❓WHAT HAPPENED: Plans to build the first major U.S. nuclear power plant in over 15 years have been announced in New York.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) and the New York Power Authority.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The announcement was made on Monday, June 23, 2025, by Hochul in an interview with TheWall Street Journal.
💬KEY QUOTE: “I’m going to lean into making sure that every company that wants to come to New York and everyone who wants to live here will never have to worry about reliability and affordability when it comes to their utility costs,” Gov. Hochul said in the interview.
🎯IMPACT: The new nuclear power plant will produce enough electricity to power one million homes as part of Gov. Hochul’s plan to add at least one gigawatt of electrical power generation to New York’s nuclear energy capacity.
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New York has announced plans to build the first major U.S. nuclear power plant in more than a decade and a half. The plans for the plant’s construction were revealed by Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) during an interview with TheWall Street Journal on Monday.
“I’m going to lean into making sure that every company that wants to come to New York and everyone who wants to live here will never have to worry about reliability and affordability when it comes to their utility costs,” Gov. Hochul said, suggesting that she is pursuing assistance from the Trump White House and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to streamline and reduce regulatory hurdles at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
“Why does it take a decade?” the New York Democrat asked regarding federal nuclear power regulations. “That’s why no one is doing it; the barriers are too high.”
Notably, the United States has not constructed a new nuclear power facility in over 15 years, and only a total of five new nuclear reactors have been built since 1991. The lack of new construction means that the rate of nuclear power plant retirements has far outpaced new construction.
The closure of nuclear power facilities across the United States has resulted in an increase in reliance on fossil fuels to meet increasing electrical power demands. This situation has been exacerbated in recent years by the explosion in artificial intelligence (AI) technology, which requires the use of power-intensive data centers.
New nuclear power plant construction has faced opposition from far-left environmentalist groups who use fears surrounding incidents like the earthquake damage and meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant to generate public and political resistance. Notably, a number of these “green agenda” groups receive financial backing from China, Russia, and other energy industry interests opposed to nuclear power.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: Dr. Kevin O’Connor, former White House physician to Joe Biden, will testify before the House Oversight Committee after being subpoenaed.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Dr. Kevin O’Connor, Rep. James Comer (R-KY), Neera Tanden, Anthony Bernal, Ashley Williams, Annie Tomasini, and the House Oversight Committee.
📍WHEN & WHERE: Scheduled for July 9 before the House Oversight Committee.
🎯IMPACT: The investigation seeks to determine whether Biden’s cognitive decline influenced decision-making in his administration.
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Dr. Kevin O’Connor, the former White House physician who treated then-President Joe Biden, is set to appear for a deposition before the House Oversight Committee on July 9. This was confirmed by a source familiar with the committee’s schedule. O’Connor agreed to testify following a subpoena issued by Rep. James Comer (R-KY), the committee’s chairman.
Comer is leading an investigation into allegations that Democrat staffers in the White House worked to cover up Biden’s cognitive decline while in office. The inquiry also focuses on Biden’s use of an autopen for official government business.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) previously ruled in 2005 that autopen use is legal, and a federal appeals court upheld this in 2024. However, questions have arisen as to whether Biden was aware of certain orders being signed via autopen in his name. Notably, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has publicly spoken about an incident where the octogenarian Democrat appeared unaware that he had issued an executive order halting liquid natural gas exports.
In addition to O’Connor, the Oversight Committee has scheduled interviews with former Biden White House aides Neera Tanden, Anthony Bernal, Ashley Williams, and Annie Tomasini. Unlike O’Connor, these aides agreed to interviews without being subpoenaed.
A former Biden official, speaking anonymously with the media, denied allegations that decisions were made without Biden’s involvement, stating: “Any accusation that President Biden was not making decisions is false. President Biden made the decisions about the pardons and the executive orders he issued, and the legislation he signed into law.”
The Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee has also shown interest in Biden’s mental fitness. Its first public hearing on the matter did not include witnesses with direct knowledge of Biden’s decision-making process.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Hourly workers in service, hospitality, and retail industries overwhelmingly support President Donald J. Trump’s No Tax on Tips plan, according to a new survey.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Donald J. Trump, hourly workers, and the authors of the survey report.
📍WHEN & WHERE: Survey results published recently, with workers across the United States voicing their support.
💬KEY QUOTE: “I don’t know what the holdup is. I don’t know what the politics are, but if we can cut the BS now … it can help out a lot of people.” – Nevada food service worker.
🎯IMPACT: The plan aims to provide financial stability and relief for hourly workers, while being part of a broader economic agenda under Trump’s leadership.
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Hourly workers in the service, hospitality, and retail industries overwhelmingly back President Donald J. Trump’s No Tax On Tips plan in the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” according to a new survey, saying tax-free tips would bring them needed financial stability and relief. According to the data, 83 percent of hourly workers want to see No Tax on Tips become law, with just four percent saying otherwise.
“These results suggest that any measure increasing the amount of immediately available income—such as untaxed tips—would provide meaningful, stabilizing support for a large segment of the hourly workforce,” the report, published by the earned wage payroll company Instant, states. As one Nevada food service worker put it: “I don’t know what the holdup is. I don’t know what the politics are, but if we can cut the BS now … it can help out a lot of people.”
Currently, the “One Big Beautiful Bill”—in the form of budget reconciliation legislation—is undergoing changes in the U.S. Senate after being adopted by the House of Representatives last month. While senators are making substantive changes to the bill’s Medicaid provisions, tax provisions like No Tax on Tips, No Tax on Overtime, and No Tax on Social Security are not expected to be altered from the House version.
The National Pulse has previously reported that President Trump has overseen the largest increase in blue-collar wage growth in 60 years. Blue-collar workers have experienced a 1.7 percent real wage increase in the first five months of Trump’s second term. The wage growth sharply contrasts with the negative growth experienced under former President Joe Biden.
Thanks to @POTUS’s pro-growth, America First policies, real wages for hourly workers are up nearly 2% in the first five months of @realDonaldTrump’s second term — the strongest growth in 60 years.
No president has done that before — except President Trump in his first term.… pic.twitter.com/gasjQn33eb
— Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (@SecScottBessent) June 17, 2025
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Los Angeles Dodgers claims they denied U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) access to their baseball stadium parking lot for the purposes of a workplace raid; however, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) states the agents were members of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and were merely transferring detainees from an earlier raid nearby.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: ICE, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and DHS.
📍WHEN & WHERE: Thursday morning at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California.
💬KEY QUOTE: “This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots. They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization.” – LA Dodgers statement.
🎯IMPACT: The decision sparked backlash on social media, with calls for boycotts and criticism of the baseball team’s stance.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is denying the Los Angeles Dodgers’ claims that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attempted to conduct a workplace raid at the baseball team’s stadium but was denied entry. On Thursday, the Dodgers claimed, “This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots. They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization. Tonight’s game will be played as scheduled.”
However, DHS, responding to the incident, has clarified that the presence of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) vehicles at the stadium was unrelated to any operational enforcement. “This had nothing to do with the Dodgers. CBP vehicles were in the stadium parking lot very briefly, unrelated to any operation or enforcement,” DHS stated. A post from ICE’s official X account also denied the Dodgers’ claims, stating, “False. We were never there.”
The incident drew significant attention online, with images of DHS vehicles circulating on social media. CBP officials note that the vehicles were part of a separate raid at a nearby Home Depot, and due to protests, were unable to transfer the illegal immigrants they apprehended at the scene of the raid. Instead, they traveled to the nearby stadium parking lot to place detainees in vans to take them to a federal detention facility.
The Dodgers have faced increasing pressure to align with pro-illegal immigration activists, particularly after anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles earlier this month. Notably, the controversy comes in the wake of another divisive decision by the Dodgers, when the team chose to honor the “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence,” a drag group centered around blasphemous distortions of the Catholic faith.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Senate passed the GENIUS Act in a 68-30 vote, aiming to position the U.S. as a leader in digital assets.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Donald J. Trump, the U.S. Senate, and the House of Representatives.
