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Flailing ACS reveals the fatal flaw that endangers NYC kids — in its want ads

At the Administration for Children's Services, life-or-death decisions about kids' safety are being made by folks who are just not very good at assessing risk.

There’s little brilliant about Netflix’s ‘My Brilliant Career’

Can one spoil a TV series based on a 125-year-old novel? I won’t, but let the record show that I badly want to. Netflix’s My Brilliant Career, a six-part adaptation of the book by Australia’s Miles Franklin, seems so obviously to be doing one thing that its reversal is a gut punch. I watched the […]

Closing the tourist visa loophole

Lying to the government should not be any immigrant‘s method of entry into the United States, which is why the Trump administration’s proposed plan to revoke the tourist and business visas of approximately 200,000 asylum applicants is important and the right thing to do. “We are coordinating with DHS to identify and revoke the nonimmigrant […]

Gen Z regrets Trump support and is midterm motivated

Thirty-one percent of Generation Z-ers who voted for President Trump say they regret it, a recent Navigator poll reports. Millennials followed at 28 percent, with 20 percent of Gen Xers and 10 percent of Baby Boomers saying they regret backing Trump, too. It’s another sign of the dismal polling Trump and the GOP are facing as Republican lawmakers...

Democratic hopefuls flock to Michigan – and El-Sayed

When Pete Buttigieg appeared at a rally in Michigan earlier this month in an attempt to unify the Democratic Party around Abdul El-Sayed's Senate campaign, the former transportation secretary wasn't just lending a hand to the candidate. Buttigieg, one of many Democrats circling the 2028 presidential contest, might also have been helping himself. Michigan, which...

South Carolina GOP Senate runoff puts Trump’s influence to the test

Join The Hill's Amie Parnes and Caroline Vakil for a live discussion of tonight’s GOP faceoff in the South Carolina Senate runoff between Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.), who is backed by President Trump, and Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.). The hosts will also talk about some takeaways from Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed's Monday night...

Billionaire investor: US Treasury buybacks hurt credibility

Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller on Monday criticized the Treasury Department’s buyback expansion plan, arguing it represents an artificial attempt to interfere in the bond market.  In a Wall Street Journal opinion piece, Druckenmiller noted bond yields dipped after the Treasury unveiled the plan on Wednesday but rose back to their previous levels the next day....

Location isn’t everything: The science of flexible work

Researchers studying nearly 165,000 employees across more than 73,000 U.S. firms found that the satisfaction advantage linked to remote work largely faded after accounting for workplace culture, trust in management, communication, professional development and compensation.

Trump: French language not a factor in Canada trade talks

President Trump said on Tuesday that Canada’s French language requirements are not a factor in the escalating trade tensions between Washington and Ottawa, contradicting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.  “I would never interfere with Canadians speaking French! In fact, I have never even thought of doing such a stupid thing," Trump wrote on Truth Social....

A MAGA plot to keep power in Congress if they lose the election?

He will scare them away from the polls by posting federal agents at their voting places or discouraging them by disparaging mail-in ballots.

Trump eyes changing Lake Ontario name amid trade war with Canada

President Trump said Tuesday that his administration is considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, amid the trade war between the U.S. and Canada. “The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to doing much business with Ontario...

Canada expected to announce retaliatory tariffs on Tuesday 

Canada is expected to unveil retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. on Tuesday, following President Trump’s new threats to escalate the trade war between the two countries. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced “dollar for dollar” retaliation after the Trump administration’s 50 percent tariffs on over $20 billion worth of Canadian goods went into effect on Saturday....

The Movement: MAHA and anti-abortion groups split on FDA nominee

Anti-abortion groups and other conservatives largely applauded the White House announcement that President Trump would nominate health policy aide Dr. Heidi Overton for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner, viewing her as their champion for, among other things, bringing an end to medication abortion. But others in the conservative world were less thrilled. Overton is not...

‘Medicare for All’ means Medicare for none

Merrill Matthews argues that Sen. Bernie Sanders' "Medicare for All" proposal deceptively seeks to replace the highly-rated existing Medicare program with a centralized, government-run system modeled after the United Kingdom's less efficient National Health Service.

Bakery owner addresses encounter with Bovino

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Manolo Bentancur is talking about the conversation he had with the former commander of U.S. Border Patrol, Greg Bovino, when Bentancur saw Bovino at his popular east Charlotte bakery Sunday afternoon. "He said, 'Well, I can be wherever I want; it's free," said Bentancur. "I said, 'This is private...

The victory lap on Trump’s nuclear campus plan is premature

Before anyone declares the gridlock is broken, the plan should clear five tests.

USS Abraham Lincoln headed for port in Thailand after 250 days at sea

Sailors and crew members on the USS Abraham Lincoln, which recently departed the Middle East after it was stationed in the region as part of the U.S. conflict with Iran, have a port call scheduled after 250 days at sea, USA Today reported Monday, citing family members. Texts to the outlet said the Lincoln planned...

El-Sayed spars with Jesse Watters on Fox News on immigration, Iran war: ‘Let me just answer the question’

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D) on Monday clashed with Fox News host Jesse Watters on a slew of topics, including immigration enforcement and the Iran war, along with culture war topics, prompting the host twice to let him "just answer the question." The interview on "Jesse Watters Primetime" kicked off by talking about immigration...

Jeffries responds to Kushner meeting backlash: ‘No one from the Trump Cartel is getting a pass’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday said that “no one from the Trump Cartel is getting a pass,” in a post on the social media platform X. The video comes after he faced backlash for meeting with Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law. The New York Times reported on Sunday that the two met...

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