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New York Governor Kathy Hochul is signaling early hesitation toward one of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s most ambitious campaign promises — a $700 million plan to make public buses across New York City completely free for riders. The plan, which Mamdani presented as a cornerstone of his progressive platform, was central to his message of affordability … Read more

Voting rights groups that support the Democratic Party are preparing for what they call a possible crisis if the U.S. Supreme Court weakens a key part of the Voting Rights Act, one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation in the country. The case that is causing the worry is Louisiana v. Callais, … Read more

A Utah judge delivered a major victory to Democrats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, striking down a Republican-drawn congressional map and ordering the implementation of new district boundaries that create a Democratic-leaning seat in the traditionally conservative state. Utah District Judge Dianna Gibson ruled late Monday that the map approved by the GOP-led legislature … Read more

The two Virginia homes owned by New York Attorney General Letitia James, both now at the center of her federal bank fraud indictment, have drawn repeated police visits — more than two dozen calls in five years — since being occupied by family members with long criminal histories, according to Norfolk Police Department records reviewed by … Read more

Zohran Mamdani’s latest staff appointment includes the addition of his longtime chief adviser, Elle Bisgaard-Church, who has been described as the “chief architect” of his campaign proposal to deploy social workers for certain non-violent 911 calls in New York City. The proposal, which has faced significant criticism, was developed by Bisgaard-Church—an Ivy League-educated California native … Read more

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said Tuesday that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) “never” spoke with him about the ongoing government shutdown, adding that “no one really knows” who is leading Democrats in Congress. Fetterman made the remarks during an appearance on Fox & Friends, responding to an Axios report that Schumer had privately urged … Read more

Several posts on X made by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) referencing a May incident at the Delaney Hall immigrant detention center in New Jersey, in which U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver was charged with assaulting federal immigration officers, have been removed following an order from Biden-appointed U.S. District Judge Jamel Semper. Rep. LaMonica McIver … Read more

A Los Angeles jury on Tuesday convicted five members of the transnational criminal organization Mara Salvatrucha 13 (MS-13) of carrying out six murders to elevate their status within the gang, according to a Justice Department press release. The victims were killed in a variety of brutal ways — including being strangled, shot, stabbed with knives … Read more

Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel have given Congress a new set of documents that show how Bill and Hillary Clinton’s foundation took donations from both foreign and domestic groups that wanted to have an impact. This has raised new concerns that federal prosecutors who tried to look into pay-to-play claims against the former … Read more

Zohran Mamdani’s landmark victory in the New York City mayoral race has not only reordered the political map of the nation’s largest city but has also sparked an intense and unprecedented reaction from some Republican leaders in Washington and beyond. Several GOP lawmakers, following days of pointed criticism and heightened rhetoric, say they are exploring … Read more