‘The Pitt’ Actor Noah Wyle To Rally on Capital Hill With Members of Congress for Health Reform Bills
The longtime actor will appear with his mother, a nurse of 50 years.
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Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Is Closing and Leaving Behind $1 Billion in Unpaid Costs
The symbol of Trump’s deportation effort faced cost overruns and accusations of torture.
By HOLLIE McKAY
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Prosecutor Is Charged With Smuggling Out Jack Smith’s Secret Mar-a-Lago Report Against Trump, Disguising Contraband as ‘Bundt Cake Recipe’
Carmen Lineberger pleads ‘not guilty’ to four counts — one of which could carry a punishment of 25 years in prison.
By A.R. HOFFMAN
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Wisconsin Sued Over Conversion Therapy Ban, As Governor Refuses To Rescind It After Supreme Court Ruling
Governor Tony Evers says he has ‘no intention of repealing’ his state’s ban on the controversial practice.
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
|New Surgeon General’s Advisory Warns Screen Use by Children is a Growing Public Health Concern
Excessive screen time by children is linked to loss of sleep, mental health problems, nearsightedness or other eye issues, and several other issues.
By LUKE FUNK
|Economic Engines vs. Political Pawns: Why NIL Capitalism Neutralizes Call for a Black Athlete Boycott
NAACP voting rights protest collides with dreams of long-term financial stability gained at big-name southern sports schools.
By GEORGE WILLIS
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Brooklyn’s Oldest Lesbian Bar Scales Back Pride Month Events Over Noise Complaints in Pro-Mamdani Park Slope
Patrons and fans blamed gentrifiers for forcing Ginger’s Bar to reduce its DJ events.
By DANIEL EDWARD ROSEN
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Trump Administration Sues Minnesota Over Its Ban on Prediction Markets, Claiming It Will Harm Farmers
The head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission says the law ‘turns lawful operators and participants in prediction markets into felons overnight.’
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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DOJ Launches Investigation into Washington Prison for Housing Biological Males With Female Inmates
The state faces a lawsuit from a female inmate who was attacked by a ‘biologically intact’ sex offender.
By LUKE FUNK
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Israeli Minister ‘Betrayed Dignity of His Nation’: U.S. Ambassador Joins Uproar Over Gaza Flotilla Video
Itamar Ben-Gvir also faced strong condemnation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
By JOTAM CONFINO
|Trump Says Netanyahu ‘Will Do Whatever I Want Him To Do’ Amid Iran Negotiations
The White House is reportedly pushing for a temporary agreement that would pause the war and launch 30 days of negotiations.
By JOTAM CONFINO
|‘Cartoonish’ New York Times Story Claims Israel and America Attempted To Install Ahmadinejad in Power at Tehran
‘The Mossad knows Iran very well. They know what’s possible and what isn’t.’
By BENNY AVNI
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Pentagon Cancels Deployment of Thousands of Soldiers to Europe
The Trump administration is pushing NATO allies to take more responsibility for their own defense, reducing the U.S. force posture by eliminating one of four Brigade Combat teams.
By LUKE FUNK
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China, After Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz, Moves Toward Huge Russian Gas Pipeline
The closing of the maritime chokepoint presages a new energy era.
By JAMES BROOKE
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IRGC Warns Conflict Will Spread ‘Far Beyond’ Middle East If America Attacks Again
Trump says he was ‘an hour away’ from launching strikes on Iran and suggests Tehran now has only days left to reach a deal with Washington.
By JOTAM CONFINO
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Trump’s Ballroom on Life Support After Republicans in Congress Begin To Push Back
Republican senators seem unlikely to add the security funding needed to construct the president’s new event space.
By MATTHEW RICE
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Trump Administration Moves To Crack Down on ‘Uncontrolled’ Pipeline for Foreign Workers
The president is requiring financial institutions to consider immigration status when evaluating potential risks.
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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Did AOC Just Acknowledge That Anti-Zionism is Antisemitism?
The congresswoman broke with her base to condemn a fellow Democrat’s proposal to imprison and castrate ‘American Zionists’.
By NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
|Kennedy Pulls Planned Charter for Expiring Vaccine Panel
Unpopular changes to the advisory committee’s composition and focus could hurt Republicans in the midterm elections.
By LUKE FUNK
|Senate Republicans Move to Fund Trump’s Big Ballroom — and Immigration Enforcement
Democrats are raring to fight the pricey ballroom funding provision.
By MATTHEW RICE
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Democrats Intent on Traversing the Constitution in the Name of Preserving Democracy
By DAVID HARSANYI
America, With Religious Illiteracy Surging, Confronts Rise of Post-Truth Culture
By JOSH HAMMER
Congress Will Weigh an Overdue Declaration of ‘Childhood Independence’
By LENORE SKENAZY
Trump’s Grip on GOP Base Shows Little Sign of Fading Any Time Soon, to Chagrin of Liberal Press
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The Hysterical Inventiveness of ‘I Love Boosters’ Is Hilarious and Subversive
Critiquing exorbitant prices and slavish devotion to luxury, ‘I Love Boosters’ could be interpreted as a rebuke of the values championed by ‘The Devil Wears Prada.’
By CARLOS SOUSA
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A Brilliant Paternal Study, ‘Twice Born’
Hester Kaplan chronicles both her father, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Mark Twain, and her own development as a writer.
By CARL ROLLYSON
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The New Rules of Men’s Fashion in a More Casual and Tawdry Age
While hoodies, jeans, and sneakers may be increasingly prevalent, society still operates according to an invisible system of dress norms.
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Trump To Swear in Warsh as Fed Chairman Friday at White House
Kevin Warsh has faced pressure to detail more than $100 million in investments he is selling to assume the central bank’s leadership.
By LUKE FUNK
|House Republicans Aim To Strip Key Provision From Senate Housing Bill
Conservatives and industry leaders say the plan to limit home ownership by institutional investors has discouraged new construction.
By LUKE FUNK
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Trump Media Posts $400 Million First-Quarter Loss as Trump Sons Pivot to Billion-Dollar Tech Investments
For the first three months of the year, the company generated just $871,200 in revenue.
By JOSEPH CURL
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Report: Extended Car Loans Are Strapping More Auto Buyers With Lower Equity, Reduced Buying Power
Consumers who haven’t paid off their vehicles by trade-in time are finding themselves lower valued assets, reducing their negotiating power, a new study suggests.
By LUKE FUNK
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Harvard Faculty Vote to Cap A Grades Despite Strong Student Opposition
The dean of undergraduate education described the result as ‘consequential.’
By NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
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American Bar Association Panel Calls for End to DEI Requirement at Law Schools
Facing loss of its status as the nation’s sole law school accreditor, the association’s council on legal education and bar admissions is promoting compliance with anti-discrimination laws instead.
By SHARON KEHNEMUI
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Seattle Teacher in Lead for Top Union Post Faces Police Review Amid Child Abuse Allegations
The accusations against the special education teacher stem from the parents of a third-grade student with autism.
By JOSEPH CURL
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James Comey Looks To ‘Get in Line’ for Weaponization Payday — but Trump’s Pot of Gold Might Be Unconstitutional
The 14th Amendment prohibits America from paying ‘any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States.’
By A.R. HOFFMAN
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Warns Her Conservative Colleagues To Be ‘Really, Really Careful’ Ahead of 2026 Elections
The court’s junior justice wants a ‘very constrained’ Supreme Court to avoid the perception of politics.
By A.R. HOFFMAN
|How a Self-Described #MeToo Feminist Decided Not To Convict Harvey Weinstein of Rape
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has not ruled out taking the Hollywood producer to court again based on the accusations of former Weinstein paramour Jessica Mann.
By MARIE POHL
|Some Big Wins, Some Losses for Mangione at Evidence Suppression Hearing
In another victory for the defense, the New York Supreme Court justice granted that the statements Mr. Mangione made before he was read his Miranda rights will be suppressed at trial.
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