The state is at the forefront of a national debate over how to manage housing costs.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Republican leaders will brief reporters Wednesday morning, as lawmakers look to revive the nation’s warrantless spying powers. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) expired on June 12 after Democrats objected to President Trump’s appointment of Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte to serve as the acting…
Postmaster General David Steiner will testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. Steiner is set to give remarks as part of the committee’s hearing on how to reform the U.S. Postal Service’s “broken business model” before it faces bankruptcy, the committee said. In Steiner’s last testimony before […]
President Trump pushed back against “Communists” after several candidates backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani secured major wins in House primary races on Tuesday. “America the Beautiful will NEVER be a Communist Country!!!” Trump posted on Truth Social early Wednesday, after several Mamdani-backed candidates came out on top. These candidates include Democratic socialists…
President Trump claimed Tuesday that Iran had “no missile capability”—one of six bold-faced lies that directly contradicts what he said last week.“Now we’re leaving Iran with no Navy, no Air Force, no antiaircraft, no missile capability, no nuclear program. We’re leaving them without any nuclear capacity, and they’ve agreed to that. And we’re getting along quite well,” Trump said at a rally in Macungie, Pennsylvania on Tuesday. “We can fly over Tehran just at will. Nobody’s gonna do anything to us.”Trump: We're leaving Iran with no navy, no air force, no anti-aircraft . no missile capability, no nuclear program, no nuclear capacity, and they've agreed to that, and we're getting along quite well pic.twitter.com/Fw0pEx3sKD— Acyn (@Acyn) June 23, 2026First off, Iran still has a navy. Even though the U.S. has sunk multiple Iranian naval ships, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps still have active naval units—they wouldn’t be able to control the Strait of Hormuz if they didn’t. Iran’s nuclear energy program remains intact, as does their capacity to develop it in the future. They also still maintain an aging collection of aircraft. Last month, The New York Times reported that Iran still had “substantial missile capabilities,” including ballistic missiles. Trump admitted as much last week, much to the chagrin of war hawks both at home and in Israel.“We’ll be working on a parallel effort with the Gulf nations to address nonnuclear issues, such as [Iran’s] conventional ballistic missiles,” Trump said at the G7 summit on Wednesday. “I mean, they have to have some. Because other people have some. You gotta have some. Somebody said ‘You shouldn’t give them more … sir, you shouldn’t let them have any missile.’ … What am I gonna do? I’m gonna let Saudi Arabia have missiles, but they can’t have them?”Trump can’t even keep his lies straight. He and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed the U.S. had decimated Iran’s entire military in Operation Epic Fury back in the spring, and that they weren’t a threat. Since then, Iran has continued to either use, hold, or develop every single thing Trump said he had taken away from them.
All three of the congressional candidates endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani were victorious in the closely-watched races, dealing a massive blow for establishment Democrats. Meanwhile, Jack Schlossberg, the 33-year-old grandson of former President John F. Kennedy, failed in his bid to win a congressional seat in Manhattan.
Socialist Darializa Avila Chevalier, backed by NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, ousted five-term Democratic incumbent Espaillat in New York's 13th District.
A crowded NYC Democratic primary to replace retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler featured George Conway, Kennedy scion Jack Schlossberg, and local lawmakers.
State Assemblyman Micah Lasher won the crowded primary race for New York's 12th Congressional District, CBS News projects.