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Could a heatwave make World Cup matches 'unsafe' this week?
Temperatures are expected to soar across parts of the US and Canada this week which could bring significant health impacts to some World Cup matches.
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Ex-NY gov warns Dems could face extinction if they can’t thwart socialist takeover
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The New York Democratic Party faces extinction if it doesn't wake up and turn out voters to the polls to defeat socialist candidates who are taking over the party, said former Gov. and ex-state Democratic Party chairman David Paterson.
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Trump facing 'bleak' chances of fixing his biggest midterms problem: report
President Donald Trump and the Republican Party are in "a race against time," according to The Hill, as they face "bleak" odds of addressing one of voters' biggest concerns ahead of the midterm races.The cost of living and general economic affordability remain the most pressing issues for voters this year, and numerous polls have indicated that a significant number of them blame Trump directly for the current state of affairs, particularly the problem of runaway inflation. In the face of his mounting unpopularity, the GOP has been staring down increasingly worse midterm odds and seems poised to lose one or both of its congressional majorities to Democrats in November.According to a Monday morning report from The Hill, Trump and his party are desperately "hoping that inflation can be bent downward in time to revive their chances in November’s midterm elections," but their outlook is not strong."New data released late last week on personal consumption expenditures (PCE) showed inflation above 4 percent," the outlet explained. "Even excluding food and gas costs, so-called core inflation was at 3.4 percent for the year ending in May. This, in turn, makes an imminent reduction in interest rates by the Federal Reserve much less likely — despite Trump’s clamoring for it."The report continued: "Gas prices also remain elevated, with the national average cost per gallon at $3.90 on Friday, according to AAA. Although down from its apex, this price is still almost $1 above the level that was seen just before Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked Iran in late February."The Hill also noted some signs of hope for the party, specifically the plummeting cost of oil in the wake of Trump's shaky ceasefire deal with Iran. This, however, does not guarantee that the prices consumers see at the pump will be down enough before November.“We have time, but we don’t have that much time,” GOP strategist Matt Mackowiak told The Hill. “There are several reasons for Republicans to believe things are going to get better. The questions are: How much better are they going to get, and how much are voters going to feel it?”"The polling numbers demonstrate just how steep a climb the president and his party are facing," the outlet added. "Inflation is consistently the issue on which Trump performs worst when voters are asked about his performance in office. In the polling averages maintained by RealClearPolitics, Trump’s net rating is almost 40 points underwater on the topic. A Reuters/Ipsos poll released last week found that just 22 percent of adults approved of how Trump was handling their cost of living, while 69 percent disapproved."It continued later: "Most pertinently of all, inflation has remained stubborn. In November 2024, the month of Trump’s reelection, the annualized rate of inflation was 2.7 percent. The reading one year later was exactly the same. The rate ebbed slightly at the start of this year, only to ramp up again as a consequence of the war with Iran."
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Republicans warn Trump is taking his own party hostage
Republicans are fearful that President Donald Trump is actively working against them in the midterm elections in a no-win hostage crisis.The Atlantic's Michael Scherer spoke to CNN's Audie Cornish on Monday about the president's ongoing efforts costing the GOP the midterm elections. "The latest concerns are spilling into the open after President Trump refused to sign a bipartisan housing bill at the last minute last week. Why? Well, because he wants Congress to pass his controversial bill aimed at controlling elections," Cornish said, announcing the segment. Republicans spent the past several days speaking out about the failure on "affordability," which the president continues to believe is a "Democrat hoax." NOTUS reporter Igor Bobic said that "a whole lot of Republicans" agree with the so-called "YOLO Caucus," meaning (you only live once). Bobic said that outgoing Republicans are allowed to speak more freely, but that behind the scenes, other Republicans are afraid to go on the record. Still, they are all saying the same things. "They see a President who's more focused on, you know, renovating a golf course as opposed to signing a housing bill, a huge bipartisan housing bill that passed Congress overwhelmingly, that still hasn't gotten signed," Bobic said. Cornish thinks that it was to "rob Democrats" of the photo-op and a success story, but Axios reporter Alex Thompson said, "it's much more petulant than that." "And that it was a completely emotional decision by Trump, because he is obsessed with the SAVE Act and he denied his party wins and Republicans are basically resigned at this point," Thompson said. "Donald Trump is just never going to be on message throughout the midterms. He's not going to be up front talking about specific policies to bring down prices. And what you're seeing, in some ways, is a second-term Trump that just has an exhausted legislative agenda. They have not really proposed any big things."But it was Scherer who explained that behind closed doors, Trump's aides have had to work hard to explain to him why he should care about the midterm elections. "He basically assumes he's going to lose the House, he doesn't think it matters much, so he's trying to figure out what he can do, what leverage he has here, and right now he's taking his own party hostage," Scherer said. "I mean that housing bill is a messaging bill that's supposed to help Republicans go home and say, look, I do care about affordability, I'm doing stuff for you."Instead, Trump is "hurting his own party."Thompson added that in the new book by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan talks about the Trump political team drafting memos as far back as December, talking about Trump's lack of focus on issues that matter to voters. This was before the Iran war. - YouTube www.youtube.com
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Ex-Alaska mayor and ‘parent of the year’ charged with sexual abuse of minors
Ulric Ulroan charged on 47 criminal counts amid allegations he sexually assaulted teenage girls from 2009-2025The former mayor of a city in Alaska – who has also coached high school girls basketball and won a parent of the year award – has been criminally charged on allegations that he sexually assaulted several teenage girls over a yearslong period, according to authorities in that state.Ulric Ulroan, 48, first drew scrutiny from Alaska’s bureau of investigation in January, when the agency received a tip that he had purportedly inflicted sexual abuse on a 17-year-old girl in the village of Chevak between 2009 and 2010. The tip prompted an investigation which brought forth more reports of Ulroan having “sexually assaulted and/or abused various teenage girls” between 2009 and 2025 in Chevak as well as the Alaska communities of Anchorage, Mountain Village and Nome, officials said in a news release published on Friday. Continue reading...
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Dem leader, experts admit what fueled NYC’s socialist surge — and it wasn’t ‘affordability’ pledge
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s socialist cronies who swept last week’s Democratic primaries boasted about an affordability message.
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‘We’re all going to Hell!’ Texas Dems embrace ‘gay, tofu-eating vegan’ Senate nominee James Talarico at convention
Texas Democrats rallied around their nominee for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Republican Sen. John Cornyn during their convention on Friday. Democratic Texas state […]
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Inspired by the World Cup? Here’s how to avoid an injury that could sideline you
The World Cup has millions of fans itching to lace up their cleats — but could your comeback game land you on the sidelines? New York Post Wellness Editor Carly Stern sits down with NYU Langone sports medicine specialist Dr. Julia Iafrate to break down the biggest mistakes weekend warriors make when they jump back...
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