After New York’s Primary Elections, Democrats Face Five Big Questions
The anti-establishment left surged. How shaken are party leaders?

New York's 12th Congressional District primary became the second-most expensive House primary ever, with $26.3 million in ad spending over AI regulation.
The anti-establishment left surged. How shaken are party leaders?
The Democratic Socialist primary sweep is the latest failure of our cowardly parties-in-name-only.
The White House has requested Congress pass a supplemental spending bill for $87.6 billion, roughly $67 billion of which would go to the Pentagon to cover the cost of the Iran war. Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Wednesday detailing […]
New Yorkers supported the leftmost candidates at nearly every opportunity on Tuesday
President Donald Trump's decision to abruptly cancel a bill-signing ceremony on Wednesday for a widely popular piece of legislation raised red flags for one political analyst. Trump announced on Truth Social that he was canceling the signing event for a bipartisan housing affordability bill, and said it won't be signed until the SAVE America Act is passed, a bill that would fundamentally transform how American elections are conducted. John Heilemann, a journalist and MS NOW political analyst, warned during a segment on "Deadline: White House" that Trump used a phrase to remember in his Truth Social post announcing the cancellation, one that will become more important as the 2026 midterm elections draw near. "Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby canceled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT," Trump wrote in a pithy post.Heilmann warned that the post revealed Trump's strategy for interfering in the 2026 midterm election. "Donald Trump is starting to broadcast his strategy for interfering with, intervening in, and trying to steal the 2026 election," Heilmann said. "'National emergency' is a phrase that you should remember because I think we're going to start to see it more and more in Donald Trump's communications, both on social media and his language when he talks about these things on the stump. That is how you get to a justification for starting to seize control of the election apparatus and mechanisms ... by which we hold elections. 'National emergency.' He said it right there. I think we are going to hear it again."
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's socialist slate swept NYC Democratic primaries, defeating incumbents like Reps. Espaillat and Goldman in a major shift.
Against the backdrop of President Trump, Secretary Rubio and Secretary Hegseth pointedly telling NATO of the U.S. intention to draw-down U.S. military operations from Europe, NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte flies to Washington DC to make the pro-NATO sales pitch directly to President Trump. In one of the most transparent appearances in oval office history, […] The post NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte Gives “Remain in NATO” Pitch to President Trump in White House appeared first on The Last Refuge.
Robby Soave and Jason Russell break down the socialist sweep in NYC, the latest in House of the Dragon, and the World Cup.