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Bus-fare evasion is just the start of Kathy Hochul’s looming MTA cash woes

Gov. Kathy Hochul will have to use her leverage to neutralize the mayor’s rhetoric — and to fix the upcoming $22.8 billion MTA budget for 2027, whose woes aren’t Mamdani’s fault, but hers.  

We’re about to find out how powerful progressives really are

Michigan is ground zero for the Democratic Party’s ideological war. Its marquee Senate race...

Blanche rescinds fund for Trump allies after senators threaten to block his attorney general bid

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a formal order late Sunday terminating President Trump's $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund to compensate his political allies, a move that follows weeks of negotiations with two Republican senators who were blocking his nomination to become attorney general.

It is too late for the SAVE Act to save this year

Estimates vary, but even after President Donald Trump’s deportations, somewhere between 10 and 18 million illegal immigrants still live in the United States, and as New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s announcement last week shows, thousands of them are illegally voting in our elections. The Washington Examiner has editorialized in support of the Safeguard American Voter […]

Hegseth struggles to sell Senate on Iran war funding

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has yet to win any notable converts in the Trump administration's push for tens of billions of dollars to quickly inject into the Iran war, which has rapidly exhausted U.S. stockpiles and Pentagon coffers. The effort is further complicated by Republican senators losing confidence in Hegseth’s leadership of the U.S. military as the war with...

DOJ drops felony case against Olympian in Reflecting Pool damage, blames ‘botched installation’

Felony charges against a former Olympian who was accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool were dropped by the Justice Department Friday.

Democrats see an chance to flip a U.S. House seat as abuse claims mount against Ohio Rep. Max Miller

Faced with a narrow path to winning control of the U.S. House, Democrats are seeing fresh opportunity in a northeast Ohio congressional seat where the Republican incumbent is facing mounting pressure over domestic abuse allegations in a bitter and drawn-out dispute with his ex-wife.

Activist Scott Presler says group found noncitizens registered to vote in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania has a voter list. Scott Presler is checking it twice.

Tuberville trashes GOP’s election bill talking points, literally

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville was so dismayed by the GOP's new talking points trying to explain the Senate's failure to pass an election integrity bill that he immediately binned them.

Senate GOP to try again on Todd Blanche, Trump’s pick for attorney general

The Senate Judiciary Committee will try a do-over on voting to advance Todd Blanche, President Trump's nominee to be attorney general, with a committee vote scheduled for Tuesday.

As abuse claims mount against Ohio Rep. Max Miller, Democrats see chance to flip a U.S. House seat

Faced with a narrow path to winning control of the U.S. House, Democrats are seeing fresh opportunity in a northeast Ohio congressional seat where the Republican incumbent is facing mounting pressure over domestic abuse allegations in a bitter and drawn-out dispute with his ex-wife.

Justice Department moves to drop case against ex-Olympian charged with damaging Reflecting Pool

The Justice Department moved Friday to dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying evidence prosecutors had recently received refuted the idea that vandals were to blame.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says he’s ‘very concerned’ Trump will interfere in the midterm elections

Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland said he is "very concerned" that President Trump will wield the power of the federal government to thwart the midterm elections this fall as the Republican tries to maintain his grip on power during the final two years of his administration.

Spain to put containment fence on Ceuta’s border with Morocco after deadly frontier rush

Spain announced it was installing a 500-meter-long (1,600-foot) containment barrier on the sea border between its North African territory of Ceuta and neighboring Morocco after between 50,000 and 60,000 migrants breached the frontier earlier this week.

Hunter Biden claims under oath that his family is broke amid fight over $17M legal bill

Hunter Biden claims in a deposition that he has no assets, no car, and no savings as a law firm sues him for $17 million in unpaid legal bills.

Fauci’s Fifth fuels vow to haul him into court ‘every day’ despite Biden pardon

Alabama's Tommy Tuberville and Florida's attorney general say Biden's pardon doesn't cover state-level crimes tied to Anthony Fauci's COVID-19 actions.

Bipartisan pair of senators urge Rubio to release aid to African women, children at risk of Ebola

Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Lisa Murkowski urge Marco Rubio to release $608 million in family planning funds as Ebola ravages the DRC and Uganda.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—August 1

1996—One generation of liberal judicial activists is more than enough. But President Clinton obviously doesn’t agree, as he appoints Dean D. Pregerson, son of arch-activist Ninth...

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