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Zohran Mamdani Won in a Double-Digit Blowout, NYC Ballot Results Confirm
The last round of ranked-choice ballots showed the left-wing candidate winning 56 percent of the votes, to Cuomo’s 44.
JD Vance Says Medicaid Cuts for Millions “Immaterial” Compared to Funding ICE
Vance handwaved away the Medicaid cuts — expected to lead to thousands of deaths yearly — as “minutiae.”
The Political Blowback to GOP’s Medicaid Cuts Has Already Begun
Senate Republicans passed a budget package with the deepest cuts to health care in decades on Tuesday.
UN Expert Exposes Companies Aiding Israel’s Genocide, Occupation in Palestine
Amazon, BlackRock, and Keller Williams LLC are some of the companies named in the report.
Abortion Bans Make the Common Experience of Miscarriage Far More Dangerous
Blood transfusions during emergency room visits for first-trimester miscarriages in Texas rose by 54 percent since 2022.
Militarists Are Carrying the Day in the Battle Between Welfare and Warfare
As budget cuts threaten to harm the rest of us, distorted spending priorities are making arms producers stronger.
Mamdani’s Ability to Break With Dem Status Quo Depends on Organizing From Below
Zohran Mamdani’s grassroots-oriented model of political power remains incomprehensible to most political observers.
After All-Night Session of Wrangling, GOP Still Lacks Votes to Pass Budget Bill
With Democrats unanimously opposed to the bill, Senate Republicans can only afford to lose three GOP votes.
Fetterman Moans He’s Missing Beach Trip to Vote on Bill Projected to Kill 50K
The bill is targeted at harming the poor, and is projected to cause 50,000 excess deaths yearly.
By Ruling Against Nationwide Injunctions, SCOTUS Affirms the Imperial Presidency
SCOTUS stripped federal judges of their authority to protect people throughout the US when the president breaks the law.