The City on the Brink: New Yorkers Crazy About Zo, Wonder If It’s Time to Go

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There’s a restlessness in New York — a sense that the city, once the capital of grit and grandeur, is now teetering on the edge of something smaller. A new poll suggests that if socialist Zohran Mamdani wins City Hall, hundreds of thousands may simply walk away. Three-quarters of a million New Yorkers — nearly one in ten — say they would definitely leave, with millions more considering it. That’s the population of Washington, D.C., Las Vegas, or Seattle gone in a blink. “If anywhere near that number actually left, the economic impact would be seismic,” warned pollster James Johnson,

The Speaker Holds, the Senate Stalls: Johnson Keeps House Shut, Ball is In Schumer’s Court

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According to a Fox News report, Speaker Mike Johnson has chosen stillness as a strategy — keeping the House out of session for a sixth straight week while the government remains shut and Washington holds its breath. The shutdown is now the second-longest in American history, and if the days keep piling up, it will take the record soon enough. The last time it went this far — 2018 into 2019 — the nation sighed and waited, and somehow, we are here again. Senate Democrats have blocked the GOP’s short-term funding plan 13 times. There are faint murmurs of compromise,

‘WE HAVE A DEAL’: Trump, Xi Lock Down Trade Details During Historic Summit in South Korea

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President Trump declared “we have a deal” Thursday after his first face-to-face meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping since returning to the White House — calling the South Korean summit “a 12 out of 10.” Aboard Air Force One, the president spoke with the press, saying, “On the scale of 0 to 10, with 10 being the best, I would say the meeting was a 12,” he said. “We have a deal. Now, every year we will renegotiate the deal. But I think the deal will go on for a long time.” The meeting produced movement on some of the

The Age of Thunder Returns: Trump Orders War Department to Resume Nuclear Testing

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A Return to the Age of Thunder President Donald Trump has ordered the United States to resume nuclear weapons testing — “immediately,” he said — calling it a reluctant but necessary act in an increasingly dangerous world. He framed the decision as one born of parity, not pride. “The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country,” Trump wrote on TRUTH Social. “This was accomplished, including a complete update and renovation of existing weapons, during my First Term in office.” Then came the hesitation that carried conviction: “Because of the tremendous destructive power, I HATED to do it,

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