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Alex Bores, a NY congressional candidate at the center of a proxy war over AI regulation involving millions in AI PAC spending, was defeated by Micah Lasher (Ben Kamisar/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-electi…

New York Democrat Micah Lasher wins House primary that drew big spending from AI groups
NBC News projects that Lasher, who was backed by retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler, emerged from a crowded field in the Manhattan-based 12th District.

Street homelessness went up in Los Angeles.
In Nithya Raman’s district, it was nearly cut in half
Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman, who is running for mayor against incumbent Karen Bass, seized on significant decreases in street homelessness in her district Friday while blasting increases citywide.
Street homelessness
— people living outdoors or in their vehicles
— went down by 49% in Raman’s district compared to the previous year, she said at a pre…

Street homelessness went up in Los Angeles. In Nithya Raman's district, it was nearly cut in half
Street homelessness — people living outdoors or in their vehicles — went down by 49% in Raman’s district compared to the previous year, she said at a press conference Friday.

Damn it.

Climate bills are coming in: 153 houses destroyed by climate-fueled wildfires in the village of Le Porge, not far from Bordeaux.

Brad Lander,
the former New York City comptroller and ally of Mayor Zohran Mamdani,
has upset Democratic U.S. Rep.
Dan Goldman in the Democratic primary for New York’s 10th District.
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bit.ly/4vuZyfP Brad Lander, the former New York City comptroller and ally of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, has upset Democratic U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman in the Democratic primary for New York’s 10th District.

The DOJ withdraws subpoenas that would have forced three NYT reporters to testify about sources, after a federal judge criticized the DOJ for sloppy legal work (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/usmediatimesair-force-one-42429e4d4da8accc42b6c3…

Government withdraws subpoenas of 3 reporters for The New York Times
The government has withdrawn subpoenas that would have compelled three New York Times reporters to testify about their sources for articles about President Donald Trump’s Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet. The withdrawals in U.S. District Court followed a remarkable back and forth between a visibly irritated Judge Arun Subramanian and government attorneys. They come at a time when the Trump administration is vigorously going after news organizations whose reporting and coverage it doesn’t lik…

A three-star navy rear-admiral fired by Pete Hegseth last year in the defense secretary’s purge of senior US military officials has won the Democratic primary in a closely watched congressional race.
Nancy Lacore secured the party’s nomination for the US House of Representatives in South Carolina’s first congressional district on Tuesday after defeating Mac Deford, a US Coast Guard veteran, in a runoff.
Lacore’s focus will now turn to November, when she will lead an ambitious Democ…

California's Rob Bonta and a 13-state group challenge the appointment of current and recent Nexstar personnel to Tegna's board, after a preliminary injunction (State of California)
https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases

Attorney General Bonta to Court: Nexstar/Tegna Violating Court Order to Stop Merging
Files motion for clarification and other compliance relief SACRAMENTO — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 13 attorneys general, filed a motion for clarification in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, raising concerns about actions by Tegna Inc. (Tegna) and Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nexstar) that are in apparent violation of the court’s hold-separate order.

A federal judge has blocked an attempt by the Trump administration to subpoena Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other state officials,
accusing the Justice Department of using its investigatory powers to retaliate against state officials for not cooperating with federal efforts to crack down on illegal immigration.
In a ruling unsealed Monday,
U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz found the “dominant purpose” of the subpoenas was
to “coerce Minnesota officials into assisting…

Judge halts effort to subpoena Minnesota Gov. Walz in immigration enforcement probe
A federal judge has blocked an attempt by the Trump administration to subpoena Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other state officials, calling it an effort to “harass and retaliate against them.” U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz found in a ruling unsealed Monday that the “dominant purpose” of the subpoenas was to “coerce Minnesota officials into assisting the federal government with enforcing civil immigration law and to harass and retaliate against them for failing to do so.” The sub…

A federal judge in Washington D.C. blocked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from using its citizenship database to remove voters from registration rolls,
-- striking a significant blow against Donald Trump’s unconstitutional attempt to take control of federal elections. 
In her 75-page decision Monday, District Court Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan excoriated Trump
and DHS’s implementation of his March 25 executive order
for ignoring federal privacy laws
as …

In blow to Trump, federal judge blocks DHS from using citizenship database to purge voters
"The federal government has knowingly trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote,” the judge wrote.