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The Secret Ingredient to Zohran Mamdani’s Success

Zak Khan wasn’t always the Gyro King of Brooklyn. He started out with a little halal cart down on Wall Street, in the Financial District, just after the September 11 attacks. But running a halal cart is a rough business: Permits cost an arm and a leg, the city fines you without

Donald Trump’s Vampire Presidency

President Donald Trump is America’s first rentier president. A rentier is a sort of capitalist parasite who extracts wealth from the economy without contributing to economic productivity. He is the precise opposite of the entrepreneur who disrupts markets and creates jobs with

Trump directs Treasury to limit wind and solar tax credits

President Trump on Monday directed the Treasury Department to take a strict approach to limit which projects can get access to wind and solar tax credits. The recently passed Republican megabill ends the tax credits for wind and solar tax credits unless solar or wind farms

VA reverses on major workforce cuts

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story VA reverses on major workforce cuts The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has abandoned plans to cut more than 80,000 employees after a massive

Trump says Aug. 1 tariff deadline 'not 100 percent firm'

President Trump on Monday indicated there may be some wiggle room for nations to negotiate on trade despite his fresh threat of additional tariffs going into effect on Aug. 1 Trump spoke to reporters hours after he issued letters to roughly a dozen countries informing them that

Trump: 'We have to' send Ukraine more weapons

President Trump said Monday his administration would send Ukraine additional weapons after his administration imposed a pause on some shipments to Kyiv. "We're going to send some more weapons. We have to. They have to be able to defend themselves. They're getting hit very hard

Paris closes Seine to swimmers 1 day after ending ban

Just one day after opening the Seine River to swimming for the first time in more than a century, French officials shut down the river due to concerns about pollution following heavy rainfall. Swimming in the Seine has largely been illegal since 1923 due to pollution and other

Watch: Trump meets with Netanyahu at the White House

President Trump is hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for White House talks on Monday. The two leaders were expected to discuss the recent military strikes against Iran and a proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza. It is Trump's third face-to-face encounter with

Fox News host rails against DOJ memo on Epstein

Fox News host Will Cain is the latest media figure on the right to be disappointed by a Trump administration memo debunking several widely circulated conspiracy theories about the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. “I’m looking at this memo. It says there’s no client list.

Trump ramps up tariff push

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump slaps 25 percent tariffs on Japan, South Korea President Trump announced Monday his administration would impose a 25 percent tariff on imports from South

RFK Jr. sued over vaccine changes

Presented by Express Scripts Pharmacy Benefit Services {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Medical groups sue RFK Jr. over vaccine changes Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. violated the law when he withdrew certain recommendations

Tesla takes hit as Musk launches third party

{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Musk's third party push weighs on Tesla stock Tesla’s stock tumbled nearly 7 percent Monday after Elon Musk launched a third party and received an icy response from President Trump. © Aaron Favila, Associated Press The tech

Warnings missed in deadly Texas floods

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Warnings missed in deadly Texas floods Local, state and federal officials are all pointing fingers in the wake of the deadly Texas flooding, but one thing is certain: The warnings weren’t heard by the people

Karen Bass confronts federal agents at Los Angeles park

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said Monday she confronted federal agents at a city park amid tensions between her city and the federal government over immigration. “When I got to MacArthur Park, by the way, and my purpose was one, to witness what was going on, but then when I got

Lawler mocks potential Maloney comeback campaign

After a report that former Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D) is considering challenging Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) in the midterms, the Hudson Valley representative sarcastically weighed in on the prospect of a rematch with the man he unseated four years ago. “I’m sure Democrats are

MAGA influencers fume over DOJ’s Epstein memo

Right-wing influencers who have long promoted conspiracy theories about convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein are turning their ire on the Trump administration over a new Department of Justice memo seeking to debunk those theories. The memo released Monday said there was no

Fatal floods in Texas draw howls from Dems over Trump cuts

The weekend’s fatal floods in Texas have sparked immediate clashes in Congress over the federal government's role in preventing, or at least minimizing, the human toll of natural disasters. On one side are Democrats pointing to the Trump administration’s cuts to the National

Medical organizations sue RFK Jr., HHS over vaccine policies

A group of medical organizations is suing Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other health leaders in the Trump administration over the decision to stop recommending COVID-19 vaccines to healthy children and pregnant women. The lawsuit was filed

Trump: 'I’ll be watching the WITCH HUNT of Jair Bolsonaro'

President Trump rallied in defense of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is on trial in Brazil's Supreme Court on charges that he plotted a coup in 2022 after losing the election to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. “I’ll be watching the WITCH HUNT of Jair

GOP lawmaker: Trump's 'patience' with Putin 'wearing thin'

Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) said Sunday that President Trump’s “patience” with Russian President Vladimir Putin is “wearing thin” after the president had a call with the Russian leader late last week. Crawford made the comment in response to a question during an appearance on

Trump reignites global trade war

🚑 Plus: Death count rises after Texas floods {beacon} PRESIDENT TRUMP on Monday announced plans to slap hefty new tariffs on top U.S. trade partners, although he's delaying their implementation to provide more time for countries to reach deals with the U.S. The president

Russian minister dies hours after being sacked by Putin

Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit was found dead in his car Monday, hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed him from his post, according to local officials. Svetlana Petrenko, a spokesperson for Russia’s State Investigative Committee, said the