Today's five.

Canada just slapped $20 billion in retaliatory tariffs on American goods, and the question everyone's watching isn't really about trade — it's whether a mid-sized ally can stare Trump down and walk away intact. Prime Minister Carney has framed this as a sovereignty issue, which has done wonders for his public support. Over the weekend, Trump posted an AI cartoon of himself hitting Carney with a hockey stick. NPR focused on the geopolitical stakes for other U.S. allies; regional outlets led with the tariff mechanics. A Canadian historian put it plainly: Trump wants to make an example of Canada to terrify everyone else.

LIV Golf has filed for bankruptcy with somewhere between $500 million and $1 billion in debt, which is a remarkable number for a league that never figured out how to make anyone watch it on television. The Saudi Public Investment Fund pulled its funding earlier this year; now players like Jon Rahm ($7.5 million owed) and Bryson DeChambeau are unsecured creditors deciding whether to wait for a restructured LIV or sue. BBC led with the $45 million owed to players. The Guardian led with the $500 million to $1 billion in total liabilities. CEO Scott O'Neil is already calling it "LIV Golf 2.0." The rebrand is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

Some Republicans are calling it "Trump-a-Palooza," which is either great branding or a warning label depending on who you ask. The Republican National Committee is holding its first-ever midterm election convention in Dallas — two days, Trump headlining, lots of "socialist" rhetoric, and a fundraising operation designed to widen an already significant cash advantage. The New York Post led with the internal nerves about backlash; RealClearPolitics led with the historic upside. The party is essentially betting it can overcome the one thing that kills every first-term president's party in midterms: nobody shows up. Football season starts this week, so good luck with that.

Five people died at Miami International Airport because a cargo jet clipped a cleaning company van on the runway — not a collision with another plane, not a systems failure, just catastrophic timing. The victims were workers, not passengers. The NTSB's black box data shows the pilots tried to abort the landing seconds before impact — gear already touching down, decision already too late. Two runways remain closed. Five others, including both pilots, were hospitalized. The Guardian led with the aborted landing; NewsNation led with the victims' identities. The investigation is early, but the sequence is already clear enough to be haunting.

National GOP elevates Mike Beltran as he takes on Rep. Kathy Castor.