This article was a wonderful reminder of how much we really do need and how having a lot more cargo and cash doesn't give our lives meaning. At this fraught time, this identity crisis our country is going through, I wish for us all to be grateful for what we have and find a way for everyone in our country to have enough to feel safe, sheltered, nourished and maybe even happy.
United States President Donald Trump and New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani held surprisingly cordial talks in the White House on Friday, defying expectations of a potentially tense meeting between the Republican billionaire and the self-proclaimed Democratic socialist. The warmth displayed came in stark contrast to the barbs the pair have exchanged in recent months. Trump has caricatured Mamdani as an anti-Semitic communist, even threatening to strip him of his US citizenship, while Mamdani called Trump a despot in his election victory speech just weeks
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office after the meeting's end, Trump said he would be comfortable living in New York City with Mamdani in charge, and that he believes the democratic socialist will surprise some conservatives. It was a marked change from the charged comments the president has leveled at Mamdani both during his campaign and after he won the race earlier this month.
Trump, who has been publicly silent about Cheney's death Nov. 3, was not invited to the 11 a.m. memorial service. Two ex-presidents came: Republican George W. Bush, who is to eulogize the man who served him as vice president, and Democrat Joe Biden, who once called Cheney the most dangerous vice president we've had probably in American history but now honors his commitment to his family and to his values.
It probably wasn't Bill Nye's political punditry that attracted thirteen hundred people to Charlottesville's hundred-and-thirteen-year-old, flag-and-bunting-clad Jefferson Theatre on the Tuesday evening two weeks before Election Day. The crowd inside had been lined up for hours to hear from Abigail Spanberger, the former congresswoman running for governor, and Pete Buttigieg, her star surrogate for the night. But the Science Guy, who'd got to know Spanberger through discussions on space policy, had the stage first.
Fetterman, during an appearance on Saturday in America on Fox News on Saturday, told host Kayleigh McEnany there are a handful of Democrats like him who are going to vote for our country in certain circumstances, rather than automatically vote along party lines. That has helped him be successful in a purple state, he said, a moment after McEnany showed a recent Axios story that said Fetterman had a +11 favorability rating in Pennsylvania.
But my serious point is to say that hustle why isn't it applying to some of these major domestic issues? I'm thrilled with what he's doing abroad, but whether it's the debt, whether it's it's health care longterm, whether it's dealing with 10 million people here longterm, like, why can't we address that now while he has the House of Representatives, the Senate and the White House?
There are some decent, honest Republicans, Sanders said. And you know, in American society, we believe in democracy. You're a conservative Republican. We disagree. So what? It's called America. We have different points of view. I gotta tell you thoughone of the things that has concerned me very, very much is that we are seeing the Republican party. Doing less of representing their districts and their states than just swearing allegiance to the President of the United States.
In a Friday appearance on Fox News, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) said that 57% of people who identify themselves as MAGA republicans support an extension of Obama-era tax credits for those who buy their own health insurance through the ACA Marketplace. The statistic comes from a new poll published on Friday by the Kaiser Family Foundation, which found that 78% of all adults support Congress in extending these tax credits, along with 57% of MAGA Republicans.
"We need to push forward with our bill," said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., on his way to Senate votes recently. "Our bill already has been instrumental in shifting attitudes in the White House."
The bill, named the Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act, would require colleges to list various suicide hotlines and mental health resources on student IDs.
I'm introducing a bipartisan War Powers Resolution tomorrow to prohibit our involvement. I invite all members of Congress to cosponsor this resolution. This is not our war.
Extreme heat kills more Americans each year than any other weather event—over 1,300 lives lost, including 570 in New York alone. That's why I'm co-chairing the Heat Caucus to drive real solutions.
