"Trump is cultural heroin. He makes some feel better for a bit. But he cannot fix what ails them, and one day they’ll realize it." - JD Vance, ten years ago today. https://t.co/VO0oVhyHXj
“Legal traditions from hundreds of years ago are apparently vitally important if one wants to ban abortion or strike down restrictions on firearms, but they become barbaric anachronisms the second they diverge from the policy goals of the Republican Party” https://t.co/Y8wkwMnX4r
Q: How can you square charging this alleged vandal when this DOJ has--
PIRRO: Already this is a problem
Q: Over 1,000 January 6 rioters who caused millions of damage--
PIRRO: Are you really talking about January 6? I'm not. Who's next. Not you! No!
New York ISO just issued an early warning that we must alleviate the strain on our energy grid statewide.
Please do your part in keeping our power on by:
•Setting your AC to 78 degrees.
•Turning off lights and unplugging electronics you’re not using.
•Waiting until early morning or late at night to run appliances like dishwashers or laundry machines.
During a historic heatwave, AC will save lives — but only if we keep the grid stable enough for it to stay on.
.@ConEdison has turned off power to some customers in parts of Riverdale in The Bronx to protect equipment & allow for quicker restoration of service. Report service loss: https://t.co/12zVPHpRjS or 1-800-75-CONED. Call 311 to find the nearest Cooling Center.
JUST IN: Prosecutor acknowledges inadvertently committing same act defendant's charged w/doing intentionally: unauthorized transfer of unreleased Jack Smith Trump Mar-a-Lago doc report. Doc: https://t.co/Ab7bWaHd48 Earlier: https://t.co/1Yau9VjhgT
After another, quieter, week of layoffs impacting local staff, the Washington Post has now laid off all of its reporters who have covered Gaza full time since 2023.
This is a choice about what coverage and whose voices matter.
Scoop: Zohran Mamdani to deliver a "major" speech Friday marking America 250, hours before Trump gives his own commemorative address in S.D.
Mamdani will speak from George Washington's desk at City Hall and be surrounded by recently naturalized citizens
https://t.co/SdMn8mIoPl
Long before his monthslong, mysterious absence, Rep. Tom Kean routinely ducked questions from reporters covering New Jersey's delegation, as @benhulac diligently chronicled
A 3-year-old child was shot dead in Gaza according to his father, who says Israeli soldiers fired as they walked on a farm close to the "yellow line," which divides Palestinian-controlled parts of Gaza from areas under Israeli military control.
The IDF says the details from the June 15 incident are under review. https://t.co/ssHtilrEAd
The University of Tennessee at Knoxville reached a $1.9 million settlement with Tamar Shirinian, a former professor who was fired after she criticized Charlie Kirk.
Shirinian claimed that the school violated her constitutional rights. https://t.co/7jAwPTMzNX
BREAKING: LeBron James will continue his NBA career for the 2026-27 season and has informed the Los Angeles Lakers that the franchise can move on without him because he will play elsewhere, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul tells ESPN.
White House officials secretly awarded a no-bid contract worth up to $500m for the construction of the East Wing ballroom in an unusual arrangement that sidestepped typical contracting procedures designed to control costs, according to a copy of the agreement
https://t.co/Or2FnFwTFS
The city it can impose a fine equal to 50% of the pied-à-terre tax bill for providing false, inaccurate or misleading information to crack down on “gamesmanship” by owners trying to dodge the tax increase, newly published rules show.
https://t.co/he0CS5U1ES
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