Soon-to-be U.S. Congresswoman Darializa Avila Chevalier told Jen Psaki that her own financial struggles in New York City motivated her to run for Congress, but the Daily Wire found that Chevalier spent the last seven years as a professional student. 
When asked why voters should choose her to represent them in Congress this November, Chevalier told Jen Psaki, &#8220;I am someone who felt deeply abandoned by the establishment politics that far too often see my community as merely a statistic &#8230;  someone who had to live with the question of whether I can even afford to stay in the city I love.&#8221;
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Darializa Avila Chevalier told Jen Psaki that her own grapples with affordability motivated her to run for Congress.
Chevalier is in the seventh year of her PhD program at CUNY in NYC. <a href="https://t.co/PFMLu1V6YJ">pic.twitter.com/PFMLu1V6YJ</a>
— Brecca Stoll (@breccastoll) <a href="https://x.com/breccastoll/status/2069874823753302101?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2026</a></blockquote>
The Daily Wire reviewed Chevalier’s financial disclosures and found that the candidate, who built her platform around affordability for the working class, reported income almost entirely from taxpayer-supported institutions.
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Chevalier collected $88,027.27 in 2025 and $46,747.65 in 2024. The largest source of income for Chevalier comes from the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, which receives its revenue almost entirely from government grants. Last year, the organization reported $55,159,731 in revenue, with $55,159,400 coming from government contributions. That left the remaining $331 coming from private donations. 
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Her other sources of income came from higher education fellowships and stipends, which, like the Neighborhood Defender Service, are almost exclusively taxpayer-funded. City University of New York primarily receives its revenue from New York State, New York City taxpayers, and government grants.
If elected to Congress, Chevalier would receive a 97.73% pay increase from taxpayers when she begins to collect Congress’s standard $174,000 salary. As a congresswoman, Chevalier has declared she will promote socialist values as a proud member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
In an interview with a newspaper published in the Dominican Republic, Chevalier <a href="https://listindiario.com/la-republica/20260611/darializa-avila-chevalier-joven-dominicana-reta-adriano-espaillat_909337.html?utm">told</a> a reporter that democratic socialism seeks to &#8220;save the nation” and that the real dangers do not come from socialism but the extreme concentration of wealth in the hands of a few, as it produces &#8220;abysmal economic inequality that can destroy society.” 
In the past, Chevalier has called for “seizing the means of production,” increasing taxes on corporations, and a <a href="https://www.darializaforcongress.com/issues/economic-security-for-all">universal basic income</a> that would allow all citizens to receive a set, unconditional cash payment without work requirements attached. She also <a href="https://www.darializaforcongress.com/issues/economic-security-for-all">proposes</a> a federal job guarantee, which would ensure employment to anyone unable to find work in the private sector. 
The congresswoman has previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-newest-pick-is-their-most-radical-yet?author=Brecca+Stoll&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Democrats%E2%80%99+Newest+Pick+Is+Their+Most+Radical+Yet">called</a> for abolishing police and prisons. In a <a href="https://nyeditorialboard.substack.com/p/darializa-avila-chevalier-on-housing">recent interview</a>, Chevalier was unable to explain why she thinks someone who is convicted of murder should not go to jail. 
&#8220;What we do is that we then put people behind bars in incredibly traumatizing conditions in a context where they cannot actually reflect on the harm that they caused or feel any remorse on that because they’re just trying to survive inside, and they’re being re-traumatized day after day after day while inside,&#8221; she argued.

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The old &#8220;Baywatch&#8221; featured lifeguards in signature red bathing suits rescuing beachgoers in the ocean, but in 2026, the lifeguards are rescuing beachgoers on land. 
L.A.&#8217;s homelessness crisis made its way into the &#8220;Baywatch&#8221; reboot as filming featured a homeless man attempting to attack one of its lifeguards, The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/06/24/entertainment/baywatch-scene-shows-the-scary-realities-of-visiting-venice-beach/?utm_campaign=capost&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter">reported</a>. The scene takes place on Venice Beach when a homeless man approaches Hassie Harrison’s character with a knife. Stephen Amell’s character rushes in to intervene and fights the homeless before Amell knocks him to the ground and paramedics aid the fallen attacker. 
