The median American says they'd need a $30,000 salary bump to feel happy and less stressed, according to a recent survey from the financial services company Empower.

• Why it matters: The country's mood has been pretty low lately. But you know what might make people happier? More money, Axios' Emily Peck writes.

What's happening: When asked if money can buy happiness, 59% of respondents said "yes."

• The share was highest among millennials (72%) and lowest among the silent generation (46%).

🔎 Zoom in: Respondents were asked what salary they would need to feel happy and less stressed.

• Those earning more than $200,000 a year needed a salary of $350,000.
• People at the bottom of the income scale said $33,250 a year would do the trick.

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Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) was expelled from the House today in a bipartisan vote over his many fabrications on the 2022 campaign trail and two federal indictments, Axios' Andrew Solender and Ivana Saric write.

• Why it matters: The vote makes Santos just the third lawmaker — and first Republican — to be expelled from the House since the Civil War.

The resolution, which required a two-thirds majority, passed with 311 votes to expel, including 105 Republicans.

• Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who managed the public spectacle surrounding Santos during his nine months with the gavel, didn't vote. [Corrects that McCarthy didn't vote to expel.]

The backdrop: A New York Times report last December revealed that Santos had lied about key elements of his résumé as a candidate.

• Further media reports and indictments have revealed shady campaign and personal finances, past debts and legal troubles.

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Sandra Day O'Connor — the trailblazing daughter of an Arizona rancher who became the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court — died today at 93, Axios' Jacob Knutson writes.

• Her vote was often among the majority in 5-4 decisions, leading her to earn the reputation of being a "swing vote" even though she disdained the label.

She died in Phoenix of complications from advanced dementia — probably Alzheimer's disease, the court said.

• Chief Justice John Roberts said that O'Connor "blazed an historic trail" and "met that challenge with undaunted determination, indisputable ability, and engaging candor."

Zoom in: President Reagan nominated O'Connor in 1981, fulfilling a campaign pledge to name a woman to the high court.

• Her opinions helped define the Americans with Disabilities Act, laws influencing freedom of speech, the application of capital punishment and the executive branch's authority over enemy combatants.

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Hope your weekend... is like this!

• Wide receiver KaVontae Turpin celebrates with a backflip during the Dallas Cowboys' thrilling Thursday night win over the Seattle Seahawks.

🏟️ They've now won 14 straight games at home.