Month: June 2025
June 09, 2025
Politics
Leaders of CUNY, other college antisemitism hotbeds to be grilled by House panel next month
CUNY Chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez will join Georgetown University interim President Robert Groves and the University of California, Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons in testifying before the education panel July...
June 09, 2025
Politics
Zelensky dismisses Trump’s verdict on Putin as ‘personal opinion,’ says he understands ‘mentality of the Russians’ more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested that he knows more about Russia's true motivations than President Trump, while insisting that Kremlin tyrant Vladimir Putin doesn't actually want peace. Ukrainian President...
June 09, 2025
Politics
Trump says ‘I would’ arrest Gavin Newsom after California gov dares border czar to cuff him
In a war of words, President Trump said he would arrest California Governor Gavin Newsom after he dared the border czar to cuff him. In a war of words,...
June 09, 2025
Congress
Senate Republicans to huddle Wednesday on megabill
Senate Republicans will huddle on Wednesday as they try to iron out some of the trickiest parts of their “big, beautiful bill.” GOP senators are expected to be briefed...
June 09, 2025
Politics
Uber, Goldman Sachs and Salesforce CEOs to boost ‘Trump Accounts’ for kids at White House event
An octet of corporate giants will hit the White House Monday to support President Trump's plan to give $1,000 to almost every child born during his second term. An...
June 09, 2025
Education
Statewide prosecutors drop perjury case against ex-Broward Superintendent Robert Runcie
The Office of Statewide Prosecution dropped a perjury charge against former Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie on Monday. Florida Department of Law Enforcement officers arrested Runcie in...
June 09, 2025
Congress
The Medicare tweak Republicans are eyeing for their megabill is actually bipartisan
A Medicare proposal some Republicans want to include in their sweeping megabill has the backing of a key Democratic senator — though he doesn’t want it included in the...
June 09, 2025
Politics
GOP lawmakers push to jack up proposed tax on money migrants send home after threat by Mexico
“If necessary, we’ll mobilize. We don’t want taxes on remittances from our fellow countrymen," Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said last month. “If necessary, we’ll mobilize. We don’t want taxes...
June 09, 2025
Politics
The message behind an American flag flying across from the White House
WASHINGTON — One of the capital’s newest curiosities is an American flag bearing 51 stars rather than the regulation 50. The unusual take on the Stars and Stripes went...
June 09, 2025
Newsletter
Trump’s cyber EO kills Biden-era digital ID policies
A new cyber directive from the Trump administration takes aim at a Biden-era order that would've strengthened the country's digital identity infrastructure. Experts say this could leave the U.S....