📍WHEN & WHERE: Senate approved the bill on Tuesday, with Trump urging the House to act on Wednesday.
💬KEY QUOTE: “The Senate just passed an incredible Bill that is going to make America the UNDISPUTED Leader in Digital Assets — Nobody will do it better, it is pure GENIUS!” – Donald Trump.
🎯IMPACT: The GENIUS Act could establish the U.S. as a global leader in crypto and digital asset innovation.
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President Donald J. Trump late Wednesday urged the House to speedily pass the Senate’s GENIUS Act, arguing it would propel the United States to become the world’s leader on crypto and digital assets. The upper chamber approved the legislation in a 68-30 vote on Tuesday.
The bill would enact new federal guidelines for stablecoins and create a framework for private companies to issue digital dollars. “The Senate just passed an incredible Bill that is going to make America the UNDISPUTED Leader in Digital Assets — Nobody will do it better, it is pure GENIUS! Digital Assets are the future, and our Nation is going to own it,” President Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“We are talking about MASSIVE Investment, and Big Innovation. The House will hopefully move LIGHTNING FAST, and pass a ‘clean’ GENIUS Act,” he continued, adding: “Get it to my desk, ASAP — NO DELAYS, NO ADD ONS. This is American Brilliance at its best, and we are going to show the World how to WIN with Digital Assets like never before!”
Trump’s Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, has lauded the bill, stating that “stablecoins could grow into a $3.7 trillion market by the end of the decade.”
“A thriving stablecoin ecosystem will drive demand from the private sector for US Treasuries, which back stablecoins,” Bessent wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter), adding: “This newfound demand could lower government borrowing costs and help rein in the national debt.”
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Former President Joe Biden is set to attend a Juneteenth celebration in Galveston, Texas.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Joe Biden and attendees of the Juneteenth event at Reedy Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
📍WHEN & WHERE: Thursday at the Reedy Chapel AME Church in Galveston, Texas.
🎯IMPACT: The event marks a rare public appearance for Biden in 2025, following news he has been diagnosed with cancer and mounting evidence that former White House staff hid the octogenarian Democrat’s cognitive and physical decline from the public in office.
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Former President Joe Biden will attend a Juneteenth celebration at the Reedy Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Galveston, Texas, on Thursday, June 19. The church, the first and oldest operating AME church in Texas, holds historical significance, as it was allegedly one of the locations where the order announcing the end of slavery in Texas was delivered on June 19, 1865.
The Juneteenth event marks a rare public appearance for the 82-year-old Democrat, who was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer earlier this year. Additionally, evidence continues to mount that Biden’s White House staff worked to conceal the octogenarian Democrat’s cognitive and physical decline from the American public.
Notably, Biden signed legislation in 2021 establishing Juneteenth—once predominantly just a holiday in Texas—as a federal holiday. The holiday ostensibly marks the date when Major General Gordon Granger moved to enforce former President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation in Texas upon the end of the American Civil War. Lincoln had actually signed the proclamation ending slavery two years earlier, and the order had already been enforced in other states as Union soldiers captured Confederate territory.
The church Biden will attend is, according to Galveston, Texas historians, the same church where Maj. Gen. Granger read and moved to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation. However, there is actually scant evidence that Granger visited the church himself or even read Lincoln’s order aloud.
What is documented is that Union soldiers posted the proclamation at a number of public buildings around Galveston, including what is described as the “Negro Church on Broadway” which is believed to now be the Reedy Chapel AME Church.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: Provo, Utah, was declared the most efficient city in the U.S., according to a WalletHub study analyzing 148 cities based on factors like crime, unemployment, and infrastructure.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Provo Mayor Michelle Kaufusi, WalletHub researchers, and other city officials across the U.S.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The study was published in June 2025, focusing on cities nationwide, with Provo, Utah, ranking first.
🎯IMPACT: Provo’s success highlights the effectiveness of conservative leadership in fostering low crime, economic growth, and strong education outcomes.
