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Trump says Zelenskyy ‘better damn well stop' attacks on Russian oil refineries
Zelenskyy could have settled this war many times. Many, many times. And he chooses not to,
Saudi Arabia extends closure of airport after 12 killed in suspected Houthi missile attack
Attack on Riyadh airport killed 12 people and wounded over 300 more, Saudi authorities say
Pope Leo XIV will undergo surgery to remove a nodule on his lung
Damage assessments, cleanup begin after Hurricane Isaias thrashes Florida Panhandle
All in all, we had a significant storm,
Isaias makes landfall along the US Gulf Coast as a dangerous Category 2 hurricane
Zelenskyy accuses Trump of ‘smokescreen’ oil deal amid talks to end Ukraine war
At this very moment, while our team is talking with the American team in Florida, at this very moment, the President of the United States is talking with the leader of the Kremlin, the leader of this war, the leader of this aggression, and has an agreement under which America is allowing Russia to export diesel fuel,
Trump administration launches new sanctions on International Criminal Court
Rubio’s announcement came hours after a former ICC judge, Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
Either the ICC will end its threats, or we will end the ICC.”
Today, the United States is sanctioning the International Criminal Court,
Trump announces Katie Bailey as new chief of White House-Hill relations
One Nation is soaring in polls. Winning power is much harder.
The same polling that suggests One Nation is on the brink of a political breakthrough disguises a fundamental weakness in its electoral prospects
‘Get in line:’ Donors strike new tone about helping Paxton
October 2026
The GOP’s affordability boomerang
The premise is simple: Let’s make sure that this program is preserved for those truly in need, and that we aren’t squandering taxpayer dollars,
Even if he did something, no one would believe it anyway at this point,
While Katie’s MAGA credentials are rock solid and it’s obvious the President has trust in her capabilities she is also a genuinely kind person and will work well with the press corps, unlike the first press secretary who came across as an angry leprechaun at times,
‘Ship has sailed’: New poll shows even an end to the war or lower gas prices may not save Republicans
Republicans are running out of ways to reverse their gloomy midterm prospects
Trump’s 2020 Obsession Is Weighing Down Arizona Republicans
I know for a fact that the 2020 election in Maricopa County was fraudulent, when it comes to mail-in ballots,
We have a president of the United States right now who has openly mused about how he wishes he had called out the National Guard during 2020, and who has been demanding that states turn over their voter rolls, and who is trying to undermine vote by mail,
Doing the audit the way it happened didn’t solve the problem,
You can overplay that hand, and some candidates around the country who don’t want to talk about current issues sometimes do,
It’s a terrible question,
He looked at his phone. He silenced it. He put the phone down and proceeded to certify the election results,
I said, ‘That’s just absolutely not true,
The 2020 election, sadly, is our broken record,
We can’t escape it,
While some may be disappointed that Trump lost by a hair, that’s what happened,
Trump boosts a New York ally in a tough race
Your city and state are dirty, filthy places, and everybody wants to leave,
How California’s insurance race became a race to the left
Cities that are reactively imposing a moratorium are just trying to initiate the very process that we just went through and come up with the kinds of regulations that we’re bringing forward,
Gov. Newsom’s fracking ban is one of the most important health and environmental achievements in California’s history and it’s backed by strong science,
This is an industry that needs a transformative shift,
Blowing something up with no plan is not going to help consumers,
How California’s insurance race became a race to the left
People are sick and tired of the greed of these billionaires, tired of them undermining democracy,
Soaring diesel prices meet rising seas
For a lot of these countries, they’re really at the end of these really long supply chains,
Political capital is limited; what we need is a federal government that invests in renewable nation-building projects rather than costly fossil fuel infrastructure that risks leaving Canada behind,
The increase in Canada’s 2025 emissions is yet another signal that the country must accelerate action to meet the Carney government’s own commitments. That can be achieved by doubling electricity generation capacity, doubling electrification and doubling energy efficiency,
What we cannot, and should not do, is organize our people’s safety around an indefinite wait,
