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Gavin Newsom fails to stop California’s controversial billionaire tax from going to voters
Gov. Gavin Newsom failed to broker a last-minute deal to keep California’s controversial billionaire tax off the November ballot, setting up what could become one of the nation’s most expensive and politically explosive ballot fights over taxing the...
How one at-bat typifies the talent Yankees believe Jasson Dominguez can still unlock
BOSTON — It was only one at-bat halfway through a long season. But it won the Yankees the game and spoke loudly about Jasson Domínguez’s ability to rebound from some hiccups and impact the club the rest of the way, especially as it tries to withstand a barrage...
Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan launch ‘behind’-the-scenes book
For a stratospherically high-level media bash, the launch of “Regime Change” — the new book by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan of the New York Times — was surprisingly butt-centric. Paying homage to institutional journalism as only an Aussie could, Swan said,...
NYC enacts rent freeze on 1M stabilized units after Mamdani accused of stacking board: ‘Absolute farce’
The New York City Rent Guidelines Board approved Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s key campaign promise to “freeze the rent” on Thursday — in a move landlord advocates slammed as “an absolute farce.” The board unanimously passed a two-year freeze on both one-year and...
Turning Islanders into destination spot as important as NHL draft
The player empowerment era that has arrived in the NHL represents a test of the hypothesis the Islanders have spent the last year restating in various forms. They have Matthew Schaefer. They have UBS Arena. They have proximity to New York City without the...
Antisemitism: From New York to LA, a new political scourge
Supporters of the “democratic socialists” who won three congressional primaries in New York on anti-Israel platforms have pushed back on claims that the campaigns were antisemitic. After all, they note, one of the victorious candidates, Brad Lander, is Jewish...
USMNT coach Mauricio Pochettino loves popular American fast food chain
The U.S. men’s national team is off to a strong start at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Heading into Thursday’s matchup against Türkiye, the Americans have already been guaranteed a spot in the Round of 32 after taking down Australia last week. The USMNT has emerged...
The carriage horse question: Letters to the Editor — June 26, 2026
The Issue: Pressure for New York City to ban horse carriages after the death of a teen tourist. It was sad that a young man died in a horse-carriage accident recently, but that was a freak accident that doesn’t justify a ban (“Rein & suffering,” June 23)....
Hollywood’s collapse continues as another production house is forced to close
Another longtime Hollywood production company has shut its doors, becoming the latest casualty of California’s prolonged slowdown in film and television production. Shadowcast Pictures, a Los Angeles-based production equipment rental company that supplied...
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