New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) announced that Diwali will become a public school holiday in New York City starting next year, Axios reports.
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Reporter Arrested in Russia on Charges of Spying
Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich has been arrested in Russia on suspicion of espionage, CNN reports. New York Times: “The Federal Security Service, known by its Russian acronym FSB,…
Trump Turns to Video to Bypass Traditional Media
“As Donald Trump rails against a possible indictment in New York, his team is leaning into a strategy that has quietly become a cornerstone of his 2024 presidential campaign: releasing…
Trump Widens His Lead Among Republicans
A new Fox News poll finds Donald Trump has doubled his lead in the Republican primary since February and is up by 30 points over Ron DeSantis, 54% to 24%….
Republican Primary Polling Reality Check
National Journal: “This year’s Republican primary electorate isn’t likely to be as unstable as 2012’s, simply because Trump commands a solid one-third to one-half of Republicans in multicandidate polls. The…
DeSantis to Hit Trump on Crime
“Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida has spent months shoring up a tough-on-crime image as he weighs a run for the White House, calling for stronger penalties against drug traffickers and…
Bolsonaro Returns to Brazil to Lead Opposition
“Brazil’s far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro, who never conceded defeat in last year’s election, returns from self-imposed exile in Florida on Thursday to lead the opposition to leftist President Luiz…
Man Arrested Over Secretly Recording Republicans
“Senate security officials have taken new steps to protect the secrecy of senators’ weekly closed-door lunches in the U.S. Capitol after a contract employee was arrested and accused of recording…
DeSantis’ Disney Board Might Be Powerless
“Gov. Ron DeSantis’ handpicked board overseeing Disney World’s government services is gearing up for a potential legal battle over a 30-year development agreement they say effectively renders them powerless to…
Ivanka Trump Is Done with Politics
Ivanka Trump “no longer” has a professional relationship with her dad and is “through with politics,” People magazine reports. Save to Favorites
Debt Talks Are Frozen as House Republicans Splinter
“House Republicans who have said they will not vote to raise the national debt limit without deep spending cuts are backing away from their promise to balance the budget and…
House GOP Lines Up to Defend Trump
Washington Post: “Still more than 10 months until the first caucuses of the GOP presidential nominating contest, the House Republican conference appears more and more as if it has taken…
Modi’s Power to Sideline Challengers Is Only Growing
“The last time an Indian leader held so much power — in the 1970s, when the country slid into outright dictatorship under Indira Gandhi — it was the courts that…
Trump Says the Justice System Has Been Weaponized
“As he awaits possible indictment by the Manhattan district attorney and remains under scrutiny in multiple other criminal investigations, former President Donald J. Trump has regularly railed against a justice…
Fox News CEO Said Fact Checks Were ‘Bad for Business’
“Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott sounded the alarm inside the company about the financial fallout that the right-wing network would suffer if it continued fact-checking then-President Donald Trump’s lies after…
Fetterman Set to Return to the Senate
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) “plans to return to the Senate the week of April 17 after more than a month of inpatient treatment for depression,” Politico reports. “His return will…
Kentucky Republicans Override Governor’s Veto
“Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Wednesday swept aside the Democratic governor’s veto of a bill regulating some of the most personal aspects of life for transgender young people — from…
Matt Gaetz Hired a Convicted War Criminal
“Derrick Miller, a former U.S. Army National Guard sergeant who spent eight years in prison for murdering an Afghan civilian in 2010, now serves as a legislative assistant covering military…
Democrats Favored in Wisconsin Race
Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball: “In one of the biggest elections of the calendar year, a Democratic-aligned justice appears favored in next week’s Wisconsin state Supreme Court election. But that was…
Tennessee Governor Calls for Prayers, Not Legislation
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) has called for prayers in the wake of Monday’s deadly mass shooting at a Nashville elementary school, while noting that “there will be a time…
Michigan Democrats Rise
New York Times: “Seven years after Michigan helped cement Donald Trump’s presidential victory, the state has transformed into a new — if fragile — focal point of Democratic power, testing…
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