Jonathan Chait: “Donald Trump has been bullying Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell—calling him ‘too late,’ insulting his intelligence, and trying to gin up a case that Powell spent too much on renovations of the agency’s headquarters as a pretext for firing him. The New York Times recently

“House lawmakers are getting a boost to funds they can use for their own security, including at their homes,” Politico reports. “The updated framework will double funding for residential security to $20,000 per member to ‘allow for a more comprehensive suite of security equipment to be installed at

“Of the dozens of policy proposals in Zohran Mamdani’s platform, few have generated as much debate as the Democratic mayoral nominee’s call for city-owned grocery stores,” The Gothamist reports. “Both sides have largely missed a crucial point: New York already has a version of city-owned grocery

“President Trump called on the Justice Department Tuesday to prosecute former President Barack Obama for allegedly ordering an assessment that Russia meddled to help him with the 2016 election,” the New York Post reports. Said Trump: “Whether it’s right or wrong, it’s time to go after people… It’s

Speaker Mike Johnson said he would shut the House down early for its summer recess to head off Democratic demands for votes on calling for the release of files from the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, the New York Times reports. In order to avoid what he called “political games,” Johnson said