Republicans Set To Kick Off Fraught Budget Process for ICE, Border Patrol
With slim majorities as leverage, conservatives are warning that a pricey bill may not win their support.
By MATTHEW RICE
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Trump Says ‘No More Mr. Nice Guy’ if Iran Doesn’t Accept a Deal To End Conflict
Talks Monday at Islamabad seek to force a peace deal after Iran attacked vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and the U.S. responded by tearing a hole through and capturing an Iranian cargo ship.
By SHARON KEHNEMUI
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White House Vows Answers After 11 Deaths and Disappearances Linked to Space and Nuclear Research
’I hope it’s random, but we’re going to know in the next week and a half,’ President Trump says.
By JOSEPH CURL
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Embattled Starmer, With Ship Attacked in Hormuz Strait, Pretends That Britain Yet Rules the Waves
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Hostility to Trump Bars Global Recognition of Israeli-American Military Defeat of Iran
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A Hurricane of Transformation Promises To Remake America in Time for Its 300th Birthday
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With Executive Order, Trump Accelerates Psychedelic Research, Joking: ‘Can I Have Some?’
‘In many cases, these experimental treatments have shown life-changing potential for those suffering from severe mental illness and depression, including our cherished veterans,’ the president says.
By JOSEPH CURL
|‘Lox & Loaded’: NRA Teams Up With Jewish Gun Club To Combat Rising Antisemitism
The partnership, to be announced this week, will bring firearms training and outreach to Jewish communities as antisemitic killings reach a 30-year high.
By NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
|Former Mayor Adams Blasts Mamdani for Silence After Teen Openly Beaten to Death in Queens Park
Police are seeking tips in the incident that was captured on video.
By LUKE FUNK
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Trump Administration Says Campaign Targeting Video Gamers To Become Air Traffic Controllers Is Leading to Record Sign-ups
More than 8,000 people signed up in the first 13 hours of a hiring effort tied to a promotional video.
By LUKE FUNK
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Jimmy Kimmel Blasted for Not Denouncing Democrat Eric Swalwell, Who Announced His Governor Campaign on Kimmel’s Show
The late-night host is being accused of acting as a ‘Democrat-PAC’ instead of a comedian.
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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Newly Released FBI Records Disclose Altercation Involving Would Be Assassin of Trump at Butler Rally
Thomas Crooks also made ‘hateful’ comments about the president, witnesses claim.
By LUKE FUNK
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Pope Leo Seeks To Ease Tension With Trump, Saying ‘Tyrant’ Remark Was Written Weeks Ago
The war of words between the pontiff and the president has forced American Catholics to take sides between their political and their spiritual leader.
By DAVID JONES
|Iran Declares Hormuz Closed Again, Dashing Hopes for a Quick Return to Normal
Iran now says the strait will remain closed until President Trump lifts his blockade of Iranian ports — something the president says will not happen until there is a comprehensive deal on all issues.
By DAVID JONES
|Mass Convictions in Nigerian Terror Trials Raise Hope of Government Commitment To Tackling Anti-Christian Violence
Of 508 cases presented to the Federal High Court, Attorney General Lateef Fagbemi announced 386 convictions, with just 10 discharged or acquitted and more trials to come.
By HOLLIE McKAY
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Trump Signals a War’s Endgame Is at Hand
Opening the Hormuz Strait proves that ‘the press and markets got everything so wrong about this war,’ an Iran watcher tells the Sun.
By BENNY AVNI
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Starmer Faces Growing Calls To Resign Over Mandelson Scandal
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says Starmer ‘is not fit to govern.’
By LUKE FUNK
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Millions of Cajuns, New Englanders May Already Be Canadians Under New Citizenship Law
Anyone who can trace their ancestry back to a Canadian citizen — no matter how many generations ago — can now apply for a Canadian passport.
By DAVID JONES
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Jack Schlossberg Leads in New Poll as ‘Love Story’ Stokes Camelot Fever
A new poll confirms JFK’s grandson’s lead in the crowded Democratic primary for New York’s 12th Congressional District.
By NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
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Colbert’s Final Sign-Off Is Lesson in Late Night’s Self-Immolation
A shift in late-night entertainment is marked by laughs coming second to lectures and hosts preaching to politically cultivated congregations.
By HOLLIE McKAY
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Mamdani Wants To Tax the Empty Properties of New York City’s Wealthy — but What About His Vacant Land in Uganda?
Mamdani’s property is valued at upwards of $250,000 in Jinja, Uganda, where the average annual income hovers below $1,000.
