Three major unions backed New York Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani on Friday, a day after his main rival, disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, reportedly decided to remain in the race for mayor.
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Could Anyone Be More New York Than Zohran Mamdani?
His coalition, like Fiorello La Guardia’s, is ideological, generational, and heavy on immigrants—a polyglot collection of the “outs.”
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Mamdani and Lander Combined Two Strands of Progressive Politics
Inspiration and results, together again.
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Murkowski’s Alaska Gold Rush Loses Some Gold Plating
Several perks for Alaska are thrown out of the bill. Will the senior Senator from the state remain loyal?
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The Alaska Gold Rush
The Senate bids to save its Big Beautiful Bill by buying off Sen. Lisa Murkowski of the 49th state.
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Supreme Contempt for the Constitution
As Trump moves toward outright dictatorship, the Roberts Court keeps enabling him.
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New Byrd Violations Threaten Trump’s Beautiful Bill
The parliamentarian kicked out a key Medicaid provision, part of a $587 billion rollback in spending cuts. Republicans don’t have good options to deal with that.
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What Zohran Mamdani Can Learn From Bill de Blasio
New York City’s last progressive mayor had some successes but over intense opposition. Here’s what the next one should look out for.
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Republicans Propose Fixing 1.5 Percent of Their Rural Hospital Problem
An insulting offer for a rural hospital fund is panned by Senate Republican holdouts. But the leadership is betting they’ll give in soon enough.
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Trump versus the Fed
Jay Powell refuses to bend on interest rates, but he’s as bad as Trump when it comes to promoting crypto and weakening other financial regulation.
