NYC progressives fear ‘total failure to coalesce’ around mayoral primary challenge

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams has said there’s a “coordinated effort” to keep him from a second term. He’s entirely right. About two dozen progressive organizers, political consultants and nonprofit leaders — united by their desire to defeat the moderate Democratic mayor in 2025 — joined a secretive meeting at a home on Staten Island on July 17. Cristina Gonzalez, a political...

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Got Bitcoin? Now you can donate it to this GOP presidential candidate.

Move over, Andrew Yang. There’s a new crypto candidate vying for the White House. Miami Mayor and cryptocurrency enthusiast Francis Suarez — who already takes his salary in Bitcoin — is now accepting campaign donations for his 2024 bid in the form of cryptocurrency. Suarez announced the new fundraising effort Friday during an interview with CoinDesk, an online news site covering...

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Government watchdog finds U.S. embassies running software vulnerable to attacks

The State Department is running outdated software at many of its embassies and missions — making them easy prey for hackers — and lacks the cybersecurity personnel to secure critical networks, according to a report from a government watchdog. The Government Accountability Office put together the report before news broke last month that Chinese hackers had hacked into the...

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A different type of Trump show comes to D.C.

Donald Trump came to Washington D.C. on Thursday to be arraigned for the third trial he’s faced this year. But the day wasn’t strictly spent on legal matters. His team treated it as a political one too, with care given to all of the history and theatrics that accompany an ex-president’s booking at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse. Trump arrived aboard his jet in the...

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Kagan enters fray over Congress’ power to police Supreme Court

PORTLAND, Ore. — Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday jumped into the heated debate over ethics at the Supreme Court, arguing that Congress has broad powers to regulate the nation’s highest tribunal despite the recent claim from one of her conservative colleagues that such a step would violate the Constitution’s separation of powers. Kagan’s comments, at a judicial conference...

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AP Psychology 'effectively banned' in Florida over sexuality lessons, College Board says

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has “effectively banned” a high school Advanced Placement psychology course from being taught in the state because it includes lessons on sexual orientation and identity that violate state law, the College Board said on Thursday. The decision not only deepens a raging dispute between the struggling Republican presidential candidate...

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House Armed Services chair threatens subpoena over Space Command pick docs

“It now appears you have something to hide, otherwise a forthright response to the committee’s patient and numerous requests would have already come," Mike Rogers said. from Politics, Policy, Political News Top Stories https://ift.tt/MxDF9GR via IFT...

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