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Violent insurrections loyal to President Donald Trump break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption toggle caption Julio Cortez/AP WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has issued two pardons related to the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, including for a woman convicted of threatening to shoot FBI agents who were investigating a tip that she may have been at the Capitol, officials said Saturday. In a separate case, Trump issued a second pardon for a Jan. 6 defendant who had remained behind bars despite the sweeping grant of clemency…

Politics / November 12, 2025 What Zohran Mamdani’s win signifies—and what it doesn’t. Ad Policy Muslim New Yorkers gather in Astoria, Queens, to celebrate Zohran Mamdani’s election victory on Tuesday, November 4, 2025.(Lokman Vural Elibol / Anadolu via Getty Images) In the early afternoon of November 4, Jackson Heights was no more abuzz than it is on any other day. The wind whipped Arepa Lady’s awning, two butchers pushed skinned goat carcasses across 73rd Street in grocery carts, and couples stopped at fuchka stands.  There was an election underway. New York City was seemingly poised to elect its first Muslim,…

With the government shutdown over, we take a look at what’s next in Congress in the coming weeks. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: U.S. government reopened this week after a 43-day shutdown. But Congress did not address the expiring health care subsidies that were the central issue in the fight. What comes next for a Congress that has become so dysfunctional? NPR congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh joins us. Deirdre, thanks for being with us.DEIRDRE WALSH, BYLINE: Hey, Scott.SIMON: House came in and voted for one day after they’d been gone for more than 50, but Speaker Mike Johnson says they’re coming back…

Politics / Column / November 14, 2025 The Republican Party has deliberately attempted to render healthcare unaffordable and deprive families of the ability to put food on the table. Ad Policy President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office at the White House on November 6, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images) Last week, in a little-noticed executive order, Donald Trump declared November 2 to 8 to be “anti-communism week.” Given Trump’s propensity for malicious, dangerous actions, there are, I guess, many worse things MAGAman could be doing than wasting his political energies on meaningless McCarthy-era…

Students walk past Royce Hall on the University of California, Los Angeles campus on Aug. 15, 2024. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption toggle caption Damian Dovarganes/AP The Trump administration cannot fine the University of California or summarily cut the school system’s federal funding over claims it allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimination, a federal judge ruled late Friday in a sharply worded decision. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco issued a preliminary injunction barring the administration from cancelling funding to UC based on alleged discrimination without giving notice to affected faculty and conducting a hearing, among other requirements.…

November 15, 2025 Take it from me: A crossword clue can be debated with the kind of fervor normally reserved for corporatist propaganda and outright racism. Ad Policy Hello girls at the New Yorker Hotel work on Daily News Crossword Puzzle Contest. (Larry Froeber / NY Daily News Archive / Getty Images) This essay is drawn from Natan Last’s forthcoming book Across the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of the Crossword Puzzle.  In 2009, the year I turned 18, I was a summer intern to Will Shortz, NPR’s “Puzzlemaster” and longtime editor of the New York Times crossword puzzle.…

Lara Smith, national spokesperson for the Liberal Gun Club, says membership has surged since President Trump’s election last year. She says people of color and trans people have sought training after receiving threats in their communities. Hadassah Grout Photography hide caption toggle caption Hadassah Grout Photography When Charles was growing up in the 1970s in Brooklyn, N.Y., his mother was so strict, she forbade toy guns of any kind, including squirt guns. “I remember vividly, summertime, when my friends would have water gun fights and I couldn’t participate,” he recalls. He grew up and became a doctor, and these days,…

World / November 14, 2025 The Americans recently relocating to San Miguel de Allende are a new kind of “expat,” a word they refuse to call themselves. Ad Policy Newcomers to San Miguel consider themselves immigrants, eschewing the term “expat” as it is both a colonized word and doesn’t accurately reflect the literal meaning: someone relocated out of the country by their jobs. In the colorful town of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, with its temperate weather and stunning architecture, people spend their days relaxing on park benches that front La Parroquía, a towering neo-Gothic church of pink stone, which…

Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene, R-Ga., presides over a House Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington. Rod Lamkey/AP hide caption toggle caption Rod Lamkey/AP President Donald Trump has publicly called it quits with one of his most stalwart MAGA-world supporters, calling Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene “‘Wacky’ Marjorie” and saying he would endorse a challenger against her in next year’s midterms “if the right person runs.” The dismissal of Greene — once the epitome of “Make America Great Again,” sporting the signature red cap for President Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union address and acting as a…

Politics / November 14, 2025 Anti-Blackness and race hate increasingly seem to be a rite of passage for white folks, no matter where they end up on the political spectrum. Ad Policy (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images) I’ve been thinking how every few months, seemingly like clockwork, some public figure’s old racist messages are suddenly made new again. Most recently, the leaders of Young Republican chapters around the country got busted for their racist and antisemitic texts—including proclaiming “I love Hitler”—in their group chats, but it’s not like they’re the only ones. I’m not even referring to the second batch…