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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...

Trump un-endorses Rep. Jeff Hurd over opposition to tariffs, backs GOP primary challenger

President Trump has withdrawn his endorsement of Rep. Jeff Hurd over the Colorado Republican's opposition to his tariff policy, and is now backing his primary challenger.

U.S. says ambassador’s comments on Israel and the Middle East were taken out of context

An uproar continued Sunday after the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, said Israel has a right to much of the Middle East, as more Arab and Muslim countries objected and the U.S. said his comments were taken out of context.

AOC blames critics, Trump after Munich hiccup backlash

AOC faces viral criticism after stumbling over Taiwan defense question, with fiancé's snoring heard during her lengthy Instagram response to critics.

President Trump tells Netflix to fire Susan Rice or ‘pay consequences’

Trump demands Netflix fire board member Susan Rice or "pay the consequences" after she warned corporations not to expect Democratic forgiveness for their actions.

Why keeping lawmakers in DC during shutdown may have caused more harm than good

Congress left Washington without resolving DHS funding crisis because no deal was close, avoiding potential mayhem from keeping lawmakers idle during shutdown.

The ‘gift’ Democrats think Trump just gave them

Democrats are frothing at the mouth to center President Donald Trump’s tariff chaos in their affordability messaging as they charge into the midterms. The...

Department of Homeland Security suspends TSA PreCheck, Global Entry amid partial shutdown

The Department of Homeland Security is suspending its fast-track airport security services, TSA PreCheck and Global Entry, because of the shutdown of the department.

Man killed after trying to enter Mar-a-Lago with a shotgun, gas can

U.S. Secret Service agents and a Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputy shot and killed a man who had tried to enter President Trump's estate early Sunday with a shotgun and a gas can.

Trump tariff agenda tripped up by Supreme Court decision

President Trump loves to take unilateral action, but the Supreme Court has delivered a stark decision telling him there are clear limits to how far he can go without getting Congress on board.

Maine has a long track record of electing moderates. Enter Graham Platner.

BRUNSWICK, Maine — The fireplace crackled as Democratic Gov. Janet Mills laid out her vision for beating Susan Collins to a room of supporters...

Data centers are a growing political issue. Voters — and candidates — are still figuring them out.

Data centers are quickly becoming the next big political issue. And neither party has figured out how to run on them. Major political figures...

Armed man shot and killed after ‘unauthorized entry’ into Mar-a-Lago: Secret Service

A man was fatally shot after allegedly making an "unauthorized entry" Mar-a-Lago while carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and fuel can.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—February 22

1994—Justice Blackmun’s law clerks, perhaps concerned that he is falling behind on his cite-checking responsibilities, melodramatically announce (in a dissent from denial of certiorari in Callins v....

Don’t Prosecute Women for Abortion

While defending unborn children is essential, criminalizing women who have abortions is no way to show compassion.

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