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Rep. Susie Lee (D-Nev.) and other Democrats are focusing on the dropoff of Canadian tourists heading into the midterms.

The shift in management is certain to spark a flurry of new fates for the capital, spanning public parks, national monuments and the Metropolitan Police Department.

Programming note: We’ll be off this Monday but will be back in your inboxes on Tuesday. DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 52 ALBANY AUTOPSY ANGST: National Democrats entrusted their 2024 autopsy to a strategist entwined with another long-ago party calamity: the Obama-era implosion of the New York Senate. Paul Rivera previously served as a key adviser to state Senate Democratic leader John Sampson, a Brooklyn lawmaker who led an infamously dysfunctional majority for part of 2009 and into 2010 — and was later convicted of federal fraud charges. Rivera arrived in the Senate with a strong resume after working on […]

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.

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DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 51 CROWD CONTROL: State Democrats are aligned on reining in ICE — but there’s sharp disagreements over whether the measures will meaningfully impact the NYPD. Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers passed a package of measures this afternoon that seek to curtail federal immigration enforcement agents’ operations in New York. “Tom Homan can shove it,” Brooklyn state Sen. Andrew Gounardes said at a press conference this morning, referring to the Trump administration’s border czar. The package aims to restrict the ability of police departments like the NYPD to control crowds while federal officers conduct immigration […]

The fighting has gotten so ugly that some Republicans are fearful it will dampen turnout in the midterms.

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin is already working to weather the storm.

Her case has become a rallying cry for Republicans who continue to falsely insist that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

BEZOS’ BLESSING: Mayor Zohran Mamdani found an unlikely supporter today for his push to raise taxes on rich property owners: Jeff Bezos, one of the wealthiest men in the world. “The pied-à-terre tax is a fine thing for New York to do,” Bezos said in a wide-ranging interview this morning on CNBC. The billionaire Amazon founder was referring to the new surcharge that the state — after prodding from Mamdani — is expected to levy on individuals who own secondary homes in the city worth more than $5 million. Bezos, who resides mainly in Miami, gave his thumbs up even […]

At the end of a month that put on full display Trump’s dominance over his own party, his season of settling scores may not have advanced the ball toward November.

Traditionalists like Brad Raffensperger and Chris Carr were able to withstand the president’s furor for years — until now.

The result extends a bitter intraparty fight and delays Republicans' ability to focus their attacks on Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff.

The self-styled “troublemaker” and unabashed progressive was backed by members of the “Squad.”

She won the nomination outright despite some Democrats’ concerns over her record as Atlanta mayor.

The governor’s pick will take on GOP Rep. Ryan Mackenzie in a key November battleground.

MAGA billionaire Rick Jackson and the Trump-endorsed Lt. Gov. Burt Jones advanced to a runoff in the Republican primary for Georgia governor.

The president continues to rack up wins in his revenge tour.

The Trump-endorsed representative defeated former Attorney General Daniel Cameron in the race to succeed Mitch McConnell.