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Dark days loom for New Yorkers as climate law promises blackouts, cost hikes

Gov. Hochul has spent much of her 4 ¹/₂ years in office facing a time bomb left by her predecessor: drastic, legally binding greenhouse gas reduction targets that the state...

Save the LAX People Mover

LAX has always been a mess. But the Automated People Mover delays have added...

Spread the word, not the virus: Get measles vax

Don’t mess with measles. That should be a PSA to all parents in California...

Democrats threaten to derail Senate business until Republicans hold public hearings on Iran war

At least a half-dozen Senate Democrats are threatening to force repetitive votes on war powers resolutions and use other tools of the minority party to gum up the works in the chamber until Republicans schedule public hearings on the Iran war.

Trump says other nations have Tomahawk missiles after strike hits school, kills more than 160 people

President Trump on Monday said other countries might have been responsible for firing a Tomahawk missile that hit an Iranian school on the first day of U.S.-Israeli strikes on the Islamic republic.

Rep. Mace asks House panel to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi over Epstein files

Rep. Nancy Mace pushed colleagues Wednesday to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to get answers about her handling of the Epstein files.

GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales hit with ethics investigation over alleged affair with staffer

A congressional ethics investigation started Wednesday into an alleged affair between Rep. Tony Gonzales, Texas Republican, and a regional office staffer who later died after setting herself on fire.

Trump teases kingmaker endorsement in Texas ‘soon’ to force other candidate out of runoff

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are headed for a bloody runoff, but President Donald Trump wants to end things quickly, promising an endorsement "soon."

Leavitt says ground troops in Iran not currently being considered, doesn’t rule it out

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt won't rule out sending ground troops to Iran as part of Operation Epic Fury but says they are "not part of the plan" yet.

Number of Iranian ballistic missiles fired plunges since start of Operation Epic Fury

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine said Iranian missile and drone launches have sharply declined since Operation Epic Fury began.

Oil slick, life rafts, dozens of bodies: What Sri Lankan navy found after US sank Iranian warship

Sri Lanka said its navy rescued 32 survivors after a U.S. torpedo sank Iranian warship IRIS Dena with 180 aboard. Crews recover 87 bodies from the wreckage.

House Republican faces ethics investigation over affair allegations

The House ethics committee opened an investigation into Texas Rep Tony Gonzales over allegations of an affair with a female staffer on Wednesday.

Rubio says in ‘simple English’ Iran run by ‘lunatics,’ defends Trump strike as ‘right decision’

Secretary of State Marco Rubio defends Trump's Iran strikes, calling regime "lunatics" as administration targets military sites to prevent nuclear weapons.

‘STRAIGHT OUTTA CONGRESS’: Top progressive concedes race after viral mockery for ‘embarrassing’ defeat

Progressive star Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, conceded her race for U.S. Senate after suffering an “embarrassing" defeat to a much lesser-known Democrat, state Rep. James Talarico.

Feds say Pakistani national backed by Iran plotted to assassinate Trump, others in murder-for-hire scheme

Pakistani national Asif Merchant allegedly plotted with Iran to kill U.S. politicians, including President Donald Trump, in 2024, but was caught by FBI agents posing as assassins.

NY GOP candidate torches Columbia group over ‘Death to America’ post, tells them to ‘get the f— out’

GOP candidate Bruce Blakeman blasts Columbia students who posted 'Death to America' after Iran leader's reported death, targeting Hochul's leadership.

‘Open borders, Trump-hating radical’: GOP unleashes early blitz on Texas Democrat Talarico

Republicans waste no time in labeling Democratic Senate nominee in Texas James Talarico as a "far-left radical" in a top tier midterm race that may decide the majority in the chamber.

Walz accused by Jordan of trying to ‘hide behind’ court order in Feeding Our Future payments

Rep. Jim Jordan accused Gov. Tim Walz of misrepresenting a court’s role in restarting payments to Feeding Our Future, a nonprofit tied to a $250 million COVID-era child nutrition fraud case.

Rep Tony Gonzales hit with House ethics probe after aide’s suicide

House Ethics investigators are probing Rep. Tony Gonzales over sexual harassment and misconduct claims involving a late staffer, as some GOP colleagues call for his resignation.

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