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Julie Won, a New York City councilwoman, will face two other Democrats, one backed by the departing incumbent, Nydia Velázquez, and the other by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
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His New Federal Theater in New York provided a rare stage for Black playwrights and emerging actors, among them Denzel Washington, Phylicia Rashad and Chadwick Boseman.
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The remarks by Jeannine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, prompted swift pushback from the Republican Party’s pro-Second Amendment wing.
"I want to make sure you know who I'm racing for," wrote Minnesota-born cross-country skiing star Jessie Diggins. Meanwhile, a hospitality center for Team USA families dropped the name "Ice House."
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The Clintons faced a vote on contempt of Congress after not appearing for scheduled depositions.
The Gateway Development Commission said that if the federal government continued to withhold funding for a rail link under the Hudson River, it would have to stop construction this week.
A former Google engineer was found guilty of economic espionage and theft of confidential AI technology for the benefit of China's government, the FBI said Monday. Why it matters: Intelligence and defense officials have long warned of increased efforts by Beijing and others to obtain U.S. intellectual property and use AI against American interests . State of play A federal jury in San Francisco convicted Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, 38, of seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets, per an FBI post on X Monday. - Ding was accused of stealing thousands of pages of confidential information containing Google's trade secrets related to artificial intelligence technology and sharing them with two…
The list so far includes more than two dozen musicians, dancers, theater companies and other creative groups.
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Even though President Trump held a movie premiere for his wife’s new film there last week, he said the state of the building was “actually sort of dangerous.”
Melania Trump's big-budget documentary "Melania " drew an unexpectedly enthusiastic audience in its opening weekend: older white women. Why it matters: This powerhouse demographic — which can influence elections — has an uneven relationship with President Trump. But experts said the enthusiasm about "Melania" was less about the president and more about moviegoers' opinions of the first lady. By the numbers: "Melania" earned $7.04 million from 1,778 North American theaters in its opening weekend — a rather successful showing for a documentary not about Taylor Swift or the "Jackass" crew . - This was the highest opening for a "nonmusic documentary" in more than 10 years, per CNBC . - The "Melania" audience was mostly older (72%…