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Newsom and Mamdani: The odd couple showing Democrats how to fight again

Gavin Newsom said he hadn’t heard of Zohran Mamdani until a few months ago. They communicated for the first time on Election Day.But that night’s results have suddenly bound the California governor...

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Why the Democrats Finally Folded

This is how the government shutdown was always going to end.For the past 30 years, the party that has forced federal agencies to close their doors in a funding fight has never actually achieved the...

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Did Democrats Blow It on the Government Shutdown?

This week, Reason editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch are joined by the editor in chief of The Argument, Jerusalem ...

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Senate passes shutdown-ending deal

The Senate passed a government funding package Monday night that paves the way for ending the longest shutdown in history.The 60-40 vote came roughly 24 hours after a bipartisan group of rank-and-f...

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The hottest ticket in Brazil just might be a meeting with Gavin Newsom

SÃO PAULO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't even at the United Nations climate talks yet — but he's already getting bombarded with meeting requests.Newsom kicked off his trip to Brazil 1,800 mil...

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Gen Z in Los Angeles, the end of ‘Stranger Things’ and a new mystery from the creator of ‘Breaking Bad’ in November TV

This month’s new releases run the gamut. There’s a delving into history, with a series about the assassination of our 20th president and another about the defiant ...

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No end declared for FAA flight cuts despite shutdown deal

Federally ordered flight reductions are still scheduled, for now, to ramp up this week despite the Senate deal to end the government shutdown — which means travelers may not see any quick relief fr...

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Mamdani picks his top 2 City Hall deputies

NEW YORK — In picking his top-ranking aides for City Hall, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is balancing a track record in government with experience on his own team.Mamdani announced Monday that Dean Fu...

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‘Band-aid,’ ‘distraction’: Experts slam Pulte, Trump 50-year mortgage idea

The Trump administration is entertaining a potential plan for the government to back 50-year mortgages to address a housing affordability crisis.But, in a housing market defined by low supply, indu...

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Hemp rule creates turbulence for Senate vote to end shutdown

A proposed ban on intoxicating hemp products emerged as an obstacle Monday to ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said he would oppose a package that woul...

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Trump says tariffs to yield dividends 'of at least $2,000 a person'

President Donald Trump on Sunday posted on Truth Social that tariffs on foreign goods will lead to "a dividend" of $2,000 per person or even more."A dividend of at least $2,000 a person (not includ...

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Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown

Senators have reached a deal to end the government shutdown.The broad framework for agreement, which was negotiated in part by Sens. Angus King, Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan as well as GOP sena...

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The 8 Senate Democratic Caucus members who voted to end the shutdown

Eight members of the Senate Democratic Caucus broke ranks Sunday and voted to advance a deal to reopen the federal government. That’s fewer than the 10 Democrats who broke ranks in March to advance...

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Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake

The conventional wisdom about government shutdowns is that they always fail. Senate Democrats probably assumed as much when they shut down the government. Perhaps they thought they were giving part...

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