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A video of the cast filming a scene for the new “Baywatch” reboot blurred the lines between the fantasy and reality of living in modern-day Venice Beach. <a href="https://t.co/O0Y9eBFyo3">https://t.co/O0Y9eBFyo3</a> <a href="https://t.co/GzZVkHsqni">pic.twitter.com/GzZVkHsqni</a>
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The fictitious scene is grounded in reality as L.A.&#8217;s large homeless encampments continue to plague residents, including near Venice Beach, where encampments have grown this year and attracted drug users, KTLA <a href="https://ktla.com/news/local-news/large-homeless-encampment-in-venice-continues-expanding-attracting-crime-drug-activity/">reported</a>. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass cleared out the encampments in 2023, but residents of the area claim the homeless residents stayed in the area after their tents were cleared and eventually expanded their encampment. 
Venice resident Craig Riveiro told KTLA 5, “Mothers and babies cannot walk on the sidewalks. It hurts the mom-and-pop businesses. It hurts the residents. It caused mayhem.” Other residents say the area has become a hotspot for crime, drug activity, and safety hazards. 
Bass, who declared 2026 as her goal to end street homelessness in L.A., blames government bureaucracy for the failure. 
“We haven’t ended it,” she <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/karen-bass-grilled-over-broken-homelessness-promise-blames-bureaucracy-slowed-progress">said</a> in May. “Basically when I said that, it was at the beginning of my term. I am very committed to achieving that goal. I didn’t anticipate some of the bureaucratic barriers that I would experience, but I am prepared to take those on now.” 
Bass, who advanced to the mayoral general election over outsider Spencer Pratt, also claimed people who work in the government are reluctant to end homelessness. &#8220;The city and the county never made that commitment before, and I found something that surprised me. I found a lot of people who work internally in the system who were very resistant to ending street homelessness.&#8221;
While homeless individuals represent a small percentage of the population, the R Street Institute estimates that they are responsible for about roughly <a href="https://www.rstreet.org/commentary/the-crime-and-safety-blindspot-do-homeless-populations-pose-an-increased-risk-to-public-safety/">15%</a> of violent crimes in the city. 
Earlier this month, the federal government halted all funds going to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) after the city failed to deliver results after nearly $1 billion in the last five years. 
The Trump administration will keep the suspension in place until the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) completes its investigation into the LAHSA. “Under President Trump’s leadership, HUD will fund results, not corrupt failure or the homeless industrial complex,” <a href="https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-26-048">said</a> HUD Secretary Scott Turner.
“Year after year, hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars were funneled to LAHSA with little accountability. Meanwhile, homelessness skyrocketed,&#8221; Turner added. &#8220;Taxpayers will no longer bankroll an organization that puts its own self-interests ahead of the Americans it was created to serve.”

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Tuesday&#8217;s primary elections indicated that the divide within the Democratic Party, between the moderate and the more socialist factions, is only growing ever deeper.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) responded after three far left candidates — all backed by Democratic socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani — swept their individual races, making it clear that he too had chosen a side.
“Our message to the oligarchs: bring it on. After last nights decisive wins, have a new, strong, bold Democratic party,” Khanna said. 
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Our message to the oligarchs: bring it on.
After last nights decisive wins, have a new, strong, bold Democratic party. <a href="https://t.co/cGqpQozYcn">pic.twitter.com/cGqpQozYcn</a>
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) <a href="https://x.com/RoKhanna/status/2069879382852735291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2026</a></blockquote>
“The reality is that our platform of a new deal is resonating, it’s a platform that says no to foreign wars, no to genocide, but it’s also a platform that says yes. Yes to medicare for all, yes to childcare for all, yes to unions for all, and yes to a tax on billionaires and trillionaires.” 
The three Mamdani-backed socialist candidates swept their congressional races on Tuesday, defeating two incumbent Democrats: Reps. Dan Goldman and Adriano Espaillat. Their challengers were viewed by many in the party as radical leftists. 
