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Politics / The Mamdani Beat / February 12, 2026 The New York mayor draws flack from the Catholic press, holds his own for now with the NYPD, and will have to twist arms in Albany. Ad Policy Friends for now: New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch at a January news conference. […]

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Colorado marijuana manufacturers would no longer be allowed to choose which product samples they send for mandatory lab testing under a new regulatory proposal discussed at a policy forum on Friday. Instead, the state’s Marijuana Enforcement Division may require independent labs or outside vendors to collect product samples for the testing that’s required before companies

Politics / February 11, 2026 A Washington, DC, panel rejected Jeanine Pirro’s lame attempt to indict six Democratic Congresspersons merely for reminding military and intelligence officials to obey the law. Ad Policy US Attorney Jeanine Pirro asked a grand jury to indict six Democratic Congresspersons, all military veterans, who recorded an ad reminding their military

Cultural Contradictions / February 10, 2026 Miller was not elected. Nor are he or his policies popular. Yet he continues to hold uncommon sway in the administration. Ad Policy White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller attends a meeting with President Donald Trump and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the Oval Office.(Chip Somodevilla

(Frank Hammerschmidt / Picture Alliance via Getty Images) Feature / February 10, 2026 Heidi Reichinnek rescued Die Linke and helped make the party into a political force. But can she beat back Germany’s ascendant far right? The co-leader of Die Linke helped rescue the party and make it into a political force. But can she

February 10, 2026 To stop exposing them allows them to metastasize. Ad Policy President Donald Trump gaggles with reporters while aboard Air Force One on February 6, 2026. (Samuel Corum / Getty Images) By now, most Americans are used to Trump and his administration’s daily blizzard of lies. They aren’t simply exaggerations or mistakes. They

Books & the Arts / February 9, 2026 How Fiorello La Guardia and a popular front of radicals and reformers transformed New York City How the popular mayor and a popular front of radicals and reformers transformed New York City Ad Policy Fiorello La Guardia speaking in 1933 in East Harlem.(Irving Haberman / Getty) This

Society / February 9, 2026 Black and trans drag performers are crowdfunding to survive in one of the most expensive cities in the world. Ad Policy “You shouldn’t wait until somebody is on Drag Race to show your support,” says Afrosephone. “The one thing that will keep us performing, the one thing that will keep

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