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Social media erupts after Mamdani’s far-left supporters turn on him over homeless shelter: ‘Oops’

East Village voters who backed Mayor Zohran Mamdani by a 40-point margin are now suing to stop a homeless shelter plan, drawing conservative criticism online.

Virginia’s map war lays bare state’s sharp partisan turn as legal fight looms

Virginia's redistricting fight heads to the state Supreme Court after a county judge blocked certification of a narrowly approved ballot measure.

Trump is sending a dangerously wrong message on weed

President Donald Trump made a grave mistake in softening the federal stance on marijuana...

Defense Department scientist’s accidental death raises questions as probe into missing scientists grows

A government chemist who researched Novichok nerve agents died in a 2022 incident ruled accidental, but colleagues and family say it doesn't add up.

The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their...

Verdicts against Meta, YouTube spur new momentum for kids online safety push

Back-to-back verdicts against Meta and Google’s YouTube sent a warning shot to Big Tech this week, marking the first time juries found the social media platforms liable for their impact on kids and teens online.  As Congress remains at a stalemate over how to regulate platforms and protect children online, legal and technology experts say...

Americans ‘paying’ for Iran war with higher costs: Senate Democrat

Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) said Sunday that the American people are paying the price of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran on multiple fronts. “There's a reason why Donald Trump is not coming before the American people for approval for this war,” Kim told host Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “It's because he...

America’s shifting baselines are a threat to democracy and governance

Generation after generation, the baseline for what's healthy and acceptable continually erodes. 

Kim calls on House to pass Senate-backed TSA funding bill

Democratic Sen. Andy Kim (N.J.) said Sunday that if the Senate-backed bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reached the House floor, it would pass. “What we know is that we have a bill that passed the Senate unanimously, a bipartisan piece of legislation that sits over at the House of Representatives. If...

Lankford: ‘We should never get to a moment we’re not paying federal workers’

Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) on Sunday pushed for federal workers to be paid following recent tensions over funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Congress. “We, by the way, I've got a bill that ends government shutdowns forever. You and I have talked about it before, this is a bipartisan bill, I believe...

Newest Buc-ee’s to open soon: Where are other locations planned?

Five Buc-ee's locations are expected to open this year, with even more on the way.

Homan says ‘we’ll see’ if ICE officers leave airports once TSA workers get paid

White House border czar Tom Homan expressed uncertainty Sunday at whether federal immigration officers will leave airports once Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees receive their delayed paychecks.  “We’ll see. It depends [on] how many TSA agents come back to work, how many TSA agents have actually quit and have no plans [on] coming back to...

How the return to the moon is different this time

What if Obama had taken a different tack?

Pope Leo: God ‘does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war’

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday said that God “does not listen to the prayers” of individuals who start wars, as the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran continues. “Brothers and sisters, this is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war,” the first American pope, citing a Bible...

In 2026, both parties are dodging the truth on taxes

Tax reform should make life easier, not more complicated.

4 more states will add restrictions on SNAP purchases in April

The movement to ban SNAP recipients from buying soda, candy and energy drinks with their benefits is growing.

Russia took satellite images of US base in Saudi Arabia before Iran strike: Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told NBC News on Saturday that Russian forces took satellite images of a U.S. air base in Saudi Arabia three times in the days before Iran attacked the site. During an interview in Doha, Qatar, Zelensky said he was “100 percent” confident that Russia was sharing that intelligence with Iran. On...

Pakistan holds talks with Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt on Iran war

The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey will meet in Islamabad on Sunday, as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran hits the 30-day mark. Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote Saturday on the social platform X that Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan arrived in Islamabad “along with Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia and...

Handicapping the midterms: Why the GOP is trying to change the rules

Election Day is still seven months away. Plenty of time, alas, for people who intend to win no matter the cost to free and fair elections. 

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