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The Scoop President Donald Trump on Tuesday installed his top housing regulator as acting director of national intelligence — a decision swayed by longtime Republican operative Roger Stone and other MAGA forces inside the administration, according to multiple sources. While Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte is far from ...

The News Senegal’s recently ousted prime minister said his party will not participate in the newly formed government, plunging the country into further political turmoil as it grapples with a major debt crisis. Ousmane Sonko, a populist with a loyal following among Senegal’s youth, said “points of disagreement” had emerged ...

Activist short-seller Andrew Left was convicted in Los Angeles yesterday on 12 counts of securities fraud, in a case initiated under President Biden and eagerly picked up by Trump’s Justice Department. Caustic, media-friendly, and beloved by retail traders, Left was convicted for airing his criticisms of publicly traded companies and ...

The News The owner of a Manhattan bar bet $5,000 on Kalshi on Wednesday’s Game 1 of the NBA Finals to hedge is promise of free drinks with the Knicks win. Prediction markets are getting useful. Andrew Freedman, owner of The Jeffrey, bet $5,000 on Kalshi on the game, he ...

The Justice Department’s vow to follow a temporary order blocking President Donald Trump’s “anti-weaponization” fund was a first step toward getting Republicans to pass an immigration enforcement funding bill. It’s definitely not the final one. “I think it needs more investigation,” said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., a member of ...

The News June 2 is this year’s single busiest day of primaries so far, stretching across the country. It’ll also offer both parties a little more clarity ahead of November. California voters will start picking a successor to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, and a challenger to Los Angeles’ Democratic mayor, ...

The News For Rahm Emanuel, it’s more than the economy, stupid. The likely 2028 presidential candidate, who served as House Democratic campaigns chief during the party’s successful 2006 midterms, told Semafor that Democrats should sharpen their arguments about President Donald Trump’s self-dealing while in office — by hitching them to ...

Only one in six Americans say they feel financially fulfilled, meaning their personal finances allow them to live the life they want. That finding is included in a new survey from Edward Jones and Gallup, which found that Canadians are similarly pessimistic about their finances (only one in eight report ...

Andy’s view China and Japan weren’t fated to become 21st century enemies. Mao Zedong once joked to a Japanese visitor that without the imperial army, the Chinese people wouldn’t have rallied around the Communist Party, and so “there is nothing to be sorry about.” Deng Xiaoping saw Japan as a ...

Mexico’s president on Sunday delivered her harshest rebuke yet of US “interference,” following Washington’s indictment of 10 Mexican officials for alleged cartel ties. Claudia Sheinbaum later clarified that her comments were not directed at US President Donald Trump — a reflection of a common regional balancing act amid his efforts ...