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Senate rebukes Trump by approving House-passed measure calling for end to Iran war
Passage of the largely symbolic measure comes as the U.S. and Iran are in the early stages of talks aimed at ending the war.
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'Take Note, Mayor Mamdani': Video Shows Slain Hamas Sniper Firing Rifle, Day After Mayor Called Him an 'Al Jazeera Journalist' and Condemned Israel for Targeting Him
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A day after New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the killing of "an Al Jazeera journalist, Ahmed Washah," in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Saturday, a video surfaced showing Washah aggressively firing an automatic rifle in the air and posing with a sniper rifle with a huge sight while wearing a militant headband. The post 'Take Note, Mayor Mamdani': Video Shows Slain Hamas Sniper Firing Rifle, Day After Mayor Called Him an 'Al Jazeera Journalist' and Condemned Israel for Targeting Him appeared first on .
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Democrats' Jeffries and Mamdani wings face off in New York
New York's congressional primaries on Tuesday will be a key test of strength for the left-wing movement challenging the Democratic Party's establishment.Why it matters: Several of these races pit the interests of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) against those of democratic socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.Mamdani, one of the left's most prominent figures both in New York and nationwide, is backing three left-wing insurgents vying for NYC-based House seats.Two of those insurgents are running against incumbent Democrats — and Jeffries almost always supports his incumbents.State of play: In the state's 10th district, Jeffries is supporting Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) while Mamdani is backing NYC comptroller Brad Lander.In the 13th district, Jeffries-backed Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) faces a spirited challenge from Mamdani-endorsed democratic socialist Darializa Avila-Chevalier.Mamdani is also supporting democratic socialist State Assembly member Claire Valdez in the 7th district over Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, though Jeffries hasn't endorsed in that race.Zoom in: Lander, who famously cross-endorsed with Mamdani in last year's NYC mayoral race, is seen as an extremely formidable foe to Goldman and polls have generally shown him with a large lead.In NY-13, outside groups are spending heavily in support of both Espaillat and Avila Chevalier, though Espaillat's allies have a clear financial edge.Mamdani has cut multiple ads supporting Lander, Avila Chevalier and Valdez and campaigned heavily for all three.Yes, but: Mamdani has avoided more direct confrontations with Jeffries, most notably opposing City Councilman Chi Ossé's aborted attempt to primary the Democratic House leader.These also aren't perfectly clear-cut battles of left vs. center: Goldman and Espaillat are both members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, but have come under fire from the left in part for their support of Israel.Things get even more complicated in NY-7, where Reynoso is backed by retiring progressive Rep. Nydia Velázquez and the Working Families Party, which also supports Lander.Zoom out: The other big contest in New York on Tuesday is the 12th district, where several major Democratic candidates are duking it out to succeed Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.).The race includes high-profile figures such as Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of former President John F. Kennedy, and prominent anti-Trump figure George Conway.But the two frontrunners are Assembly member Micah Lasher, who is backed by Nadler and former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg, and Assembly member Alex Bores.The race has attracted tons of outside spending for and against Bores, an architect of New York's AI regulations, with OpenAI-connected super PAC Think Big spending nearly $8 million to oppose him and Anthropic-affiliated Jobs and Democracy PAC spending $9 million to defend him.
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Mamdani’s wife snubs Brad Lander while showing support for DSA candidates in New York primary
The wife of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Rama Duwaji, said she supported Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier, two congressional candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, in the Democratic primary on Tuesday. However, she made no mention of former City Comptroller Brad Lander, who is also running for Congress. Notably, Mamdani endorsed […]
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Hamas Sniper Who Worked for Al Jazeera Dies in Israeli Airstrike, Joins Long List of Terrorists Disguised As Journalists: AJ Praises ‘Kind, Principled’ Worker
A Hamas military operative masquerading as an Al Jazeera photojournalist died in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza this weekend, according to the Israel Defense Forces. It’s the latest example of a jihadist militant operating under the guise of a journalist in Gaza. The post Hamas Sniper Who Worked for Al Jazeera Dies in Israeli Airstrike, Joins Long List of Terrorists Disguised As Journalists: AJ Praises ‘Kind, Principled’ Worker appeared first on .
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Mamdani stumps for far-left House hopefuls as NY primary voters hit the polls
Mayor Zohran Mamdani spent Tuesday morning zipping around the Big Apple stumping for the trio of far-left congressional hopefuls he's endorsed -- as New Yorkers cast their ballots in a series of high-stakes primaries.
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‘We will find you’: Watch DOJ announce massive fraud takedown targeting billions in scams, hundreds of hospices closed
'These schemes did not target government programs, they targeted the American taxpayer'
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Cruz says Mamdani, AOC, Platner show Democrats' leftward shift: 'That's where the energy is'
Sen. Ted Cruz says the Democratic Party has been radicalized, pointing to Zohran Mamdani, Graham Platner and AOC as signs of the party's direction.
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Remember That Time Trump Said He “Probably Should” Take Ozempic?
A mysterious, well-connected 79-year-old man has gained sole access to an experimental obesity drug created by Eli Lilly.The outlet that first reported the early access, STAT, speculated that the patient could be Donald Trump, in no small part due to the president’s unabashed support for weight-loss drugs, which has extended to suggestions that he and his staff should take what he calls “the fat drug.”In January, the president told The New York Times that while he hadn’t yet taken Ozempic or Wegovy, he “probably should.”Trump tips the scale at 224 pounds, according to his 2025 physical results published by the White House. At 6-foot-3, that puts his Body Mass Index in the overweight category. The data suggests Trump has slimmed down since his first term: In 2020, he weighed 244 pounds, which placed him firmly within the BMI’s obesity range.Throughout his second term, Trump has expressed a keen interest in weight-loss drugs and has even directed his administration to lower their costs.In April 2025, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr told CBS Mornings that Trump had “ordered” his department to bring the costs of GLP-1 drugs down in America to compete with European prices.Months later, in November, Trump announced that the prescription costs of Ozempic and Wegovy would come down by hundreds of dollars if purchased through his discounted prescription drug marketplace, TrumpRx.Trump has even used his own officials as props to promote the drugs. During the White House event unveiling the TrumpRx arrangement, Trump said he was “thrilled” with manufacturers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, and proceeded to conduct a fat-shaming round-robin of his underlings to determine who was already on the weight-loss drugs.“Secretary Howard Lutnick. You take any of this stuff, Howard?” Trump asked his Commerce Secretary at the time.“Not yet,” Lutnick replied.“OK, good,” Trump said before going back to reading names of people on his team. “CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz—he doesn’t take it. Food and Drug Administrator, Commissioner Marty Makary, and Director of Medicare Chris Klomp. And we have Steve.… Where’s Steve? Is he here? Head of public relations for the White House? He’s taking it.”
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