What Democrats can (and can't) learn from Zohran Mamdani's triumph  —  Four takeaways from the socialist's shocking defeat of Andrew Cuomo. … It's hard to overstate how much this was not supposed to happen.  —  On Tuesday night, Zohran Mamdani — a 33-year-old socialist and state lawmaker …

Scoop: Trump to limit sharing classified info with Congress after leak on Iran bombing damage … - The FBI also is investigating the leak, the sources said. … - “We are declaring a war on leakers,” a senior White House official said Wednesday.  — “The FBI is investigating the leak,” the source said.

Thune faces brewing megabill mutiny  —  Sen. Thom Tillis warned his colleagues during a closed-door meeting Wednesday that he would not vote to take up the party's sweeping domestic policy bill without further clarity on Medicaid changes, a person granted anonymity to disclose private discussions said.

RFK Jr. says US won't donate to global vaccine effort  —  Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit.  —  The United States won't contribute anymore to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, until the global health organization has “re-earned the public trust …

Trump's Border Czar Claims Death Threats Have Driven Him From Wife  —  DISPLACED  —  President Donald Trump's border czar Tom Homan says he has received so much hate for his positions on immigration that he is unable to live safely with his family.  In a podcast interview with the New York Post …

National Science Foundation to Be Requisitioned as Mansion for HUD Secretary (And Also HUD Office)  —  I'm still trying to find out more about this.  But as I do, I just wanted to put it on your radar because it's completely crazy and epitomizes the Trump presidency.

Emil Bove Avoids Telling the Senate Much of Anything About DOJ  —  Trump's former personal lawyer, up for a powerful judicial seat, was hammered by Senate Democrats over his role as the president's legal enforcer.  — Copy  —  The defining feature of Justice Department official Emil Bove's trip …

DOJ Sues Every Federal District Judge in Maryland, Challenging Due Process Rights  —  President Donald Trump's Department of Justice (DOJ) Tuesday sued every federal district judge in Maryland to challenge a standing court order that temporarily bars the government from deporting people after they have filed a challenge.

'They're Not Breathing': Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls  —  Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.

Graham a ‘yes’ on rescissions  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says he will vote for the $9.4 billion White House rescissions package that will cancel $1.1 billion for public broadcasting and $8.3 billion in foreign assistance, including a key AIDS prevention program.

Judge rules Trump can't eliminate federal workers' union bargaining  —  A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from eliminating union bargaining for thousands of workers across the federal government.  —  Siding with the American Federation of Government Employees …

Something is ‘pulsing’ beneath the Earth, scientists say - and could tear a continent apart  —  Rhythmic surges are like a ‘heartbeat’ under the ground  —  Scientists have detected deep pulses in the Earth beneath Africa - and it could tear the continent apart.

A Military-Ethics Professor Resigns in Protest  —  Over the course of several months, Pauline Shanks Kaurin concluded that she no longer had the academic freedom necessary for doing her job.  —  Seven years ago, Pauline Shanks Kaurin left a good job as a tenured professor at a university …

‘Talk about whiplash!’  CNN anchor shocked by dramatic Trump flip-flop  —  CNN's Dana Bash expressed her shock over President Donald Trump's latest flip-flop on the question of regime change in Iran.  —  Trump made his recent comments aboard Air Force One Tuesday, en route to the NATO summit in The Hague.

Presentation for CDC advisers appears to cite nonexistent study to support claims about risk of vaccine preservative  —  A presentation slated to be shared at this week's meeting of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claimed that a study in animals suggested …

A Word to the Weiss … Late last year, during a trip to New York City, David Ellison quietly made time for a meeting that said as much about his worldview as it did about his interest in media.  According to people familiar with the matter, the Hollywood scion set time aside on his busy calendar …

U.S. Department of Education Finds California Department of Education and California Interscholastic Federation in Violation of Title IX  —  Today, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the conclusion of its Title IX investigations into the California Department …

Voters 51 - 42 Percent Oppose U.S. Joining Israel In Military Strikes On Iran's Nuclear Sites, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Vast Majority Concerned U.S. Will Get Drawn Into A War With Iran  — mail_outline  —  Days after the United States military targeted nuclear sites inside Iran …

This Is The Beginning of The End of The 9/11 Era  —  EVER SINCE I WROTE REIGN OF TERROR, people have asked me how we end the long 9/11 era.  Someone asked me a version of that question tonight, at my Anyone Comics signing.  I gave the answer I always give, the only answer I believe to be true: Organize.

Man ‘refused entry into US’ as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme  —  A 21-year-old tourist has described the horrendous treatment he allegedly received after being denied entry to the USA due to a meme depicting JD Vance as bald being found on his phone

Trump administration is preparing to test budget law, U.S. officials say  —  Internal dissent among federal employees is coming to the surface as President Donald Trump's budget chief aims to rebalance spending authority.  —  The Trump administration is preparing to test a 1974 budget law …

‘Criminal immigrant’ means whatever the administration says it means  —  Trump's deportation goals are being met by targeting non-criminal immigrants.  —  President Donald Trump being President Donald Trump, it certainly seems possible that he believed that the Maryland resident …