As a result, headline inflation measures could remain above where oil price trends would normally indicate for as long as a significant portion of global refining capacity stays offline,
Clean energy is not just about cutting emissions,
U.S. fuel prices will likely remain unusually elevated relative to crude prices,
Some Pacific countries spend 25% of their GDP on diesel,
Our analysis suggests that building additional transmission capacity alone may not fully realize the anticipated (resource adequacy) benefits,
Record Numbers of Barrels through the Hormuz Strait,
Trump swipes at Nobel committee after peace prize awarded to human rights lawyer
Today the Nobel Committee shamed itself beyond repair and demeaned the once great Nobel Peace Prize by giving it to the UN’s Navi Pillay,
RFK Jr. launches vaccine injury probe
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is rolling out a plan to better track and treat vaccine injuries and adverse effects
We should be receiving soon the analysis of the obeldesivir as postexposure prophylaxis when we’re using it with contacts,
Paying physicians specifically to file more of these reports, without parallel investment in the controlled studies needed to interpret them, risks generating a flood of uncorroborated ‘signals’ that get treated as evidence in public and political debate, even though VAERS was never designed for that purpose,
This is just the start to reforming these programs to make them something that will truly help provide an adequate safety net for the people that do suffer the unlikely, but unfortunately real, adverse events from vaccines,
The lengthy regulatory work that will be required after the study concludes could push any potential solution to the next administration,
Trump’s beef gamble isn’t paying off
Donalds on AI, Trump and state of play
Rodríguez will put Floridians first by standing up to powerful special interests, rooting out corruption, and enforcing consumer protections,
I’m very pro-player when it comes to college sports,
Rick Scott makes the case for Byron Donalds as poll shows him tied with David Jolly,
I don’t think you can just say we’re going to just move on,
Typically what happens, a lot of states, they’ll look at what Florida’s doing, and they’ll say, ‘Man, that actually makes sense. Maybe we should do that, too,’
Vanderbilt hits $400 million for West Palm campus,
Democrats expect to win the House. Here’s their to-do list,
Where candidates Byron Donalds and David Jolly stand on vaccines,
Demings pitches $800M in tourist tax for 13 ideas — including UCF sports facilities,
US adds new torture allegations to Maduro case,
The cost of AI uncertainty
Constraints are being asked for by the super scalers, the creators of the actual technology. We’re a beneficiary of the technology. We’re building on top of it,
There’s no real framework in place,
We’re going to see these types of workers, who would have traditionally come to the United States, create something wonderful in other parts of the world,
Do you know that [a local company in Middletown, Ohio] pays a higher tax rate than Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook? … That’s because the leaders of this country, who have plundered it, have decided that they’re going to reward their friends with special tax breaks.”
The White House considers anyone that uses the term, ‘Artificial Intelligence,’ as opposed to the highly accepted new and more accurate term, ‘Super Intelligence,’ THE ENEMY!”
Trump’s NY state of mind
Today’s presidential visit to Syracuse has some Republicans wishing he’d stay away — even as some expect it’ll stir the GOP base
We actually have the ability to win these elections, but I just don’t see the enthusiasm out there,
The targeting of where the president goes is not a random exercise,
What happened at Cornell is a result of a broader system of misogyny, patriarchy and sexual violence that hurts and impacts us all,
Amid President Trump’s attacks on our country’s closest neighbor and ally, it’s critical that the cultural and business capital of our nation states plainly how much we value our relationship with Canada and the contributions of Canadian New Yorkers,
The electorate is pissed at three things: Trump, Hochul and utility rates,
She’s already screwed this one up by pre-judging it,
There’s a lot of commiserating between folks within the party structure — why is this happening? Why is he doing this
When students heard about Jane Doe, we rallied behind her but we also rallied behind the students at all of our universities, on our own campuses that don’t have a movement behind them right now,
While our efforts have already resulted in a significant drop in gun violence across New York State, our work is not finished,
Those comments demonstrate empathy and what we need now in our politics is more empathy,