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Provo, Utah, has been named the most efficient city in the United States, according to a WalletHub study that analyzed 148 cities on factors such as unemployment, crime, infrastructure quality, education outcomes, and economic health. Provo, run by Republican Mayor Michelle Kaufusi since 2017, achieved the top ranking due to its low crime rates, strong economy, and high graduation rates.
The city boasts the fourth-lowest violent crime rate and seventh-lowest property crime rate in the nation. It also ranks 22nd for infrastructure quality and eighth for unemployment. Provo’s economy is growing at a rate of 5.2 percent, and its high school graduation rate stands at nearly 91 percent, signaling a bright future for the city of just over 113,000 residents.
Nampa, Idaho, ranked second in the study, also under Republican leadership. Mayor Debbie Kling has overseen a city with the lowest property crime rate in the nation and a government with remarkably low debt—just $478 per capita in long-term debt. This contrasts sharply with cities like New York, where residents would need to contribute over $34,000 each to eliminate their city’s debt.
Manchester, New Hampshire, placed third, with Republican Mayor Jay Ruais taking office in January 2024. Manchester excels in environmental health, boasting the seventh-lowest air pollution in the country, alongside a strong real estate market and low unemployment. The city’s lack of state income and general sales taxes has also attracted new residents.
At the other end of the spectrum, San Francisco, California, was ranked the worst-run city in the study, burdened by the highest debt levels and ongoing issues with crime and homelessness. Other poorly-ranked cities included Detroit, Oakland, and Baltimore, all of which struggle with high crime rates and weak public services. San Francisco’s financial health was downgraded by S&P Global in December 2024, reflecting the challenges facing Democrat-led cities.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Senate Republicans unveiled a new proposal for Medicaid reforms within President Donald J. Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” aiming to implement stricter eligibility and work requirements while limiting states’ use of health care provider taxes to qualify for additional funding.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), Senate Finance Committee members, and President Donald Trump.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The Senate Finance Committee revealed the proposal on Monday evening.
💬KEY QUOTE: “The things that we’re doing are going to strengthen it, improve it, and make it available to people for whom it was intended.” – John Thune.
🎯IMPACT: The reforms aim to reduce federal Medicaid spending by over $700 billion, with Senate Republicans arguing it will curb unnecessary spending while preserving benefits for vulnerable Americans.
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Senate Republicans are pushing to enact more expansive Medicaid reforms in President Donald J. Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” surpassing the changes implemented in the House-passed version with further tightened eligibility and stricter work requirements. The Senate Finance Committee unveiled its proposed changes Monday evening, including measures to limit states’ use of health care provider taxes to secure additional federal funding.
The Senate’s proposal is projected to exceed the $700 billion in federal Medicaid spending reductions included in the House version of the reconciliation bill. Republican leaders have touted these reforms as the most significant reduction to mandatory spending in a budget bill in U.S. history.
“[T]his is a program that’s ripe for reform. The things that we’re doing are going to strengthen it, improve it, and make it available to people for whom it was intended,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said in a recent interview, adding: “It shouldn’t be available for illegal immigrants. There are people who are ineligible. There are people, able-bodied males who are of working age; there ought to be a work requirement attached to it. These are all reforms to a program that was desperately in need of reform.”
The Senate plan targets provider taxes, reducing the cap states can impose on health care providers to receive federal Medicaid funding. Starting in 2027, the cap will gradually decrease to 3.5 percent by 2031. Additionally, the Senate proposal expands work requirements to include adults with children aged 14 or older, a step beyond the House version, which exempted adults with dependent children entirely.
However, not all Senate Republicans support the far-reaching reforms. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) panned the proposal, arguing that the provider tax changes would essentially “defund rural hospitals” to pay for “Biden ‘Green New Deal’ subsidies.”
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: New York City Comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander was detained by federal agents after grabbing onto a group of alleged illegal immigrants being taken into ICE custody and demanding to see a warrant following an immigration hearing.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Brad Lander, ICE agents, and individuals attending an immigration hearing.
