Establishment Democrats fear an “earthquake” after far-Left socialist candidates swept the New York congressional primaries. A trio of candidates, including two avowed democratic socialists, backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, defeated establishment-backed Democrats on Tuesday, igniting fears that the results could damage the party’s national image. “People who do not support the [Democratic ...
Three candidates endorsed by Zohran Mamdani swept to victory in Democratic congressional primaries on Tuesday, showing that the coalition which powered the New York City mayor to a surprising victory last year is gaining strength. But can it last? Tyler Kendall explains (Source: Bloomberg)
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The bipartisan housing bill the House and Senate passed this week doesn’t go far enough, Democratic leaders say. But it’s still one of the most significant pieces of housing legislation passed in decades. Further Democratic goals on housing might have to wait for a new Congress.The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which President Trump could sign as early as Wednesday, was a collaboration between Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott, a Republican from South Carolina, and ranking member Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts. On Monday night, the bill passed the Senate handily with a vote of 85–5. On Tuesday, the House advanced it with a 358–32 vote.“The biggest win is we finally did something,” said Senator Peter Welch, a Democrat from Vermont, gesturing at Congress’s usual partisan gridlock. “In this world, the fact that you’ve got Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren and the entire U.S. Senate to support housing shows that we’re finally focusing on something that really matters to the American people. So I see it as a beginning.”In terms of substantive victories, Warren emphasized a restriction on the purchase of new single-family homes by large institutional investors that own at least 350 single-family homes.“For the first time ever, [we] tell private equity ‘no,’ they cannot mow through every neighborhood in America and turn us into a nation of renters,” she told The New Republic.Warren also pointed to the bill’s efforts to increase housing supply, which housing policy expert Will Fischer of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities called the “central theme” of the bill. The bill removes some regulatory barriers and streamlines environmental reviews to accelerate the construction of affordable housing—including the first federal guidelines on zoning reform. The bill also creates an “Innovation Fund” that rewards communities that successfully build more housing.By removing the requirement that manufactured homes have a permanent steel chassis beneath them, the bill could bring down the cost of a new unit by up to $10,000, according to Warren’s office.These provisions, Fischer said, are “part of what’s needed to address the housing crisis in the country to build more housing, but they are only a first step in order to really solve the affordable housing crisis.”So what’s next? Fischer pointed to the need for more rental assistance programs that will help the lowest-income Americans afford a place to live. Increasing the supply of housing is critical, he said, but not sufficient to fix the issue. “No matter how much we build, that’s never going to be enough to make housing affordable to tens of millions of people with low incomes,” he said.Rental assistance programs are a harder sell with Republicans, and the Trump administration has attempted to cut such programs through the Department of Housing and Urban Development. “It’s unlikely that the current Congress is going to take the kind of action that’s really needed to sharply reduce homelessness and evictions,” Fischer said.Democrats echoed that sentiment in their public statements. “Our work is far from over and this is not the end of the conversation. It is the beginning of a renewed effort to tackle our housing affordability crisis and ensure every American has access to a safe, decent, and affordable place to call home,” said Representative Maxine Waters, a Democrat from California and the ranking member on the House Committee on Financial Services, in a statement.Still, the message on Tuesday was one of optimism. “Let me put it this way,” Warren said. “The bill is not the one I would have written all by myself, but there are some really big wins here that made all the work and all the pain totally worthwhile.”
House Democratic leaders will give remarks Wednesday morning in the wake of New York’s primaries, when two hopefuls backed by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) were defeated by more progressive candidates. The victors were backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D), a democratic socialist, and have shown a growing rift between the party’s…
A virulent anti-Trump critic did very poorly in the Democratic primary election for an open seat representing Manhattan, and the president didn't hold back his mockery.George Conway, ex-husband of former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, was a Republican political strategist before President Donald Trump won election in 2016. He has since become a fierce opponent of the president and even helped found the Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump political organization.'This is a truly unattractive person, both inside and out. Have a nice life, George!'None of that helped Conway in the primary race for New York's 12th Congressional District, which had a crowded field of candidates that included a Kennedy scion."Wow, Mr. Kellyanne Conway, a Trump Deranged Loser at the highest level, is getting absolutely CRUSHED in the Primaries tonight," the president wrote in a post on Truth Social, referring to Conway's defunct marriage."He’ll end up at about 5% of the vote in a rather weak field of young and aggressive Communists," Trump added. "No wonder his 'husband' dumped him like a dog! This is a truly unattractive person, both inside and out. Have a nice life, George!"The Conway campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.Kellyanne Conway was a Republican strategist who was Trump's campaign manager in 2016 and became a passionate supporter of his policies.Kellyanne Conway left the Trump campaign just a few months ahead of the 2020 election. The Conways announced their divorce in March 2023 after two decades of marriage. The primary election was called for New York state Assembly Member Micah Lasher, who garnered 39% of the vote with 87% of the ballots counted. Conway had gotten support from only 6% of the vote at that point.Jack Kennedy Schlossberg, 33, also performed poorly despite carrying the Kennedy name — he received only about 11% of the vote.RELATED: George Conway publicly chides Kellyanne Conway while she defends Trump Lasher is a longtime Democrat who promised to "revamp and recharge the Democratic Party in Washington" after his victory.He added that his goal was to show his party has "bold new ideas to improve the lives of struggling Americans and then deliver on them."Lasher will likely have an easy road to Congress, as two-thirds of the voters in the district are registered as Democrats.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
Democratic Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti said she supported disarming police officers and wanted to emulate Japan’s gun-control laws in a resurfaced video from 2020. Cognetti, who is […]
Rep. LaMonica McIver's attorneys are set to appear before a U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals panel Wednesday morning in Wilmington, Delaware.Her legal team seeks to overturn her federal assault charges stemming from a May 2025 confrontation at Newark's Delaney Hall migrant detention facility, according to New Jersey Monitor's Sophie Nieto-Muñoz. Congresswoman McIver (D-NJ) and her allies contend she is a political target prosecuted for opposing the Trump administration's mass detention and deportation policies. The incident occurred during an oversight visit when federal agents arrested Newark's Democratic Mayor Ras Baraka for trespassing. Body camera footage shows McIver shoving an officer during the resulting confrontation. McIver now faces up to 17 years in prison. “They want to criminalize oversight and lock me up. Whatever they try, we’re not backing down,” McIver said during a meeting of House Democrats in Newark last week.Her legal team argues she has legislative immunity under the Constitution's speech or debate clause and claims selective and vindictive prosecution. Prosecutors counter, claiming her actions were not legislative acts. Federal officials compared McIver to Antifa-aligned left-wing violent extremists, according to reports by The New Jersey Monitor.A federal judge previously rejected her immunity argument, prompting the appeal.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.