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Kathy Hochul’s great school-choice promise comes with fingers crossed

It's great that Gov. Kathy Hochul now means to opt New York into the federal school-choice scholarship program — a win for schoolchildren at no cost to the state...

How our ‘new’ Democratic Party is really a blast from the Jacobin past

Today, supporting Israel and calling for campuses to stop their institutionalized antisemitism is Democratic...

Schumer: Democrats will make stand against $1 billion White House ballroom

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is rallying fellow Democrats in a new “Dear Colleague” letter for a battle royale on the Senate floor over $1 billion in proposed funding for President Trump’s 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom that’s tucked into a $72 billion Republican-drafted budget reconciliation package. Schumer is planning to turn the Senate floor...

The unexpected force keeping beef prices high and why the pressure could last for years

A 75-year low in the U.S. cattle herd is driving beef prices higher, and economists say the tight supply situation could take years to resolve.

Where Trump, GOP vs Democrats redistricting battle heads next in wake of key court rulings

Trump hails Virginia Supreme Court ruling that strikes down redistricting ballot measure as a huge win for Republicans defending their House majority.

Harris accuses Trump allies of trying to ‘rig’ 2026 midterms after Virginia court tosses redistricting measure

Kamala Harris claims Virginia Supreme Court ruling on redistricting maps boosts Trump's alleged effort to rig the 2026 midterm elections for Republicans.

Trump warns college sports could be ‘lost forever’ as committee pushes changes, Congress urged to act

President Trump ramps up pressure on Congress to overhaul college sports, warning the system faces an out-of-control financial arms race ahead.

Duffys fire back after Pete Buttigieg, husband attack new road trip TV series: ‘Radical, miserable left’

Sean Duffy and Rachel Campos-Duffy fire back after Pete Buttigieg and his husband attack their upcoming "Great American Road Trip" reality TV series.

Immigration judges issue more than 80,000 voluntary departure orders since Trump took office

Immigration judges have issued more than 80,000 voluntary departure orders since President Trump returned to the White House, a figure that represents a more than sevenfold increase over the roughly 11,400 such orders issued during the final 15 months of the Biden administration.

U.S. projected to borrow $2 trillion this year

The Treasury Department is on course to borrow more than $2 trillion by the end of the fiscal year -- up from $1.7 trillion last year.

Trump reportedly awards no-bid contract to man who worked on his personal pool

When President Trump decided to paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool blue, he reportedly laid the groundwork to award a $6.9 million no-bid contract to someone he said worked on his swimming pools.

Seth Moulton closing gap on progressive Democrat Ed Markey in Massachusetts Senate primary

A new Emerson College poll shows Sen. Ed Markey's lead over Rep. Seth Moulton shrinking to 5 points in the Massachusetts Democratic Senate primary.

Utah Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen resigns amid investigation into alleged affair

Utah Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen resigned Friday amid a looming state investigation into allegations she carried on an improper relationship with an attorney who argued before the court, citing the toll further scrutiny would take on her family.

Bill Maher: Left embraced gun control, now lionizes Mangione

BILL MAHER on Luigi Mangione: "It seems like five minutes ago when one of the big causes of the left was gun control, but now guns are the answer? I guess. Because Luigi is a f---ing rockstar."

Trump responds to reports FDA chief Mark Makary could be fired: ‘Know nothing about it’

Trump downplays reports he plans to fire FDA Commissioner Marty Makary over a vape approval dispute, telling reporters he knows nothing about it.

Trump administration settles meatpacking antitrust case in bid to bring down grocery prices

The Trump administration has reached a proposed settlement in an antitrust case against a data-sharing company for the meatpacking industry that the federal government had accused of helping drive up grocery prices.

Experts wonder ‘Where is the CDC?’ as a hantavirus outbreak unfolds on a cruise ship

No quick dispatching of disease investigators. No news conference to inform the public. No timely health alerts to doctors.

Tennessee redistricting plan splits Memphis neighbors and reshapes midterms as other states follow

For 21 years, Steve Fowler and Sam Wilson have performed together in a band on Memphis' renowned Beale Street. And for the past decade, the men have been neighbors on a quiet, leafy avenue.

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