internet to look information up and that she won't be able to download games. Luckily, being on social media holds no value for her as a middle schooler heading into high school, but she's a teen, and that could change tomorrow.

I'm sure she'll struggle to communicate with friends outside school, but she can still make phone calls. She will also have a laptop for high school.

I'm open to changing my decision, but I doubt I'll budge

I told my daughter that if she can find three studies demonstrating the benefits of smartphones and social media, I will renegotiate my stance. The empirical evidence is not in her favor.

When she's an adult — and there is far more research and data — I'm more than willing to admit I was wrong if studies show that social media and smartphones weren't the problem.

I just don't think that will happen.

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