What happened
Stephen Bannon, a longtime ally and former adviser to Donald Trump, reported to federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut, on Monday, to serve a four month sentence for contempt of Congress. He was convicted in 2022 for ignoring a House subpoena.

Who said what
"I'm proud of going to prison today," Bannon told reporters before surrendering to authorities. The low-security Danbury facility mostly houses "white-collar criminals, though it can also include some violent offenders and sex offenders," CNN said.

Although the MAGA influencer will spend the remainder of the presidential campaign behind bars, jail will "multiply" his voice "by ten thousand," said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who joined Bannon outside the prison, surrounded by both supporters and hecklers.

What next?
Bannon will stand trial later this year on unrelated charges for allegedly "misusing money he had helped raise for a group backing the former president's attempt to build a wall on the southern border," The New York Times said.

What happened
José Raúl Mulino was sworn in as Panama's president on Monday and immediately pledged to halt northward migration through the Darien Gap connecting Panama to Colombia. A record 520,000 migrants took the dangerous jungle route toward the U.S. in 2023 and another 190,000 have already followed this year. Most of the migrants are from Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia and China.

Who said what
"I won't allow Panama to be an open path for thousands of people who enter our country illegally, supported by an international organization related to drug trafficking and human trafficking," Mulino said. "I understand that there are deep-rooted reasons for migration, but each country has to resolve its problems."

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas attended Mulino's inauguration and signed a memorandum of understanding committing the U.S. to "cover" the costs of repatriating migrants caught trying to cross through the Darien.

What next?
This "massive shift" in Panamanian policy, after the previous administration helped migrants quickly move north into Costa Rica, could "potentially reduce the number" that reach the U.S. border, The Associated Press said. "But it could also force migrants to riskier paths and be a boon for smugglers."