Musk threatens to sue Anti-Defamation League for defamation

BIG 3 LABOR SHOWDOWN LOOMS The demands that a more combative United Auto Workers union has pressed on General Motors, Stellantis and Ford — demands that even the UAW’s own president calls “audacious” — are edging it closer to a strike when its contract ends next week. A potential strike could send already-inflated vehicle prices even higher. [AP]

BIDEN BASHES 'REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER' FOR NOT BUILDING 'A DAMN THING' Biden slammed former President Donald Trump for not building “a damn thing” during his time in office. "Under my predecessor, infrastructure week became a punchline," Biden said. "On my watch, infrastructure has been a decade, and it’s a headline." [HuffPost]

BURNING MAN REVELERS BEGIN EXODUS Muddy roads that left tens of thousands of partygoers stranded for days at the Burning Man festival had dried up enough by Monday afternoon to allow them to leave the northern Nevada desert. Organizers continued to ask revelers to delay their departure to Tuesday to ease traffic. [AP]

GOP STRATEGIST SPOTS 'CRACK IN THE ARMOR' THAT TRUMP RIVALS CAN EXPLOIT A longtime Republican strategist suggested Trump could potentially lose ground in the race to become the GOP’s 2024 presidential candidate in the early voting states, including New Hampshire, where independents are the biggest voting population and can vote in the GOP primary. “That’s where a difference can be made," she said. [HuffPost]