Posts by De maron
Mamdani’s rise in NYC reflects a generational fight within the Democratic Party
Candidates Andrew Cuomo (left) and Zohran Mamdani shake hands during a mayoral debate in New York on Oct. 16. Angelina Katsanis/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Angelina Katsanis/Bloomberg via Getty Images When state lawmaker Zohran Mamdani and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo faced off in the first New York City mayoral debate of the…
Read MoreTrump uses ‘common sense’ to make a political point. It has populist appeal
Left: President Trump gestures during a meeting at the White House on Oct. 14. Right: The title page of the 1776 R. Bell edition of “Common Sense,” by American author and politician Thomas Paine. Kevin Dietsch and Joe Griffin/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch and Joe Griffin/Hulton Archive/Getty Images The idea of…
Read MoreDemocrats call for a hearing on the use of the military on alleged drug boats
The White House has ordered several deadly strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean. NPR’s Michel Martin talks to Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., about why he’s calling for a hearing on the missions. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Trump administration has acknowledged killing more than 30 people in the last two months as it destroyed…
Read MoreWho is Sanae Takaichi, Japan's first female prime minister?
Sanae Takaichi is officially Japan’s first female prime minister. The leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was elected to the post on Tuesday after winning four more votes than the required majority. Takaichi’s career in politics spans across a handful of ministerial posts and a decade in Japan’s congress. Japan’s new leader is a…
Read MoreShutdown to impact federal workers’ pay. And, tensions grow between U.S. and Colombia
Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories Many federal workers expect not to get paid this Friday, marking the first full paycheck they will miss due to the government…
Read MoreHakeem Jeffries on the government shutdown and the ongoing stalemate on Capitol Hill
NPR’s Michel Martin asks House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., about the Democrats’ efforts to end the government shutdown and what they’re hearing from their constituents about the impact. Source link
Read MoreA theory why the internet is going down the toilet
This first appeared in the Planet Money newsletter. Sign up here! A few years ago, Cory Doctorow coined a word that took the internet by storm. It appeared everywhere, including in our newsletter that analyzed why dating apps are breaking the hearts of their users. The American Dialect Society named it its word of the…
Read MoreKarine Jean-Pierre on why she left the Democrats — and calls herself independent
For nearly three years, Karine Jean-Pierre served as White House press secretary, the public face of the Biden administration through daily briefings and trips around the world. In a new book, Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines, published Oct. 21, Jean-Pierre says that the party’s internal dysfunction and disloyalty…
Read MoreBlue New Jersey is expecting a very close race for governor this November
Republican Jack Ciattarelli, left, and Democrat Mikie Sherrill participate in the final debate in the New Jersey governor’s race, Oct. 8, 2025, in New Brunswick, N.J. Heather Khalifa/AP hide caption toggle caption Heather Khalifa/AP One of the country’s few odd-year gubernatorial elections is capturing national attention, as the polls show an increasingly close race between…
Read More‘Cancer doesn’t care’: Patients pushed past divisive politics to lobby Congress
Clockwise from upper left: Katie Martin, Lexy Mealing, John Manna and Mary Catherine Johnson. They differ on politics, but they all came to Washington, D.C., to lobby Congress to support aid for people with the deadly disease. Charlotte Kesl for KFF Health News hide caption toggle caption Charlotte Kesl for KFF Health News Mary Catherine…
Read MoreDems demand Trump pull watchdog office nominee after reported 'racist' texts
Democrats in Congress called on President Trump to withdraw his nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) after a new report exposed text messages in which the nominee purportedly denounced the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and admitted to having a “Nazi streak in me from time to time.” Rep. Bennie Thompson (Miss.)…
Read MoreTrump administration puts 1,400 nuclear staffers on furlough
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) furloughed more than three-quarters of its staff Monday as the government nears its fourth week of a shutdown. A Department of Energy spokesperson told The Hill that 1,400 NNSA employees will be furloughed by the end of Monday, leaving fewer than 400 working at the agency, which is in…
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