New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his wife, Rama Duwaji, will skip this year’s Met Gala, breaking tradition with predecessors who accepted invitations to fashion’s biggest night. In an interview with Hell Gate newsletter in April, Mamdani confirmed reports that he would not attend the event, saying, “That’s true” about the couple’s impending absence.
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Taxpayer-Funded Texas Waterpark Announces “MUSLIMS ONLY” Day – Will Require “Dress in Accordance with Islamic Values” and Serve Only Halal-Slaughtered Meat by Cullen Linebarger May. 4, 2026 11:00 am Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark. Credit: City of Grand Prairie website A taxpayer-funded waterpark in a Texas city has sparked online fury after announcing they would openly
Welcome to a new week of Washington Secrets. The midterm elections are six months away, but today, we bring you another worry for Republicans in toss-up races: the prospect of a vote on funding ICE. It’s not popular with voters, which means moderate Republicans or candidates in blue states don’t want to go on the
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JUST IN: Supreme Court Restores Access to Abortion Pill Via Mail by Cristina Laila May. 4, 2026 10:40 am The US Supreme Court on Monday temporarily restored access to abortion pill Mifepristone via telehealth and mail. Justice Samuel Alito granted temporary relief after Mifepristone’s maker, Danco Laboratories and the generic version’s manufacturer, GenBioPro, filed a
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday he is confident the global energy markets will soon stabilize, citing President Donald Trump’s latest operation to divest the Strait of Hormuz of Iranian influence, among other initiatives. Bessent said Trump’s Project Freedom operation in the strategic waterway, which launched on Monday, alongside the United Arab Emirates’ decision to
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito temporarily blocked on Monday an appeals court’s ruling that barred abortion pills from being sold online and transported to patients via mail. A pair of drugmakers that offer mifepristone, the abortion pill at the center of the litigation, had urged the Supreme Court to halt the Friday ruling from the
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WATCH: South Korean Firefighters Struggle To Control Aggressive Wild Boar in Apartment Building as Sightings in Seoul Surge 137% by Paul Serran May. 4, 2026 10:20 am Screengrab social media/X Feral pigs are all over Seoul. In many countries around the world, surging wild boar populations have become a problem difficult to tackle. But in
Iranian executions picked up over the weekend, despite President Donald Trump’s plea for the regime to stop killing protesters. Tehran executed at least six protesters amid the country’s dispute with the United States, particularly over the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian media announced on Monday that three men who demonstrated against the government in December 2025
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A protester who has been atop the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge for four days said he will descend “soon” after his presence led to traffic delays, with one lane each way closed. Guido Reichstadter, an activist from Florida, scaled the 168-foot arch on Friday and said he was protesting the war in Iran, President Donald
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Second ‘Detransitioner’ Wins Settlement for Life-Altering Double Mastectomy by Margaret Flavin May. 4, 2026 9:45 am Camille Kiefel via camillekiefel.com In 2020, Camille Kiefel had a double mastectomy, removing her healthy breasts to align with her ‘nonbinary gender identity.” Kiefel says doctors approved the surgery after two Zoom meetings without addressing the underlying mental health