📍WHEN & WHERE: Tuesday morning, June 17, 2025, at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City.
💬KEY QUOTE: “While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad Lander was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE,” the Lander campaign confirmed in a statement.
🎯IMPACT: Lander is accused of interfering in a federal immigration enforcement action. However, his actions could help boost his political profile in a crowded Democratic primary field for New York City Mayor.
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Brad Lander, the New York City Comptroller and a Democratic candidate for mayor, was detained by federal agents on Tuesday morning. The incident occurred after Lander demanded to see a warrant for individuals who had been detained following an immigration hearing and grabbed onto them.
Video of the incident, shared by Lander’s press secretary Chloe Bristow, shows the comptroller being handcuffed and taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Bristow confirmed that Lander remains held at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan.
BREAKING: Mayoral Candidate Brad Lander was just arrested by ICE officers inside Federal Court building.
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) June 17, 2025
According to Lander’s wife, Meg Barnette, the Democratic mayoral candidate was “escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza” when he was approached by federal immigration agents. Subsequently, Lander demands that the officers present a judicial warrant, appearing to hold onto the migrants to hinder their arrest.
Barnette noted that this is her husband’s third time this month escorting alleged illegal immigrants after immigration court hearings in Lower Manhattan.
“You have no authority to arrest U.S. citizens,” the Democrat can be heard shouting in one video of the incident, demanding: “Where are you taking me and with what authority?”
“I’m not obstructing, I’m standing right here in the hallway,” Lander claims in another video as he’s being handcuffed and led to an elevator, adding: “I asked to see the judicial warrant. You don’t have the authority to arrest U.S. citizens asking for a judicial warrant.”
Last month, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and several Democratic members of Congress were detained after allegedly assaulting ICE officials at the Delaney Hall detention facility in New Jersey. The incident resulted in a federal grand jury indicting Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) on three federal charges for interfering with ICE agents.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Democrat Randi Weingarten has quit the Democratic National Committee (DNC) after 23 years, citing conflict with the current leadership
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Randi Weingarten, DNC chair Ken Martin, former DNC Vice Chair David Hogg.
📍WHEN & WHERE: Weingarten sent her resignation letter to the DNC in June 2025.
💬KEY QUOTE: “I appear to be out of step with the leadership you are forging and I do not want to be the one who keeps questioning why we are not enlarging our tent and actively trying to engage more of our communities.” — Randi Weingarten.
🎯IMPACT: The resignation comes amid deep divisions in the Democratic Party leadership, underscoring the current rudderless direction of the Democrats.
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Leftist American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten has quit the Democratic National Committee (DNC) after 23 years, over disagreements with current DNC Chair Ken Martin. Weingarten announced her departure from the DNC in a letter dated June 5, saying, “I appear to be out of step with the leadership you are forging and I do not want to be the one who keeps questioning why we are not enlarging our tent and actively trying to engage more of our communities.”
Randi Weingarten’s departure underscores the factional tensions within the Democratic Party following Kamala Harris’s 2024 election loss.
Weingarten had defended former DNC vice chair David Hogg, who was recently ousted after supporting primary challenges against incumbent Democrats in safe-blue districts. Hogg wished to purge the party of less progressive candidates and planned to spend millions on primary efforts. He was nominally ousted over gender policies.
Weingarten backed Wisconsin Democratic Party chair Ben Wikler for DNC leadership earlier this year. When current chair Martin assumed control, he removed Weingarten from the DNC’s rules and bylaws committee, where she had been since 2009.
The ongoing internal battles within the Democratic Party underline that the party has no clear leadership ahead of next year’s midterm elections. Republicans under President Donald J. Trump have made significant inroads with traditionally Democratic voting blocs like Hispanics and union workers.
A recent poll released earlier this month found that more and more voters are considering the Republicans the party of the American middle class, and will soon overtake Democrats. The polling also reveals voters now consider the Republicans the party of “strong leaders” and the party that “can get things done.”
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