The cynical theory behind congestion pricing suspension was that it would help swing seat Dems. What happened? Swing seat Rs took credit for pressuring Hochul, no voters moved toward her/Dems. A mess on policy *and* politics.

Amazing work from Jonathan Baran & Emily Giambalvo—New audio disputes ruling that stripped Jordan Chiles of Olympic medal "The Post’s review shows CAS ruled against Chiles based on time markers that don’t precisely match the sport’s protocol for inquiries." washingtonpost.com/investigations…

Scary moment in Adam Wren’s profile of possible Trump AG Mike Davis politico.com/news/magazine/…

FTC Chair Lina Khan shows Lesley Stahl an asthma inhaler that costs dollars in Europe but hundreds in the U.S. She says drugmakers register patents on inhaler parts like the cap-strap to keep low-cost generics off the market. cbsn.ws/3zuONT2

California accuses ExxonMobil of lying about plastics being recyclable washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…

Researchers are finding alarming patterns associated with the legalization of sports betting: - "depletes households’ savings" - "increases the risk that a household goes bankrupt by 25-30%" - "leads to a roughly 9% increase in intimate-partner violence" theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Check out this article: cnn.com/2024/09/23/hea…

Latest strategy in fighting election skepticism: Radical transparency washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Reporter Anna Wolfe won a Pulitzer Prize for exposing Mississippi welfare fraud involving former governor Phil Bryant and Brett Favre. Now, she's facing potential jail time for refusing to reveal her sources 👇 spr.ly/6014oSYYO

There has quite literally never been a better time to familiarize yourself with the mayor's circle of associates as laid out in Hell Gate *subscribe today!*'s award-winning Table of Success: tableofsuccess.hellgatenyc.com

The Oakland A’s were killed by greed. Do not allow the people responsible for this to spin it any other way. John Fisher did not have to move this team. Major League Baseball and its owners did not need to be complicit in it. This was a choice. A wrong one. History will sneer.

Despite Ian’s lessons, not everyone in Florida is heeding orders to evacuate early washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/09…

News: In previously undisclosed messages from 2020, JD Vance said Trump 'thoroughly failed to deliver' as president and predicted he would lose to Biden. Msgs came years after Vance's earlier criticisms, at a time when he claims he had embraced Trumpism. washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Atlanta received the highest 48-hour rainfall on record over the past 2 days. 11.12 inches of rain soaked the area, beating out the previous record of 9.59 inches in 48 hours in 1886. Record keeping stretches back to 1878. #gawx #helene2024

Destruction “at least as large as a city block” in Beirut, after an Israeli strike targeted the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Nabih just got back from the blast site, and tells Bianna Golodryga what he saw – and why it seems things are heading “inevitably towards war.”

These are four interstate accesses into the city of Asheville and they're all damaged/flooded. Pic 1: I-40 near Old Fort. Pic 2: I-40 near Waynesville. Pic 3: I-26 near Unicoi. Pic 4: I-26 near Hendersonville. #Helene #NCwx

Just two days ago, at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new school in the Bronx, Julius Randle—the longest-tenured player on the team—was honored for donating $1.3 million to help that effort. Leon Rose and Thibodeau were present, among others. Now he’s headed to Minny. Incredible.

!!

Hasan Nasrallah, Hezbollah leader and force in Middle East, dies at 64 washingtonpost.com/obituaries/202…

How the AquaFence protected Tampa’s hospital during Helene washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…