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New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani doubled down on his plan to tax "richer and whiter neighborhoods," while also adding that he believes billionaires should not exist. The democratic socialist claimed Sunday that his push to burden white taxpayers was not racist, despite his agenda explicitly targeting white-majority areas. "That is just a description of what we see right now," Mamdani told NBC’s "Meet the Press" on Sunday. "It’s not driven […]

Sen. Thom Tillis, one of the two Republicans to vote against advancing President Donald Trump’s "big, beautiful bill," plans to retire from the Senate at the end of his term.The North Carolina Republican announced on Sunday that he would not seek reelection in the 2026 cycle. Tillis would have been among the most vulnerable Republicans running next year and faced threats from Trump to face a challenger after his vote […]

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., says it is "too early to tell" whether Iran has given up on its ambitions to become a nuclear power on Sunday.Graham made the statement during a Sunday morning appearance on ABC's "This Week," saying he agrees that the sites the U.S. struck were "obliterated," but he remains concerned about Iran's uranium supply."Operation Midnight Hammer was a tremendous military success. It set the program back, I […]

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., acknowledged on Sunday that he has not yet endorsed Zohran Mamdani for mayor of New York City, and faced questioning as to why he has yet to back the progressive candidate in his home city.Jeffries made his remarks to Jonathan Karl on ABC's "This Week," adding that he did speak with Mamdani on Wednesday to congratulate him on the campaign "that clearly was relentlessly […]