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Exodus from NYC spells trouble for Mamdani’s spending-hike agenda

A new watchdog report points to a peril Mayor Zohran Mamdani refuses to see: New York City can't actually afford to bleed its golden geese even more just to...

Stop City Hall funding day-labor racket drawing ICE to Home Depot

A manufactured crisis plays out daily in the parking lots of LA's Home Depot...

Alabama, Tennessee GOP governors call special sessions after Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act decision

Republican governors in two southern states are calling state lawmakers back for special sessions next week to consider new congressional maps following a landmark Supreme Court decision that narrowed the scope of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Alabama lawmakers are set to convene in Montgomery starting Monday to discuss potentially moving the state’s May 19...

Pentagon says US naval blockade has cost Iran $4.8 billion 

The Defense Department has estimated that the U.S. naval blockade has cost Iran about $4.8 billion in oil revenue, a Pentagon official familiar with the assessment told The Hill late Friday.  The blockade, which was instituted more than two weeks ago, is one of the actions President Trump has used to inflict pressure on Iran...

GOP Sen. Young: Trump should work with Congress on any future Iran strikes

Sen. Todd Young (R-Indiana) said on Friday that the Trump administration would need to seek congressional approval before renewing military action against Iran, after officials asserted the 60-day war powers clock stopped running when the ceasefire took effect. “The purpose of the War Powers Act was to assert the constitutional responsibility of Congress to declare...

House Democrat: Russia is ‘real winner’ of Strait of Hormuz blockade by US

Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) on Tuesday said Russia is the "real winner" of the U.S. blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, where a holdup of oil exports has contributed to increased prices across the globe. Crow questioned the blockade's endgame given that Iran "was already blockading the Straits of Hormuz," he told CNN's Kate Bolduan....

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette sold to nonprofit, no longer planning to shut down

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was sold to a nonprofit publishing group on Tuesday and will no longer shut down next month. Block Communications Inc., the Post-Gazette’s parent company, sold the paper to the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism. The institute is financed by hotel magnate and former Maryland state Sen. Stewart W. Bainum Jr. (D). Bainum...

Swalwell out, new poll could alter April 22 California gubernatorial debate lineup

The field for the upcoming Inside California Politics gubernatorial debate is likely to shift following the sudden exit of Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), who dropped out of the race over the weekend amid allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct. On Monday, Swalwell announced he would also resign from Congress. Because the lawmaker led all candidates, regardless...

GOP senator: Trump’s proposal to impose US tolls on ships in Strait of Hormuz would be ‘crazy’

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Tuesday said it would be “crazy” for the Trump administration to impose tolls on ships carrying oil, natural gas and other commodities through the Strait of Hormuz, something that President Trump recently contemplated. Trump told reporters last week that he would like the United States to impose tolls on ship...

Trump’s mental acuity in question amid pattern of erratic behavior 

Each moment on its own … maybe you brush it off. But together, people are asking: what exactly are we watching?  

Monster typhoon bears down on US-controlled islands

A dangerous typhoon bore down on two U.S. territories in the western Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, bringing strong winds and life-threatening flooding. Typhoon Sinlaku was downgraded from a super typhoon early Wednesday local time as it battered the Northern Mariana Islands, according to the latest advisory from the National Weather Service (NWS) in Guam. ...

Zohran Mamdani, leftists fight Waymo, progress, and the future 

Make no mistake, an anti-tech wave is coming.

Trump extends feud with United Kingdom, Starmer with jab at drilling for North Sea oil

President Trump on Tuesday slammed the United Kingdom, which has frustrated the president by not backing the Iran war, over not drilling for oil in the North Sea.  “Europe is desperate for Energy, and yet the United Kingdom refuses to open North Sea Oil, one of the greatest fields in the World,” Trump wrote on...

A lawsuit against a Black Lives Matter activist could chill all of our speech

McKesson’s case poses high stakes for freedom of speech.

Iran war could plunge more than 30 million into poverty, UN warns

The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran could push more than 30 million people around the world into poverty, according to new projections by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The findings, released Tuesday via a 27-page brief, found that as many as 32.5 million people may fall into poverty due to a shock of energy affordability...

Hegseth-linked pastor knocks Trump over AI Jesus image: ‘He has to do better’

A pastor linked to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth criticized President Trump over an artificial intelligence (AI) image appearing to depict him as Jesus Christ, which the president said was an image of himself as a doctor healing people. “I am glad he deleted it, and glad that he rejected the idea of portraying himself as...

Swalwell accusers respond to resignation in televised interview

Two women who accused Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) of sexual misconduct said in an interview with CBS News released on Tuesday that they feel "vindicated" that he will resign from Congress and that he has suspended his California gubernatorial bid. Ally Sammarco, who shared her story with CNN, which included detailed accusations toward Swalwell, said...

Pelosi says Trump’s pope outburst, Jesus post worthy ‘of a diagnosis’

House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said “you’d have to ask a psychiatrist” about President Trump’s recent clash with Pope Leo XIV over the war in Iran. “It isn’t even worthy of a conversation; it’s really worthy of a diagnosis,” Pelosi said during an event at George Washington University on Monday. Trump accused the pontiff...

Novo Nordisk partners with OpenAI in weight loss drug race

Novo Nordisk, the maker of popular weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, is partnering with OpenAI to deploy the technology across its operations as it looks to keep pace with rapid expansion in the obesity drug market. The Danish company announced in a statement on Tuesday that it would use AI to analyze complex datasets, identify promising drug candidates...

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