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Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler, the longest-serving New Yorker in the House, will not seek reelection in 2026, stating that there’s a “necessity for generational change in the party.”In an interview published Monday in The New York Times, Nadler said that after watching former President Joe Biden withdraw from the 2024 election following his rough debate against President Trump, he decided a younger successor “can maybe do better, can maybe help us more.””I’m not saying we should change over the entire party,” Nadler told The New York Times. “But I think a certain amount of change is very helpful, especially when…

Ad Policy People march in New York City during a rally calling for the Trump administration not to go to war with Iran, on June 18, 2025. (Adam Gray via Getty Images) The Iran-Israel conflict in June was terrifying but brief: It lasted 12 days. But that war is not over. Trita Parsi, vice president and cofounder of the Quincy Institute, has been warning that both the United States and Israel are planning for another round, with their European allies providing the groundwork. I spoke to Parsi about the likelihood of war, the rationale behind the current saber-rattling, and ways…

In the shadow of Yellowstone’s steaming geysers rises a national treasure — the Old Faithful Inn.Standing for more than a century, it’s the grandfather of national park lodges. “It has the distinction of being considered a benchmark of national park architecture,” said Ruth Quinn, who has been giving guided tours of the inn for more than 30 years, pointing out secrets hiding in plain sight.”The architect, Robert Reamer, sent a small group of men out looking for the ‘freaks of the forest,’ is what we call all the funny twisted pieces,” she said.Those freaks, cut from some 10,000 trees, became the…

President Trump announced Monday that he will award Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. “As President of the United States of America, I am pleased to announce that Rudy Giuliani, the greatest Mayor in the history of New York City, and an equally great American Patriot, will receive THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM, our Country’s highest civilian honor,” Mr. Trump said in a social media post. “Details as to time and place to follow. Thank you for your attention to this matter.  MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!”  Mr. Trump’s announcement comes days after Giuliani was hospitalized with…

Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media outside Manhattan federal court in New York, Jan. 3, 2025. Ted Shaffrey/AP hide caption toggle caption Ted Shaffrey/AP Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalized with a broken vertebrae after a car accident, his spokesperson said on Sunday. Giuliani, 81, was traveling on a highway in New Hampshire when his car was “struck from behind at high speed,” said Michael Ragusa, who is also his head of security. “He was transported to a nearby trauma center, where he was diagnosed with a fractured thoracic vertebrae, multiple lacerations and contusions, as well…

As millions of Americans gather Monday to celebrate Labor Day, federal data shows how President Trump’s immigration policies are reshaping the U.S. workforce.The number of immigrant workers in the U.S. has declined by 1.2 million from January through the end of July, according to preliminary Census Bureau data, analyzed by the Pew Research Center. That figure includes people who are in the country illegally as well as legal residents. The labor market shakeup comes as the flow of immigrants into the U.S. has slowed significantly under Mr. Trump, who campaigned on a promise to deport millions of immigrants working illegally. He…

Politics / Column / September 1, 2025 The administration’s immigration policies have gone from awful to monstrous, culminating with this weekend’s move to send roughly 600 unaccompanied children back to Guatemala. Ad Policy People attend a rally at Pasadena Auto Wash on August 28, 2025 where six employees were detained in an immigration raid last weekend.(Sarah Reingewirtz / Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images) Nearly two weeks ago, Donald Trump, that most unspiritual and unreflective of men, started musing about how he hoped he would get into heaven but wasn’t sure that he would. I hate to say it, but he’s probably…

Coping with a sudden loss in federal funding, PBS affiliate KSPS in Spokane, Washington, faced a surprise extra hurdle. Many of its contributing members — at one point almost half — lived in Canada, and they were withdrawing support out of anger at President Trump’s desire to make the country the 51st state in the U.S.When Congress decided this summer to eliminate $1.1 billion allocated to public broadcasting, it left some 330 PBS and 246 NPR stations, each with unique issues related to their communities and history, to figure out what that means.Many launched emergency fund drives and are heartened…

President Trump has claimed the authority to bypass Congress and impose sweeping tariffs on foreign products, arguing the import duties are necessary to strengthen the U.S. economy.Now a federal appeals court has thrown a roadblock in his path.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Friday that Mr. Trump went too far when he declared national emergencies to justify tariffs on nearly every country on Earth. The ruling largely upheld a May decision by a federal trade court in New York. But Friday’s 7-4 appeals court decision tossed out a part of that ruling striking down the tariffs immediately, giving…

Sharda Fornnarino is an outpatient surgery nurse at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora, Colo., where she’s also local director for National Nurses United. In August, the Department of Veterans Affairs notified union members that it was ending nearly all of its collective bargaining agreements. Rachel Woolf for NPR hide caption toggle caption Rachel Woolf for NPR Sharda Fornnarino got the news in early August. The Department of Veterans Affairs was ending nearly all of its collective bargaining agreements. The agency gave labor unions just days to get out of federal buildings. “We went in on the…