By HOLLIE McKAY
|New Jersey Progressive Democrat Dominates in Special House Election, Further Slimming Republican Majority
Analilia Mejia, a former national political director for Senator Bernie Sanders, will succeed Governor Mikie Sherrill who resigned upon winning the governorship last year.
By MATTHEW RICE
|Most Youths Who Got Medical Gender-Transitions Were Likely Treated for Serious Mental Illness, Finnish Study Finds
Having added fuel to the debate that these medical interventions have been oversold, this study is being met with fierce resistance by supporters of pediatric gender medicine.
By BENJAMIN RYAN
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Interest Rate Cap on Credit Cards Could Cause 100 Million To Lose Their Accounts
By STEPHEN MOORE
Viktor Orban, Despite Defeat, Vindicated by European Union’s Turn Against Unchecked Migration
By MICHAEL BARONE
Six Dollars a Gallon for Gas Could Become the Norm for New Yorkers, Thanks to Democrats’ Green Energy Policies
By ZILVINAS SILENAS
Papal–Presidential Quarrel a Missed Opportunity for America and the Catholic Church
By DANIEL McCARTHY
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‘Wht Happened Was…’ Supplies a Witty and Mysterious Mediation on Life and Love
The first major revival of the late Tom Noonan’s play about a first date in New York boasts winning performances from Cecily Strong and Corey Stoll.
By ELYSA GARDNER
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How the Phenomenal Success of ‘Project Hail Mary’ Can Inspire a Cinematic Revival
In ‘Project Hail Mary,’ Ryan Gosling’s character Ryland Grace has to save humanity, but the huge success of the film shows how to save Hollywood.
By JULIENNE DAVIS
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‘The Last Days of Downtown’ Bids Goodbye to Dimes Square — and All That
A new play from an emerging bard of the Bowery, Matthew Gasda, is a wake for the creatives of Canal Street.
By A.R. HOFFMAN
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Economy
Elon Musk Proposes ‘Universal High Income’ To Combat AI-Driven Job Losses
‘AI/robotics will produce goods and services far in excess of the increase in the money supply, so there will not be inflation,’ the billionaire says.
By JOSEPH CURL
|Trump Administration To Begin Refund of $150 Billion in Tariffs to Importers
More than 56,000 importers are expected to start the process to claw back more than $150 billion in tariffs the Supreme Court said were improperly collected.
By LUKE FUNK
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Global Fertilizer Supply Disruptions Help Domestic Producers but Hurt American Farmers
American fertilizer producers are boosting prices and increasing exports while farmers are seeing costs rise as much as 40 percent.
By LUKE FUNK
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SpaceX Files for IPO That Could Make Elon Musk The World’s First Trillionaire
The aerospace manufacturer reportedly submitted a draft registration to the SEC on Wednesday, with five major banks tapped to lead the offering.
By NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
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Stanford Calls Bluff on Students Using Jain Faith To Dodge Meal Plan
After viral claims that students were faking the faith to skip campus dining, the university rolled out a Jain-friendly menu.
By NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
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Federal Appeals Court Allows Iowa To Enforce a Law Banning ‘Sexual Materials’ From School Libraries
The judges say the First Amendment ‘does not guarantee students the right to access books of their choosing at taxpayer expense.’
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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Public School Students in Utah Will Soon Study Bible Verses ‘Alluded To’ in America’s Founding Documents
Utah’s governor says the new standards are not supposed to be a ‘spiritual study.’
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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Federal Judge Halts Nexstar’s $6.2 Billion Acquisition of Tegna Amid Antitrust Concerns
Ruling says the plaintiffs ‘demonstrated a prima facie case that the merger creates a ‘reasonable probability of anticompetitive effect.’
By JOSEPH CURL
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Criminal Charges May Be Imminent for an Obama Official, John Brennan, as Key Prosecutor Is Removed and Probe Reportedly Accelerates
The personnel shake-up could signal that the push to bring a criminal case is gathering steam.
By A.R. HOFFMAN
|‘See You in Court’: Kash Patel Threatens To Sue Reporter, Magazine After Story Alleges Excessive Drinking, Erratic Behavior
The Atlantic magazine claims the FBI chief thought he was fired after experiencing a computer access issue and details his alleged drinking problem.
By DANIEL EDWARD ROSEN
|Federal Anti-Abuse Law Championed by Melania Trump Nabs First Convict, but Free Speech Challenge Is Coming
An Ohio man pleads guilty to a seemingly open-and-shut case, but AI analysts say they worry about censorship in the dragnet to take down sexually explicit ‘deepfakes.’
By HOLLIE McKAY
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