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An 18% City Council pay hike is a middle finger to NYC voters

The hikes would push members’ pay to $175,500, upper middle-class income territory and more than twice the city’s median income ($81,228), so the move shows complete contempt for city...

Bipartisan Call for Federal Oversight over Hospice Assisted Suicides

For too long, assisted suicide has been viewed by the public with little skepticism...

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—July 14

1983—In a separate concurring opinion (in State v. Hunt), Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey of the...

The Senate Doesn’t Need a Change in Rules. It Needs a Change in Behavior

How can senators make every day count? They must talk to each other about...

Inflation fell in June after short-lived Iran deal brought energy prices down

Inflation fell in June after a deal between the U.S. and Iran, which has since fallen apart, brought a temporary decline in energy prices. The consumer price index (CPI) fell 0.4 percent in June, according to data released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which said it was the largest single-month price drop since...

The foods most likely to carry diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora (and which are safe)

If you're unlucky enough to ingest a contaminated food, you may get stuck with weeks of watery diarrhea as well as "frequent and sometimes explosive bowel movements," according to the CDC.

How to hold Trump accountable: Sue, baby, sue

A civil remedy would provide a measure of justice. 

GOP losing trust on affordability, says Americans for Prosperity

Americans for Prosperity Action is warning that Republicans risk losing not just the House, but the Senate if they don’t regain voters’ trust on affordability issues. The group suggested the issue is so critical that focusing on anything else, including President Trump’s beloved SAVE America Act, should be avoided on the campaign trail. “If candidates are out there talking...

Investing in Trump securities involves the risk of (huge) loss

President Trump and his family have made $2.2 billion from financial schemes since entering the White House, while investors have lost millions of dollars, with some even suing for fraud and breach of contract.

US, Iran trade strikes after Trump blockade threat

The U.S. and Iranian militaries exchanged fire early Tuesday following fresh threats from President Trump to take over the Strait of Hormuz. The president said Monday that the U.S military would reimpose its naval blockade in the channel and begin charging a 20 percent toll on vessels transiting the strait “immediately.” This critical trading passage,...

Dependence day: As of July 4, abortion businesses are getting your tax dollars again

Republicans will pay a political price if they fail to move a reconciliation 3.0 bill.

Trump back at Day 1 as Iran war rages again

In today's issue: ▪ Trump says war is resuming ▪ Graham’s sister to fill vacant seat ▪ Another ICE shooting ▪ Daylight saving time debate President Trump has formally reset the clock on his war against Iran, resuming daily strikes and a naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz less than a month after signing a deal meant...

Tariffs pull, USMCA pushes: Toyota to Texas  

A robust domestic auto industry with resilient supply chains enhances both national security and economic pros

Trump loses go-to Senate power broker with Graham’s death

The sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) marks a major loss for President Trump on Capitol Hill as he seeks to push his legislative agenda through Congress ahead of November’s midterm elections. Graham was a key go-between for Trump and the Senate — possessing deep institutional knowledge of the upper chamber, holding sway with...

New York imposes first-in-the-nation statewide freeze on ‘hyperscale’ data centers

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) is imposing the nation’s first-ever statewide freeze on new “hyperscale” data centers. Hochul is pausing state-level environmental permits for “up to” a year to give the state time to put together a framework to protect the environment, the energy grid and New Yorkers’ electric bills, her office said. Hochul...

DHS: ICE officer shot man in Maine after ‘fearing for public safety’

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Monday the federal immigration officer who fatally shot a man in Maine did so out of fear for “public safety.” The department wrote on X that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers were conducting “targeted surveillance on the last known address” of an undocumented migrant in Biddeford, Maine,...

UAE says Iran hit two of its tankers, killing one crew member

The defense ministry of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said Monday Iranian forces targeted a pair of its tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, killing one crew member. The UAE Ministry of Defence wrote on social platform X Iranian cruise missiles hit the country’s Mombasa and Al Bahiyah tankers, which were transiting the southern lane...

Esper: Trump reimposing naval blockade on Iran ‘the right move’

Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday that President Trump made the “right move” in resuming the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports.  “I agree with the president, I think it’s the right move to reinstate the blockade,” Esper, who ran the Pentagon during Trump’s first term, said on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront.” Earlier Monday,...

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