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Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani said that if elected, he will “fight back” against ICE agents conducting deportations in the city. Host Kristen Welker said, “Let’s talk about immigration and deportation. Are you committed to keeping New York as a sanctuary city?” Mamdani said, “Absolutely. Because ultimately, we’ve seen that this is a policy that has kept New Yorkers safe for decades. It’s a policy that had previously been defended by Democrats and Republicans alike until the fear-mongering of this current mayor. And it’s a policy that we’ve seen ensures that…
The Senate has kicked off “vote-a-rama” — the marathon of amendment votes on the Republicans’ domestic policy megabill. The first vote wasn’t on adoption of a specific amendment, but instead on whether Republicans can use a controversial accounting tactic to zero out the $3.8 trillion cost of extending President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts in their massive domestic policy bill. Republicans assert that Budget Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has the unilateral power to change the accounting method to the so-called current policy baseline. Yesterday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer moved to force a simple-majority vote on undoing the change; it’s…
Connecticut’s attempt to further expand mental health parity through its recent legislative proposal highlights a critical and growing challenge for health insurers—one that threatens the financial stability of the entire insurance industry. Over the past decade, insurers have been mandated to provide mental health and substance use disorder coverage on par with medical and surgical benefits, but this policy has come at a steep and ever-increasing cost.Health insurance companies have effectively been held hostage by the behavioral health industry, which continues to add new diagnostic labels and expand the criteria for coverage. As more conditions are recognized and more treatments are demanded,…
A massive book on the set of the KidSuper runway for Spring Summer 2026 collection, ‘The Boy Who … More Jumped The Moon’Deonté Lee/BFA.com A KidSuper runway debut emphasizes the show in fashion show thanks to his highly creative manner of introducing his seasonal designs. This season founder Colm Dillane upped the ante on both as the Spring Summer 2026 collection was a joy to watch and ripe with creative, elevated designs. The Brooklyn-based creative’s oeuvre also features variety, most aptly demonstrated by his many collaborations. This season as guests such as Nicholas Duvernay, Alton Mason and French Montana entered…
The lackadaisical response to a musician who told Britons who “want your country back” to “shut the fuck up” and who led chants of “death to the IDF” has been cited as an example of two-tier justice in a country where middle-class housewives are locked up for tweets. Days after death chants by musician ‘Bob Vylan’ were broadcast live by the BBC from the Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, England, the organs of state are slowly starting to respond, with concerns about offensive and potentially illegal content. State broadcaster the BBC has now acknowledged it shouldn’t have been aired at all,…
Oscar-winner Charlize Theron is the latest Hollywood celebrity to decry President Donald Trump’s cuts in wasteful and corrupted foreign aid spending, as Theron accuses his administration of making the cuts out of spite and vindictiveness, not sound policy. Theron appeared Saturday at the Africa Outreach Program Block Party fundraiser in Los Angeles and went on a rant against the USAID cuts and other foreign and immigration policies being implemented by the Trump administration. “The world feels like it’s burning because it is,” Theron railed, according to Variety. “Here in Los Angeles, in the US and across the globe, we are…
Police have linked a recent contract killing to an encrypted Telegram-based service, the outlet has reported French gangsters are using a Telegram-based service dubbed ‘UberKills’ to order assassinations, Le Monde has reported. According to the newspaper, clients communicate via the app with a service manager who passes target information and weapons to the assassin. The killing of a 19-year-old man in eastern France in April has been linked to the network, Le Monde reported on Friday. The victim, Abdel-Hakim B., was shot three times in the head, and the attack was broadcast on the Snapchat social media app before emergency services…
It took Nike over a year to promote their mega-star Caitlin Clark. But on Sunday, the sports apparel company dropped a video for Caitlin’s upcoming Nike Kobe sneaker – that goes on sale Monday morning. Nike released their Caitlin Clark Kobe 5 Protro PE shoe promo on Sunday. The shoes go on sale today. Nike included a shot of Caitlin with the manba snake eyes used to promote the shoes. The video is epic. Nike captioned the X post: “When @caitlinclark22 laces her new Kobe 5 Protro PE she steps into a new dimension. Noise fades, focus hits, and all…
The 30 for 30 ‘Empire Skate’ was directed by filmmaker Josh SwadeESPN When Supreme opened its doors in Lower Manhattan in 1994, it wasn’t a brand. It was a space – a skate shop, an unofficial clubhouse for downtown New York kids who found identity in the city’s raw streets and a sport still considered counterculture. What followed is one of the great business stories in American history: a grassroots cultural movement that transformed into a global powerhouse, all without a traditional blueprint. From a business perspective, it’s a case study in organic brand building, scarcity marketing, and cultural capital…
Forbes.com’s Walt Pavlo spoke with newly appointed Bureau of Prisons Director William Marshall IIIEd Weaver Federal Bureau of Prisons A New Administration Newly appointed Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director William Marshall III provided Forbes.com an exclusive interview regarding his first 10 weeks in the position and how he is addressing the many challenges facing the Agency. Director Marshall, who formerly headed the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, inherited a BOP office in disarray and void of leadership. Director Colette Peters was dismissed in the opening hours of the Trump administration in January and the acting director named as…