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Newsom targets major affordability squeeze in ‘striking’ convergence with Trump

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's housing push mirrors Trump's supply-side playbook on permitting and zoning, but key policy differences remain.

Kamala Harris dives into midterm fight only to get roasted for never having ‘an original thought in her life’

Kamala Harris urged Democrats to turn out in "big numbers" and be "too big to rig" in midterms, drawing mockery for echoing Trump's signature phrase.

I met Lindsay Clancy supporters who also suffered serious trauma — but it can’t lessen the brutality of her killings

We’re losing the plot, if we begin seeing innocent lives as collateral in our...

The Most Ridiculous Presidential Ranking

Trump recycled a ranking reflecting midcentury liberal preferences just so he could call himself...

A Grievous Gap in One State’s Higher Ed

In today’s Martin Center article, Christopher Schilling explains that, though North Carolina “requires Holocaust...

Trump administration relied on flawed logic to justify scrapping vehicle emission rules, study says

The Trump administration relied on flawed logic to justify scrapping vehicle emissions standards this year, making errors in how it accounted for fuel savings, the price of technology and mileage, according to a new study by a group of economists.

Controllers warned Marine One pilots about communication issues week before dual takeoff, NTSB says

Air traffic controllers in Washington and the pilots of President Donald Trump's helicopter met to discuss communication issues one week before a jet and the chopper were allowed to take off at the same time, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.

White House silent on Iran-Oman Hormuz plan Tehran says would ban US warships

Iran says a proposed Strait of Hormuz framework with Oman would exclude military vessels, but the White House won't say if Trump would accept it.

Trump helicopter’s radio warnings went unheard before close call with passenger jet, report says

Marine One's crew made repeated failed attempts to warn Reagan National before departing, leaving controllers unable to halt a commercial jet takeoff.

Mamdani stands by DSA insider accused of stiffing landlord amid $1.4M townhome makeover

Mayor Zohran Mamdani twice declined to distance himself from NYC-DSA co-chair Gustavo Gordillo, who faces a pending rent case and scrutiny over his union credentials and family townhouse renovation.

From Netflix to GPS: 10 ways this hidden tech infrastructure quietly powers modern life

Data centers power everything from streaming and gaming to AI chatbots and fraud detection. Here's how they quietly run the apps you use daily.

Trump keeps winning Republican primaries; his losses may be more revealing

The president is 24-for-24 in Senate primaries and 214-for-218 in House races, according to a Fox News tracker

Trump floats renaming the Atlantic and Pacific oceans after rebranding historic lake

President Donald Trump joked the Atlantic and Pacific oceans could be next after signing the executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America immediately.

Out-of-this-world fix for data center backlash could be on NASA’s horizon

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman says solar-powered AI data centers in Earth's orbit could solve America's fights over land, water and grid capacity.

As If Electronics Weren’t Expensive Enough

Nothing that more tariffs can’t make worse.

ICE officer released from jail after failed extradition bid

ICE Officer Christian Castro walked out of a Texas jail early Thursday, free for the first time in 90 days, after Minnesota's bid to get him extradited to face assault charges stalled.

Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America

President Trump on Thursday ordered the Department of the Interior to update maps and databases to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, following through on his threat during a trade spat with Canada.

Flock Safety spent $2 million lobbying as Congress ramps up scrutiny of its cameras

The company behind license plate surveillance cameras has pulled more than $2 million out of its purse to put toward federal and state lobbying since 2025, according to a new report.

Trump’s EPA just took a step toward ending all animal testing by 2035

The Environmental Protection Agency announced two new methods of testing chemicals' toxicity on Thursday, in what officials called a major step toward the goal of ending all testing on mammals by 2035.

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