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NEW YORK — Rep. Pat Ryan is backing state Assemblymember Alex Bores to succeed retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler, making him the latest member of the New York delegation to weigh in on one of the state’s most competitive primary elections. In making his endorsement, obtained exclusively by POLITICO ahead of its formal announcement, the Hudson Valley Democrat cited the high-profile AI fight that’s become a central theme of the race as a key reason for backing Bores. “A handful of the richest people in the history of the world are spending millions to defeat him because they’re terrified of a…

The Israeli PM said he hopes to bring the “financial component” of American military aid down to zero Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that he plans to “wean” his country off US financial aid within the next decade, while blaming social media “manipulation” for declining public support for his country among Americans.Israel is the largest recipient of aggregate US foreign aid since World War II, having received more than $300 billion in economic and military assistance from Washington since 1948.Under a ten-year agreement signed in 2016, the US committed $38 billion in military aid to Israel through 2028,…

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged citizens to resume coronavirus-era work from home (WFH) practices to save fuel and reduce reliance on imports during the Strait of Hormuz oil crisis. “In this time of global crisis, we have to make a resolution, keeping duty paramount, and fulfill it with complete dedication. A big resolution is to use petrol and diesel sparingly. We must curb our use of petrol and diesel,” Modi said.  Modi also said India must “place great emphasis on saving foreign exchange” by cutting back on imports. To that end, he urged citizens to postpone foreign…

American homeowners sold fewer homes than expected in April, suggesting that the housing market remains sluggish due to high prices and elevated mortgage rates. Compared with the prior month, home sales rose by just 0.2 percent in April, the traditional start of the home-buying season, according to the National Association of Realtors. Compared with the prior April, sales were flat. The seasonally adjusted, annualized pace of sales rose to 4,020,000, up from 4,010,000 in March. The NAR reported month-over-month sales increases in the Midwest and South. The pace of sales was unchanged in the Northeast and declined in the West.…

The Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday that Beijing expects President Donald Trump to visit from May 13 to 15, spending much of that time in personal exchanges with genocidal dictator Xi Jinping. The Chinese Communist Party rarely confirms visits by foreign leaders in advance, choosing to wait as late as possible to confirm their visits or, in some cases, their arrivals in real time. President Trump had initially scheduled his visit to China for April, however, and pushed it forward a month as Operation Epic Fury, initially described as a short-term operation to limit the Iranian government’s ability to…

Secret Service Director Sean Curran will attend the Senate GOP lunch Tuesday, according to two people granted anonymity to share details about the closed-door gathering. The private meeting comes as Senate Republicans consider whether to provide $1 billion in new Secret Service funding that could be used for parts of President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project as part of a party-line immigration enforcement bill. Read the full article here

Residents of an upscale Georgia subdivision first suspected something was wrong when their water pressure began dropping unexpectedly last year. The investigation their complaints prompted revealed the startling truth about a gigantic data center built near their homes. Politico reports that a massive data center campus near Atlanta consumed nearly 30 million gallons of water without initially paying for it, a discovery that has intensified local opposition to the growing industry amid severe drought conditions across the state. The situation came to light after homeowners in Annelise Park, an affluent neighborhood in Fayetteville, Georgia, began experiencing unusually weak water pressure.…

The “free” diapers that failed Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is handing out will cost taxpayers more than three times as much as Costco diapers. One person who deals in baby products says it could be as high as eight to ten times as much. Why? Because this isn’t about giving new mothers 400 free diapers. Rather, it is about Newsom using a government program to funnel millions of taxpayer dollars to the nonprofit organization Baby2Baby, which is led by an executive who sits on the board of California Partners Project, which was co-founded by Newsom’s insufferable wife, Jennifer Siebel-Ocasio-Rodham Newsom.…

The two nations’ leaders are slated to discuss the Iran war, AI rivalry, Taiwan, and trade frictions Donald Trump is set to touch down in Beijing, China, on Wednesday for a two-day state visit – the first by a US president in eight years – as relations between the world’s two largest economies teeter at a crossroads defined by the Iran war, trade friction, and technological rivalry.The visit is expected to feature a bilateral meeting with President Xi Jinping on Thursday morning, to be followed by a visit to the Temple of Heaven and a state banquet, as well as…

London’s far-left Mayor Sadiq Khan accused President Donald Trump of being “obsessed” with him as he celebrates his tenth anniversary as head of the British capital — jibing Trump by asking whether he is “interested” and “fancies” him. President Trump has been an outspoken critic of Khan and how his administration’s policies have impacted Londoners and ground down the city, describing him as one of the worst mayors in the world during a September interview with GB News. While the remarks may imply there was a certain asymmetry in Trump’s interest in the London Mayor, there is no doubt Khan has…