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Steak ‘n Shake’s beef tallow fries are served with a side of politics. The fast food chain has transformed itself into the top purveyor of the Make America Healthy Again movement in Trump 2.0. The retro-themed diner pledged to use beef tallow in its fries, tater tots, and onion rings, swore off the use of microwaves, and promised to use cane sugar Coca Cola. In April, it hired Michael Boes, a former senior adviser in the Health and Human Services Department, as chief MAHA officer.

Moderate women have discovered artificial intelligence, but they haven't fallen in love. A new study from Galvanize Action, a nonpartisan group tracking the attitudes of 558 moderate white women, showed 71% had used AI chatbots, but only 19% used them several times daily or more. Compared to a February Pew Research study of all adults’ use of AI, moderate white women are more likely to have used AI but less likely to have used it frequently. Most of them, 91%, use AI to search for information.

WHEN: Polls close at 8 p.m. BIG PICTURE: Progressives’ winning streak in races across the country likely won't come for Gov. Ned Lamont (D) this cycle, though a challenger to his left is putting up a fight. At the same time, another aging House Democrat stares down a younger, more progressive challenger. HOUSE: John Larson is Vulnerable Generational divides are coming to a head in Connecticut. CT-01. The 78-year-old Rep.