Democrats are ready to campaign on expired Obamacare subsidies … “The public now gets that the subsidies are what's keeping health care costs down,” said Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.).  “I think the public's angry.  So I think they will blame the party in charge.”  —  The strategy has been months in the making.

Mamdani's First Orders Focus on Housing and Undoing Adams's Decisions  —  Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed a flurry of executive orders on his first day as mayor of New York City.  They were aimed at protecting tenants and revoking some of ex-Mayor Eric Adams's past orders.

Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food, bathrooms  —  This “block party” was a bust.  —  Scores of Zohran Mamdani fans who braved freezing temperatures to celebrate the new mayor as he was publicly sworn into office Thursday were left disappointed by the bash the socialist pol had promised.

Trump Says US Ready to ‘Rescue’ Iran Protesters If Attacked  —  President Donald Trump pledged that the US will come to the rescue of Iranian protesters if they are attacked by Islamic Republic authorities.  —  “If Iran shots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom …

With few Epstein files released, conspiracy theories flourish and questions remain  —  During the 2024 election, President Trump promised to release the Epstein files as part of a campaign message arguing the government was run by powerful people hiding the truth from Americans.

After Watergate, the Presidency Was Tamed.  Trump Is Unleashing It.  —  In the 1970s, Congress passed a raft of laws to hold the White House accountable.  President Trump has decided they don't apply to him.  —  A power-hungry president had twisted the government into a tool for his personal political benefit.

The Worst Foreign Policy Blunders of 2025  —  No president has understood less about what makes America great than Donald Trump; none has been more ignorant of the post-WWII international framework that allowed America to remain the premier superpower.  In systematically weakening alliances …

Trump's wealth grew in 2025, but his investors took lumps  —  Retail investors had the chance in 2025 to put their money directly on Donald Trump, in a way unlike any American presidency in history.  — A couple of those bets didn't work out so well.

Elon Musk created a monster that's tearing the right apart  —  Since Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022, it has often seemed that he transformed a platform that favored progressives into one that bolstered the right instead.  —  And in the years after that purchase, the right's political fortunes improved dramatically.

Notes on New York  —  The Big Apple had a pretty good 2025, but ...  It's a new year and a new mayor here in New York.  So I'm going to be parochial today and talk about the state of America's biggest city.  —  Here's what you should know: New York is doing remarkably well on several fronts.

House Republicans Buried the Jack Smith Transcript on New Year's Eve.  I Read It So You Don't Have To.  —  12 takeaways from Smith's closed-door testimony  —  House Republicans released the 255-page transcript of Jack Smith's closed-door deposition on New Year's Eve.

EPA urged to classify abortion drugs as pollutants  —  (NewsNation) — Anti-abortion group Students for Life of America is urging the Environmental Protection Agency to add abortion drug mifepristone to its list of water contaminants.  —  It follows 40 other anti-abortion groups …

Another Trump Tariff Retreat  —  This time it's a delay for a year on higher taxes on upholstered furniture and kitchen cabinets.  —  One of the striking contradictions of President Trump's tariffs is the way his chorus claims their rousing success even as he carves out hundreds of exceptions.

Medicaid, ICE and a ticking clock for undocumented Californians … “We live in a new reality,” said Velez, the director of policy at the Latino Coalition For A Healthy California, a group that advocates for health policy in Sacramento and funds community health workers on the ground.