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NYCHA’s $465,000-a-year plumber is just a taste of its massive dysfunction

Want to make banker money without stepping foot on Wall Street? Try plumbing for the New York City Housing Authority.

RIP Lindsey Graham, the Senate’s happiest warrior

The Senate lost an accomplished legislator with the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and the nation lost a happy warrior. Whether the issue was national security or criminal justice reform, Graham was not only a principled advocate for his beliefs and constituents, but also a gifted deal-maker who knew how and when to reach […]

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...

Trump’s fiercest GOP critic became his most influential voice on war and peace

Lindsey Graham spent a decade transforming a bitter rivalry with Trump into one of Washington's most consequential foreign policy partnerships.

GOP leaders race to end conservative revolt as House floor stays at a standstill

House GOP leaders face a pivotal test as they try to end a conservative revolt that has paralyzed the House floor for nearly a month.

FOR INSIDERS | These 7 Democrats lead the pack: Ranking the White House contenders

The Democratic presidential primary is shaping up to be one of the most wide-open contests in decades, with no clear front-runner in sight. Still, several Democrats are already separating themselves from the pack, according to strategists, donors and other operatives within the party who spoke to The Hill. Here are our rankings on the race...

FOR INSIDERS | House GOP’s packed to-do list faces ticking clock

House Republicans are staring down a tight legislative calendar after an intraparty revolt forced Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to send lawmakers home early last week for the second time in a row, squeezing an already limited window for the party to advance an ambitious agenda amid a high-stakes election year. Lawmakers departed for the July...

NCAA president says it would be a ‘mistake’ to ‘walk away’ from Protect College Sports Act

Charlie Baker, the president of the NCAA, said the Protect College Sports Act effectively “deals with” many of the issues facing his industry. “What we're really trying to achieve is some sort of national framework so that you can have national championships and national competitions, in which, for all intents and purposes, everybody's playing by...

Kentucky, Rhode Island towns highlight July 4 celebrations without ‘political conversations’

Millions of Americans celebrated the country’s 250th birthday on Saturday, with cities large and small coming together to mark the occasion in their own ways. That includes Somerset, Ky., and Bristol, R.I., where fewer than 35,000 people combined lived as of the 2020 U.S. Census.  Alan Keck (R), the mayor of Somerset, said on NewsNation’s...

Trump to host opening bell ceremony Monday to celebrate Trump Accounts

President Trump will host officials from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq in the Oval Office on Monday, to mark his administration’s launch of new investment accounts for children. The Treasury Department launched the “Trump Accounts” on July 4, allowing the accounts to receive contributions. An app for parents to fund their child’s...

White House brands Smithsonian’s American history museum leaders as ‘extreme’ activists

A new report from the White House Domestic Policy Council labels leaders at the Smithsonian Institution as “extreme” activists attempting to impose their own ideology on how American history is presented. The 162-page report, released on July 4, alleges the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NAMH) “fails in the basic task of illuminating” U.S....

Trump to huddle with Zelensky, Syrian leader at NATO Summit

President Trump will meet Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, during his trip to Turkey for the annual NATO summit. The president leaves for Ankara on Monday evening for the two-day summit, according to a senior White House official. Trump will participate in bilateral meetings with the two leaders, followed...

Florida Republican: Trump should seek to ‘normalize’ longtime US immigrants

Florida Rep. Carlos Giménez (R) on Sunday said President Trump should seek to “normalize” longtime U.S. immigrants as his administration grapples with the fallout of mass deportation efforts. “I don't think anybody wants criminals to be here. I don't think anybody wants gang members to be here. I think that people with active deportation orders,...

Trump restrictions on private AI models turns attention to open source

The Trump administration’s latest restrictions on private AI model releases is ramping up the push for open-source alternatives. Under President Trump, the federal government has restricted the release of private AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI, wielding a kill-switch over models that are controlled by one company and based on private, proprietary data. Supporters of...

McMorrow suspends campaign for Michigan Senate seat

Michigan Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow (D) suspended her campaign on Sunday, amid low polling numbers in the race. “Today, I’m announcing that I am suspending my campaign for United States Senate. And I’m doing it with a deep, deep sense of gratitude,” McMorrow said in a video she posted to social platform X.  McMorrow, the...

Trump hails FIFA’s red card reversal for Team USA’s Balogun in World Cup

President Trump on Sunday hailed FIFA’s decision to reverse a red card handed to Team USA’s Folarin Balogun during the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. The red card would have marked a one-game suspension for the USA’s 25-year-old star athlete, leaving him absent from Monday's match against Belgium.  “Thank you to FIFA for doing what...

Wes Moore: There is ‘something fundamentally wrong’ with Trump making $1B in crypto money

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) on Sunday said there “is something wrong” with President Trump making $1 billion in cryptocurrency. “I do have an issue with some of the ways that we’ve now seen how we deal with cryptocurrency,” Moore said on “Fox News Sunday” with host Shannon Bream. “The President of the United States has...

It’s not ‘just’ to erase someone’s home equity

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that property owners are not entitled to fair market value when the government seizes and sells their home to satisfy a debt, but the process must be fair, and the Pung family's case was sent back to a lower court to decide whether the auction of their home satisfied that standard.

Wes Moore distances from democratic socialist ideas: ‘I do not prescribe to an ideology’

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) distanced himself from some of the ideas previously promoted by democratic socialist candidates, saying he does not "prescribe to an ideology." Fox News's Shannon Bream listed various ideas advocated by democratic socialists who have notched electoral wins in recent primaries. Some have, in the past, expressed abolishing prisons and opening...

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