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Pope Leo XIV Just Slammed Elon Musk: 'We're in Big Trouble' If He Hits $1 Trillion - But Why?

Pope Leo XIV has warned that Elon Musk's potential trillionaire status highlights a moral distortion in the economy, emphasising the growing wealth gap and questioning societal values.

International Business Times UK

‘Go to hell’: Bernie Sanders unites labor leaders in huge push for AI protections and a halt to data center construction – growing national anti-data center sentiment results in protests, bans, and project cancellations

Bernie Sanders joined labor leaders to warn of the threat the US workforce is facing from AI.

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Slump in voters’ support for Israel shakes US consensus over military aid

Bipartisan backing for special relationship is fraying as Middle East conflicts turn public opinion

The Guardian - US

Democrat Analilia Mejia wins Mikie Sherrill’s House seat in New Jersey special election

Her victory is a win for progressives and means Democrats hold on to the 11th District seat in the House

The Independent UK

Analilia Mejía wins special election for Sherrill’s seat in New Jersey

Democrat Analilia Mejía, a progressive organizer with ties to labor interests, won Thursday’s special election in New Jersey for the seat formerly held by Gov. Mikie Sherrill. Mejía was leading Republican Joe Hathaway, the mayor of Randolph Township, 70 percent to 29 percent not long after The Associated Press called…

Roll Call

Trump’s deal with drugmakers was meant to see prices fall. But some companies have been raising them, Senate report says

One in five American adults say they have cut pills in half or skipped doses to save money

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Congress Declines Again To Rein in Trump's Iran War

Republicans can’t decide whether the war is too early to stop, too late to stop, or nonexistent in the first place.

Reason

'We're Taxing The Rich': NYC's $500M Pied-à-Terre Tax Targets Ultra-Wealthy — Panama Beckons

NYC Mayor Mamdani and Gov. Hochul unveiled a $500M pied-à-terre tax targeting 13,000 luxury second homes valued over $5M.

International Business Times UK

Progressive Democrat Analilia Mejia wins special election for New Jersey House seat in a landslide – as it happened

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The Guardian - US

What Is Pied-à-Terre Tax? Hochul, Mamdani Target Ultra-Wealthy Second Homes to Close NYC Budget Gap Quickly

New York Governor Kathy Hochul's proposed pied-à-terre tax targets luxury second homes in NYC valued at $5 million+ to raise $500 million annually and close the budget gap, without affecting working residents.

International Business Times UK

US Senate Republicans reject effort to halt Trump's Iran war

US Senate Democrats are increasingly divided over arms sales to Israel, with over three dozen backing Bernie Sanders' resolution to halt them. Citing Prime Minister Netanyahu's "reckless decisions" and the expanded conflict, some Democrats shifted their stance. Despite bipartisan opposition, the measures were ultimately rejected, highlighting a growing internal party…

The Times of India

Sanders’ effort to block arms sales to Israel falls short in Senate

The Senate on Wednesday defeated, largely along party lines, an effort by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to advance two joint resolutions that would block the sale of $446.8 million worth of weapons and equipment to Israel. The first joint resolution would have disapproved a $295 million sale of D9R and…

Roll Call

Bernie Sanders’ effort to block US weapons sales to Israel fails in Senate

Senator’s fourth attempt for resolutions fails, but votes show growing appetite among Democrats to impose limits

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North Jersey voters to decide on House successor to Sherrill

Voters in New Jersey’s 11th District will decide on their next member of Congress in Thursday’s special election to fill the seat formerly held by Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill. Progressive organizer Analilia Mejia, who clinched the Democratic nomination in a February upset over former Rep. Tom Malinowski, is favored to…

The Independent UK

Bernie Sanders issues blistering four-word response to Trump’s economic adviser’s take on rising oil prices over Iran war

Veteran left-winger ridicules National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett over his attempts to reassure the public as war drags on and fuel crisis threatens to deepen

The Independent UK

Bernie Sanders makes surprise WWE-style entrance during Zohran Mamdani speech

New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani was interrupted by a WWE-style gatecrasher during a rally to mark his first 100 days in office.

The Guardian - US

Bernie Sanders warns ‘worst is yet to come’ in rallying cry against billionaires

US senator appears at Manhattan rally alongside New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani, who cautioned that AI is ‘coming for human jobs’

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International Business Times UK

Bernie Sanders' $3,000 Payment Plan: Who Qualifies And How It Would Work

Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ro Khanna proposed a 5% wealth tax on billionaires to fund social programs, potentially raising $4.4 trillion over a decade.

International Business Times UK

Trump's Ideology Labeled Near Hitler in Textbook, Sparking Outrage Over Authoritarian Comparison

The controversy over an AP Government textbook's political compass exercise, which places Trump near Hitler on an authoritarian scale, has sparked debate over educational content and political bias.

International Business Times UK

Home of US Politician Supporting Data Centres Shot—Then Gunman Left 'No Data Centers' Note at Door

A handwritten 'No Data Centres' note was left at the door after gunfire struck the Indianapolis home of Councilman Ron Gibson, though neither he nor his young son was injured.

Latin Times

House Democrats Push Immediate Vote to End Iran War After Trump's "Unhinged" Statement

House Democratic leaders demanded on Tuesday that lawmakers return to Washington at once after President Donald Trump's latest threat against Iran, calling his rhetoric "completely unhinged" and warning that Congress must act before the conflict spirals further.

International Business Times UK

Is Trump Being Forced Out Under The 25th Amendment? Calls To Oust The President Rise Amid Intensifying Scrutiny

Donald Trump's Easter Sunday post targeting Iran has led to increased calls for the 25th Amendment, reflecting a growing political crisis.

Reason

Ro Khanna: Congress Has Surrendered on War

The California congressman discusses the Iran war, unchecked executive power, California’s wealth tax debate, and the search for a shared American identity.

The Guardian - US

‘Unhinged madman’: US politicians react to Trump’s expletive-laden threat to Iran

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Bernie Sanders among those responding with alarm to Trump writing ‘open the fuckin’ strait, you crazy bastards’

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