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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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New York Post
Mamdani stumps for far-left House hopefuls as NY primary voters hit the polls
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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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Military worker hit by gunfire dies after car crash near SoCal Air Force base
A military staffer was found with an apparent gunshot wound after a car crash near an Air Force base in Riverside County Tuesday morning.
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Axios
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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Raw Story
Fed-up Republican vows to blow up House GOP leaders' voting plans
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is threatening to derail House Republican leaders' legislative agenda for weeks, including a bipartisan housing bill, unless the chamber fights for the SAVE America Act, the stalled Trump-backed voter ID and citizenship-proof legislation."I will be voting no and oppose other bills AND rules until we fight for SAVE America Act," Luna threatened Monday on X. "That means if House GOP leadership chooses today to move the SENATE HOUSING BILL under suspension (getting rid of our house rules) I will vote to shut the floor down. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE."Luna told Politico she would oppose the procedural rule for this week and going forward. The move could derail Speaker Mike Johnson's plans for weeks if she and her allies follow through. "There is a group" willing to do this, she said.The threat puts Johnson in a bind. House GOP leaders had planned to fast-track the latest Senate-amended version of the bipartisan housing bill under suspension of the rules, a procedure requiring a two-thirds supermajority. The bill has already passed both chambers in earlier versions, but the Senate sent back a newly amended iteration yesterday.The SAVE America Act would require proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and a photo ID to cast a ballot, and it passed the House earlier this year but has stalled in the Senate, facing Democratic opposition. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has resisted using a "talking filibuster" to push it through, drawing Luna's ire.Luna previously threatened to sink FISA reauthorization unless the SAVE America Act was attached. Those standoffs ended without resolution, and the Senate bill remains in limbo.
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The Federalist
Foreign-Born Judge Blocks Citizenship Test Saying It Would ‘Purge’ Voters
A foreign-born federal judge in D.C. ruled Monday that Americans are not allowed to check the citizenship of prospective voters because doing so might “purge voter rolls.” D.C. District Court Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, who is from Trinidad and Tobago, blocked the Trump administration from using an updated database called the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements […]
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The Hill News
Watch live: Data Nerds track and analyze primary elections in Maryland, New York and Utah
The Hill presents one-and-a-half hours of live, real-time primary night coverage, diving deep into the 2026 primaries in Maryland, New York and Utah on Tuesday from 8:30-10 p.m. EDT. The Hill’s coverage will be anchored by Sunrise on The Hill’s Cory Smith, joined by Rising’s Robby Soave, The Hill’s campaign and congressional reporters, Decision Desk…
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Washington Examiner
Congress has taken a step to fix housing affordability — it can’t afford to go backward
Washington has spent years talking about housing affordability. Despite the talk, federal lawmakers have failed to enact housing reforms, while ordinary Americans have been crushed by rent, mortgage payments, and a supply crunch that never seems to ease. Now, after months of negotiating, Congress has finally reached an agreement on a bipartisan housing package that […]
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Washington Examiner
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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