2+ hour, 14+ min ago  (287+ words) A New York Democratic leader is proposing a new tax targeting the ultrawealthy who largely live outside the city limits, but it might not be the one you're thinking of. "This is a targeted surcharge on second homes and investor-owned…...

6+ hour, 59+ min ago  (11+ words) Trump Steers Right Into Damaging Feud With Jerome Powell'New York Magazine...

6+ hour, 33+ min ago  (229+ words) What should you do when you offend a lot of people? The simplest answer is to apologize, then stop doing the thing that got everyone so upset. Apparently, that isn't an option either. On Tuesday, Trump deleted the image many…...

12+ hour, 46+ min ago  (6+ words) New York Magazine...

7+ hour, 39+ min ago  (590+ words) New York Magazine Donald Trump has, unintentionally, done an incredible job of uniting the Democratic Party. Despite cliches about Democratic "disarray," nearly all Democrats oppose his chaotic and aimless Iran war. Within a week of the first attack on Iran,…...

14+ hour, 28+ min ago  (409+ words) Alvin Bragg does not like to, well, brag about his record as Manhattan District Attorney, but the numbers don't lie. "The ultimate metric is that shootings are down during my tenure, down 70 percent in Manhattan. That's the ultimate output," he…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (220+ words) This past weekend, the Trumps gathered again to celebrate Donald Trump Jr. s fianc'e, Bettina Anderson. You might think that Melania would make it a point to be at this shower, if only to counter the "evil stepmother" vibes. But…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (238+ words) Eric Swalwell resigned from Congress on Tuesday amid several allegations of sexual misconduct against him. Now, one of Swalwell's formerly closest friends and colleagues is trying to distance himself from his ex-colleague. On Tuesday, Democratic senator Ruben Gallego of Arizona…...

20+ hour, 47+ min ago  (204+ words) So it's alarming for Republicans that they are talking about so many other things right now, as Politico Playbook notes: Quite a lot, actually: Trump's "no tax on tips" PR stunt with a Door Dash employee yesterday was, of course,…...

2+ day, 56+ min ago  (405+ words) Eric Swalwell's gubernatorial bid and probably his political career were already in the dumpster thanks to credible allegations of sexual assault. So he announced he planned to resign from Congress instead of waiting to be censured or expelled. It's been…...