I'm Andrew Ross Sorkin, co-host of Squatbox along with Joe Kernan and Becky Quick, and this is

five things to know before today's opening bell. A source telling CNBC two federal investigations into

online prediction betting site, Polly Market, have been closed with no charges filed against the

company, the Justice Department, and CFTC, had been investigating the Polly Market was accepting bets from people in the United States.

Meanwhile, Republicans narrowly voting to advance a package of spending cuts proposed by President Trump,

the procedural vote on that roughly $9 billion package passed the Senate,

51 to 50, with Vice President J.D. Vance breaking that tie. The measure seeks to

claw back previously approved funding for foreign aid and the corporation for public broadcasting,

which funds PBS and NPR. And Elon Musk's company, SpaceX, planning an insider share sale

that would value the company at roughly $400 billion. That's according to

a Bloomberg report. And Tesla's top sales executive in North America has left the company. The

Wall Street Journal reporting that Troy Jones, the company's vice president of sales, services,

delivery in the region, departing the company. This after 15 years, he's the latest in a string of

top executives to leave the company since April.

And finally, a robot taking center stage in last night's Major League Baseball All-Star game,

the ABS automated ball strike system coming into play in the first inning.

When catcher Cal Rale used it to challenge a call, he was right, and it led to a strikeout.

CNBC's Alex Sherman reported yesterday, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, supporting that new

technology, and it may be ready for every game next year.

I'm all in favor of it. Instant replay, right?

Instant replay. But then what was the thing that happened to Wimbledon this year, where this AI system totally missed the call? And then they didn't have a replay. And what was it who

lost the point? And like lost the whole match because it was crazy.

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