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Brad Lander, the former New York City comptroller, has defeated the incumbent congressman, Dan Goldman. Claire Valdez won the primary for an open House seat representing the 7th District.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's progressive slate swept establishment-backed Democrats in the state's congressional primaries on Tuesday, ousting two sitting congressmen. U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat was defeated by Darializa Avila Chevalier, a democratic socialist who once helped organize pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University. Dan Goldman, a two-term incumbent, was beaten by former city Comptroller Brad Lander. Claire Valdez, a New York State Assembly member, has defeated Antonio Reynoso, the Brooklyn borough president. The victories will give the New York mayor three new allies in Congress.


The U.S. House of Representatives voted 358-32 on Tuesday in favor of an affordable housing bill aimed at lowering costs for homebuyers and reining in institutional investors. It is the most significant housing bill to pass Congress since 1990, when the average home in America was sold for $150,000.

The House passed a bill aimed at lowering the cost of housing with 358-32 vote. It was approved by the Senate on Monday in an 85-5 vote. The legislation would reduce federal regulations, streamline environmental reviews, speed up the construction process and curb the influence of corporate landlords. It is expected to be signed into law by President Trump on Wednesday. A first-time homebuyer's median age is now 40 and rents have soared 47% since the COVID-19 pandemic.


The Senate for the first time approved a war powers resolution Tuesday seeking to block U.S. military action against Iran. It was the 10th time the Senate has tried to stop the war, with Collins joining the effort on several previous votes.

The Senate voted 50-48 in favor of the war powers resolution on Tuesday to stop US military action against Iran. It's the first time both chambers of Congress passed a resolution directing a president to remove US armed forces from hostilities since 1973. The House approved the resolution earlier this month. Trump responded angrily on his Truth Social platform, calling the vote “poorly timed and meaningless” and saying it “provided aid and comfort” to Iran. Four Republicans joined Democrats in backing the resolution.


The heatwave that has swept France since June 17 has caused record-breaking temperatures, more than 800 school closures and the cancellation of 10 percent of the trains serving the Paris region. Over the weekend, as evening fell on the hilly Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, one of Paris’s most popular green spaces, the Fête de la musique got

Two children, aged 4 and 2, were found dead in their family's car in south eastern France. Three elderly people died near Bordeaux over the weekend as a result of health problems caused by the extreme temperatures. Thirteen more drowned in swimming accidents. Half of France is on a level 1 danger-to-life warning, urging 35 million people to exercise "absolute vigilance," avoid strenuous exertion and stay out of direct sun. More than 30 French departments are under a red heat warning on Sunday, including Gironde and the Paris region. Authorities have banned the consumption of alcohol at the annual Fête de la Musique (Music Day) festival in Paris.


There is a break in the shipping bottleneck through the Strait of Hormuz. 11,000 seafarers are stranded there.

The head of the UN’s nuclear agency signaled Wednesday that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be visited by his inspectors as part of the interim US-Iran deal to reach an end to the war. An Iranian diplomat insisted any such visit would only come after a final deal. The U.S. and Iran offered contradictory remarks Tuesday about whether those sites will be inspected. After the signing of the memorandum of understanding, both sides agreed to a 60-day period to iron out these and other details in private.


Trump administration spent $14.2m renovating the body of water in front of the Lincoln Memorial to turn it “American flag-blue” for the US’s 250th birthday next month. Five people have been arrested for vandalism related to the Reflecting Pool and five additional individuals were issued federal citations.

Donald Trump spent $14.7 million on the renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. to make it shine an “American flag blue” colour. The pool has been vandalised and is covered in algae. Five people have been arrested for the vandalism related to the reflecting pool. A federal judge ordered Trump's name removed from the Kennedy Center due to its poor quality. It was a no-bid contract awarded to a Trump-connected company.


Jason Finkelstein, 53, faces charges in Florida of health care fraud and conspiracy. The Department of Justice unveiled charges against 455 people for their alleged participation in healthcare fraud and opioid abuse schemes.

The Justice Department announced criminal charges against 455 people as part of a two-week health care fraud crackdown. A nurse practitioner in Texas is accused of billing Medicaid for medically unnecessary wound-care procedures and using the proceeds for fancy jewelry and luxury cars. Jason Finkelstein, 53, faces charges in Florida of healthcare fraud and conspiracy in what prosecutors describe as a yearslong scheme that preyed on the fears of athletes. Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Leah Foley’s office says Bhamin Chhatrapati, 40, allegedly participated in a scheme that fraudulently billed over $5.1 million to Medicare.


A federal appeals court ruled 2-1 on Tuesday that the Trump administration can expand its expedited deportation process nationwide. A dissenting judge issued a scathing rebuke of the majority's decision.

A divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit threw out a lower court decision that temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s expanded use of expedited removal. The ruling was a big victory for the Republican administration, which views the expansion of so-called expedited deportation as a key tool for carrying out its mass deportation policy. Expedited removal has previously been applied to migrants arriving by sea or caught at or near the border shortly after crossing. In January, Trump expanded its use to undocumented migrants all over the United States.


Jack Schlossberg lost a congressional primary in New York's heavily Jewish 12th district. Micah Lasher, an experienced lawmaker with close ties to the Jewish community, won the Democratic primary and will be the party's nominee for November's general election.

Jack Kennedy Schlossberg lost the Democratic primary in New York's 12th Congressional District to moderate state Assemblyman Micah Lasher on Tuesday night. Lasher has defeated Alex Bores in the battle for retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler’s congressional seat, according to media projections. $27 million was spent just by groups supporting and attacking Bores. Big Tech spent millions targeting Bores, who finished in second place because of his work spearheading one of the country's landmark laws establishing guardrails for AI.


Nancy Lacore won the Democratic nomination for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District. Jenny Costa Honeycutt will be on the ballot this November.

Nancy Lacore won the Democratic nomination for South Carolina's First District Congressional seat. Jenny Costa Honeycutt won her party's nomination Tuesday night for U.S. House 1 seat after an early back-and-forth contest. Mac Deford faces retired Navy Rear Admiral Nancy Lacore in the Democratic runoff. The district is one of the wealthiest in the state and stretches from the southern end of Beaufort County up the coast through parts of Charleston. It's open for the first time in several years because Republican Rep. Nancy Mace is running for governor.


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