Good morning. Former SCOTUS lawyer Tom Goldstein is scheduled to be sentenced today for crimes tied to his side-hustle as a high-stakes poker player. Plus, a federal judge will hear a challenge to President Trump's anti-DEI education grant policy; a coalition of states sued Trump for conditioning disaster funds on election changes; and federal lobbying practices are booming. Snakes are one of evolution’s great mysteries but we might be closer to figuring them out.