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‘No shortage of wealth’: Mamdani, other Democrats chide NYC hospital executives over nurses’ strike

NEW YORK — Politicians are piling on criticism of New York City hospitals as executives scramble to weather a historic nurses strike.Nearly 15,000 nurses walked out Monday at some of the city’s lar...

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Hochul doubles down on affordability as she faces tricky election year

ALBANY, New York — Utility bills. Groceries. Child care. Car insurance. Tariffs.Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2026 agenda, laid out Tuesday in her State of the State address, is aimed at addressing a basket ...

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Why Powell Isn't Flinching At Trump's Attack

Sunday and Monday were two of the wildest days of President Donald Trump’s long crusade against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, second only, perhaps, to the first time he made clear he wanted ...

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Trump may have damaged the case against Jerome Powell before it’s even begun

President Donald Trump’s campaign to criminally investigate his political adversaries keeps running into an intractable problem: his mouth.The news Sunday that the Justice Department has been secre...

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MORNING GLORY: Trump is on the cusp of greatness. Khamenei is on the edge of the abyss

The difference between the illusion of power and its reality is the difference between Ayatollah Khamenei and President Donald Trump. Trump is on the cusp of joining the very small number of Americ...

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Hochul’s new agenda blends Trump fighting with affordability

ALBANY, New York — Gov. Kathy Hochul is making a simple pitch to New Yorkers: Defying President Donald Trump will be good for your pocketbooks.The moderate Democrat will unveil her 2026 agenda Tues...

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How the Supreme Court Broke Congress

Two dynamics are fundamentally reshaping the structure and functioning of the American government. The first, which is quite well known, is Congress’s decline. The second, perhaps somewhat less app...

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The Echoes of Ireland’s Bloody Sunday in Renee Good’s Murder

Like Renee Good’s murder in Minnesota, the Bloody Sunday massacre in Ireland was notable for both the blatancy of the crime, carried out in broad daylight, and the audacity of the lies pumped out f...

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Minnesota sues Trump to block ICE agent surge in Minneapolis

Minnesota officials are suing to block the deployment of thousands of immigration officers in the state, furthering the division between local officials and the federal government following the kil...

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Why Iran is teetering and what Trump might do

President Donald Trump has signaled in recent days that the U.S. is poised to take action against the Iranian government for its violent crackdown on widespread protests in the country, which has l...

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Trump threatens 25 percent tariff on 'any country' that trades with Iran

President Donald Trump threatened Monday to impose a 25 percent tariff on “any country” doing business with Iran, potentially affecting U.S. trade with China, India, the United Arab Emirates, the E...

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Gavin Newsom moves to neutralize tax on billionaires

Gavin Newsom’ and his staff have quietly talked to the champion of a controversial wealth tax proposal seeking an off-ramp to defuse a looming ballot measure fight.The conversations, reported here ...

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Newsom unloads on California wealth tax proposal: ‘Makes no sense’

Gavin Newsom has a blunt message to proponents of a controversial California wealth tax: I told you so.Newsom, in an interview with POLITICO on Monday, said the parade of headlines about California...

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Tim Scott keeps quiet as Fed independence comes under threat

As Washington erupted over the Justice Department’s subpoena of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a Republican lawmaker at the center of the dispute is keeping silent.That would be Sen. Tim Scot...

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A Breathtaking Week of Pure Trump Id

Scarcely a week ago, U.S. warplanes and drones were streaking across the Caracas night sky to deliver a swift end to the reign of the Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro. The extraordinary display ...

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Rubio rejects judge’s options for Venezuelans illegally deported from US

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday that it is impossible for the United States to retrieve 137 Venezuelan men who were illegally deported in March after President Donald Trump invoked warti...

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Florida's lieutenant governor jumps into crowded GOP governor race

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Lt. Gov. Jay Collins, a hard-charging former Green Beret whose political career began only in 2022, announced Monday he’s joining the crowded GOP race for governor.Collins wi...

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Eric Adams’ next act is exactly what you thought it might be

NEW YORK — Eric Adams gave the impression of a man on a mission.The fresh-out-of-a-job former New York City mayor blew back into his hometown Monday in between jaunts to Dubai, the Democratic Repub...

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‘Freaked out’ about the bond market: White House reels from Powell probe

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spent months laying the groundwork for a smooth transition at the Federal Reserve that wouldn’t rattle markets.That plan is now in disarray.The Justice Department’s...

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GOP inaction stymies Trump’s bid to reshape Civil Rights Commission

Inaction by Republican lawmakers has stymied the Trump administration's efforts to wrest control of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, allowing the panel to slip back into Democratic hands for th...

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Oregon election system faces scrutiny as state moves to address 800,000 inactive voters: ‘Astounding’

Oregon election officials are set to begin removing hundreds of thousands of inactive voters from the state’s registration rolls, a move that comes after years of inaction, mounting public pressure...

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