Category: News
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Supreme Court Blocks Order Requiring Full SNAP Funding During Government Shutdown
A federal judge gave the Trump administration 24 hours to send $4 billion to 42 million hungry Americans. The administration’s response wasn’t to comply – it was to race to the Supreme Court for permission to ignore him. By 9:30 PM Friday, the Supreme Court granted that permission. The temporary block means the very people…
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Texas Drag Ban Is Back. A Federal Court Just Handed Down a Confusing and Dangerous New Ruling
A federal court has just revived a controversial Texas law, plunging performers, business owners, and families into a state of profound legal chaos. The decision, a complex legal maneuver, has not settled the debate. It has thrown gasoline on a fiery national conflict over the First Amendment, public decency, and who gets to decide what…
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After Years of Addiction and Crime, Darryl Strawberry Just Got a “Get Out of Jail Free” Card from His Old ‘Apprentice’ Boss
He was one of the most electrifying and feared baseball players of his generation, a New York legend whose fall from grace was as spectacular and public as his rise. Darryl Strawberry’s story became a dark American tragedy of immense talent destroyed by cocaine addiction, tax evasion, and prison time. Now, that long and painful…
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Nancy Pelosi’s Stock Trades: 16,930% Return Under Scrutiny Following Retirement Announcement
After a nearly four-decade career in Congress, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced this week that she will not seek re-election. Her departure marks the end of an era for one of the most powerful and effective Democratic leaders in American history. But as her long tenure comes to a close, a new report is…
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Republicans Worry Trump Has Lost Focus on Cost-of-Living Issues After Tuesday’s Election Losses
President Trump solved wars in the Middle East, cleaned up Washington’s streets, and is fighting tariff battles at the Supreme Court. But White House allies and Republican strategists say he’s made a critical mistake: he stopped talking about the issues that got him elected. “People don’t think he’s lived up to his promises,” one White…
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It’s the Economy, Stupid: How Trump’s Forgotten Promise Cost the GOP on Election Night
The results of Tuesday’s off-year elections have sent a shockwave through the Republican Party. Losses in the Virginia and New Jersey governor’s races, coupled with a stunning socialist victory in the New York City mayoral contest, have forced a painful internal reckoning. While party leaders publicly blame “bad candidates,” privately, a much deeper and constitutionally…
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Bernie Sanders Crashes Schumer’s Victory Lap, Exposing a Deep Fracture in the Democratic Party
It was meant to be a routine victory lap for the Senate Minority Leader, a moment to celebrate a surprisingly good election night for his party amidst a grueling government shutdown. But the carefully orchestrated press conference was suddenly upended by an uninvited guest with a very different message. This unscripted moment on Capitol Hill…
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NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani Names All-Female Transition Team Including Former FTC Chair Lina Khan
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday that former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan will co-chair his all-female mayoral transition team, sending a clear signal about the direction his administration will take when he’s sworn in January 1. Khan, who aggressively pursued antitrust enforcement during Biden’s presidency and is a prominent Bernie Sanders…
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The SCOTUS Tariff Case That Could Redefine Presidential Power
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sat in the middle rows of the Supreme Court chamber Wednesday, flanked by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The three men responsible for negotiating Trump’s trade deals watched as the justices spent two and a half hours doing something unexpected – holding a Republican president to the…
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Zohran Mamdani Wins New York City Mayor’s Race, Becoming First Muslim to Hold Office
The old guard has fallen. The political machine that defined New York politics for a generation has been decisively broken. In a stunning and historic election with the highest voter turnout in decades, the “capital of capitalism” has been handed over to a new, radical, and profoundly different kind of leader. Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old…