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Mamdani announces plans for city-owned grocery stores that offer subsidized food

New York City's socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the city will open five government-owned food stores by 2029 and will offer a 30% discount on bread and cheese as well as "a core basket of everyday groceries."

Democratic Party’s socialist showdown moves to Detroit

The Aug. 4 Democratic primary in Detroit has emerged as the next battle between the party's socialist and establishment wings.

Sen. Fetterman says he and other Democrats who called to end the filibuster were ‘horribly wrong’

Sen. John Fetterman announced in an op-ed Monday that he no longer supports ending the legislative filibuster, showing yet another break from the left-wing of the Democratic Party.

Prosecutors move to drop charge against California labor leader arrested during immigration protest

The Justice Department has moved to dismiss its criminal case against a labor union leader who was arrested while protesting the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in California.

Trump hails Michigan auto boom, says other nations will no longer ‘pillage your factories’

President Trump on Monday said U.S. auto workers will no longer be "sold out" and see their jobs shipped overseas, pointing to multi-billion-dollar investments in swing-state Michigan and tying it directly to his aggressive use of tariffs.

Minnesota prediction market ban paused by federal judge days before rollout

A federal judge on Monday halted a prediction market ban in Minnesota days before it was set to roll out.  District Judge Katherine Menendez wrote that the Trump administration, Kalshi and Polymarket are “likely to succeed on the merits” in the case arguing that the state ban is pre-empted by federal law.  “Specifically, it appears...

Academics call on Congress to restore agency independence after Trump v. Slaughter

A group of more than 50 academics on Monday wrote a letter to congressional leaders urging them to restore agency independence following last month’s Supreme Court ruling, which granted President Trump the authority to fire commissioners of independent agencies without cause.  The professors argue that the ruling stalled business for the Consumer Product Safety Commission,...

Benedict Cumberbatch, Alan Cumming and Benedict Wong urge UK to take action against Paramount-Warner Bros. merger

Benedict Cumberbatch, Alan Cumming and Benedict Wong wrote an op-ed Monday citing the dangers to industry competition, jobs and a concentration of power if Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery merge. “We have watched, with growing alarm, what consolidation does to the breadth and depth of the work we produce: independent film acquisitions at the...

Pentagon mum as US casualties in Iran war rise

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Pentagon mum as US casualties in Iran war rise The Pentagon’s Iran war casualty count topped 600 over the weekend, following a quiet update as the department faces questions about the absence of transparency. © AP...

Senate tees up final vote on Jay Clayton intel chief nomination

The Senate cleared a final procedural hurdle Monday night on President Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), teeing up Jay Clayton for a final vote this week. The 51-43 vote to advance the nomination means the Senate could confirm Clayton as early as Tuesday night to be the...

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