With a narrow congressional majority hanging in the balance, here are the contests drawing national attention and shaping the future of both parties. NEW YORK CITY—The June 25 primary elections in several of New York state’s congressional districts are among the most closely watched contests in the nation, pitting against one another candidates with markedly
Biden administration’s new tools aim to reduce median home prices that have soared 38 percent since January 2021. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, while announcing the latest administration housing policy measures, said the White House is employing “a broad affordability agenda” to help deal with the ongoing supply shortage and ease record prices. Last month, due
Each time the Department of Energy (DOE) finalized regulations targeting popular home appliances—including stoves, clothes washers, refrigerators, and water heaters—over the last several months, the agency included a similar line in the announcement: The new rules were crafted with the help of recommendations from a “wide range of stakeholders.” According to the DOE, the stakeholders
The one-time Democrat Party presidential hopeful and former mayor of New York City is now supporting President Joe Biden’s campaign. Michael Bloomberg, one of the most prominent liberal donors in the United States, is throwing his financial weight behind President Joe Biden. On June 20, a pair of committees linked to the president’s reelection effort
Prominent Democratic donors and strategists fear presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump’s recent fundraising surge has created “a real problem for Democrats,” according to a Sunday report by Politico. In May, Trump outraised Biden by roughly $56 million, wiping the president’s long-held cash advantage. In the first 24 hours following Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts
Gil Hochberg praises ‘dear friend’ Josef Sorett in error-riddled social media post Josef Sorett (college.columbia.edu), Gil Hochberg (icls.columbia.edu) Columbia College dean Josef Sorett, under fire for his role in a texting scandal that landed three of his fellow administrators on leave, has support from at least one prominent Columbia faculty member: Gil Hochberg, a Hebrew
‘Americans have a right to peaceful protest. But blocking access to a house of worship–and engaging in violence–is never acceptable,’ he said. President Joe Biden on Monday condemned an anti-Semitic incident at a Los Angeles synagogue over the weekend. Videos on social media showed fighting between anti-Semitic pro-Palestinian demonstrators and counterprotesters on June 23 outside