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Gavin Newsom Says Trump DOJ Is Politically Targeting Him
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D, Calif.) attends the 94th Annual Meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors in Long Beach, Calif., on June 4, 2026. —Myraneli Fabian—Anadolu/Getty Images California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he is the latest to join the Trump Administration’s “hit list” for Justice Department investigations. Newsom, a Democrat and a prominent Trump…
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Boy George
“Where shall we look for Washington, the greatest among men,” asked Parson Weems in 1800, “but in America—that greatest Continent, which, rising from beneath the frozen pole, stretches far and wide to the south?” Weems, Washington’s first biographer, was a propagandist of genius—but even he might not have known quite how American he was being…
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TikTok Shoppers Thought They Were Bidding on iPhones. Instead, They Won Teddy Bears
A TikTok livestream host waves an iPhone box in front of the camera as around 250 viewers place their bids. “This could be yours, chat,” the host says. “Wake it up.” The host’s face is hidden from view, with just their hands visible in front of stacks of iPhone, iPad, and MacBook boxes. The TikTok…
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Playing hip-hop or Doris Day, older exercise instructors can speak their peers’ language
SEATTLE — Bengie Santos was a dancer and choreographer for 30 years before reaching an age when most artists hang up their dancing shoes and take a seat in the audience. But she wasn’t ready to sit back and enjoy the show. So Santos began her third act as an exercise instructor. Now 72 and in her…
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The case that Florida is ready to turn blue again
For decades, Florida was the archetypal presidential swing state — and as recently as 2016 and 2018, Democrats came close to winning statewide elections there. Then things took a turn. After Ron DeSantis was elected governor in 2018, the Sunshine State moved solidly right of the country in 2020, and 2022 and 2024 brought double-digit…
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‘Juicy’ new book by ousted GOP leader causing Republicans ‘much angst’: report
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who was booted from the role in 2023 by hardliners within the GOP House caucus after a historically short tenure, will be releasing a book next week that Punchbowl News described Tuesday as “a pretty juicy read” – and it’s already causing “much angst” among GOP leaders. “It dives…
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NBA champion John Salley defends dreamers all across America: ‘There’s no excuses’
Through July 4, The Post, in conjunction with the Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream, is featuring US citizens explaining what the American dream means to them in 2026 — including John Salley. A four-time NBA champion, he grew up in Brooklyn, NY, played college basketball at Georgia Tech while pursuing a degree in the…
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The right’s beloved James Madison, the founder of American environmentalism
In May 1818, James Madison rode the 25 miles from his Virginia plantation Montpelier to Charlottesville to address the recently founded Albemarle Agricultural Society. As he rose to speak, some 30 men — politicians, wealthy landowners, physicians, lawyers and farmers — listened closely to what the former president had to say. It was a speech…
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Trump ‘runs the risk of humiliating the US’ by overselling deal: State Dept veteran
President Donald Trump is taking a big risk by overselling what he describes as an agreement to end his war in Iran, according to a veteran of the State Department. The 80-year-old president and Iran’s lead negotiator have signed an agreement to open the Strait of Hormuz, but the specific terms of the deal have…
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The Wilshire subway took 46 years. Future projects should skip the decades of objections
In February, Los Angeles Metro began selling T-shirts that said “Ride the D.” They sold out in 24 hours. Metro restocked. They sold out again. The shirts were a joke, but the demand they pointed to was not. When the D Line’s three new Wilshire Boulevard stations came online on May 8, a Los Angeles…