Democratic primary winners Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez actually belong to the Democratic Socialist party of America. The New York Times Editorial Board <a href="https://nyeditorialboard.substack.com/p/darializa-avila-chevalier-on-housing">learned</a> Chevalier could not name an instance in which she would support a man being imprisoned for murder. Chevalier claimed that when “we put people behind bars in incredibly traumatizing conditions in a context where they cannot actually reflect on the harm that they caused.” 
Along with abolishing prisons, Chevalier has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdanis-socialists-upset-incumbent-dems-in-house-primary-sweep?author=Brecca+Stoll&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Mamdani%E2%80%99s+Socialists+Upset+Incumbent+Dems+In+House+Primary+Sweep">advocated</a> for abolishing police and national borders. Notably, she has said that “all deportations” — including those of immigrants convicted for murder, rape, and assault — should be banned, as imprisoning and deporting would be seen as “double jeopardy.” Valdez, who won New York’s 7th district, supports abolishing ICE, private healthcare, and strengthening unions. 
Khanna is not alone in his support for the “new, strong, bold Democratic party.” Senator Cory Booker voiced support for the new candidates saying, “One of the things that makes the Democratic party great is it’s a big tent party, we need to stay that way.” He <a href="https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/2069771977041039637">added</a>, “The focus has got to be the November election.” 
Members of the parties’ progressive left such as Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Ro Khanna did not recognize the anniversary but celebrated Tuesday’s election. 
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Alhamdulillah! I can’t imagine experiencing what she had to a still smiling as a first time candidate but respect her grace and resilience and I am very proud of her. We are very lucky to have a principled leader and someone who understands who it means to be a leader carrying… <a href="https://t.co/FpUI1tsr0v">https://t.co/FpUI1tsr0v</a>
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href="https://x.com/IlhanMN/status/2069614828683939898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2026</a></blockquote>
However, other establishment Democrats did not comment on Tuesday’s election, focusing their attention on the four-year anniversary of the overturning of Roe V. Wade. Former Vice President Kamala Harris, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and the Democrat’s page recognized the anniversary and did not make a comment on Tuesday’s election night. 
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When the Court overturned Roe, one thought kept running through my mind: Women of this generation were about to lose rights that previous generations had fought to secure.
Four years later, we have seen exactly what that looks like — chaos, confusion, fear. Women denied care.…
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) <a href="https://x.com/KamalaHarris/status/2069823369537614174?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2026</a></blockquote>
Senator Bernie Sanders and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani highlighted both events.

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Congressman Seth Moulton&#8217;s (D-MA) balancing act — between his own reputation for being a moderate democrat and pressure from the party&#8217;s new left flank — was on full display after a question about his support for Graham Platner in Maine’s Senate Race ended in a scuffle. 
After a reporter asked the Massachusetts Senate hopeful his thoughts on Platner’s race, Moulton responded, “Who are you asking this question?” The camera fell to the ground then, and Fox News’s Cameron Cawthorne claimed that Moulton had knocked it out of his hand. 
“You should do a better job of hanging onto your phone,” he said. 
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.<a href="https://x.com/sethmoulton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sethmoulton</a> lashes out and knocks down phone when asked whether he endorses Platner
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— Cameron Cawthorne (@Cam_Cawthorne) <a href="https://x.com/Cam_Cawthorne/status/2069837303518781765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2026</a></blockquote>
Even Democrats who were quick to endorse Platner early in the election cycle have been hesitant to discuss him as report after report has added disturbing color to his checkered past. The most recent revelation came on Monday, when The Daily Wire uncovered a disturbing joke Platner <a href="http://t.co/tDJOKYM2G6">posted</a> on the internet about bestiality, necrophilia, and incest. 
That came on the heels of multiple women coming forward and claiming Platner <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/us/politics/platner-maine-senate-girlfriends-relationships.html">sent</a> sexually explicit messages while married. Platner’s profile on kik — dubbed a “predator’s paradise” because of the ease with which underage users are able to join the app and talk with adults — was also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/see-it-graham-platner-has-active-profile-on-predators-paradise-messaging-app">uncovered</a> by The Daily Wire. Even Platner’s “life on the sea” narrative has begun to unravel after he reported income from the business as “other <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/platners-living-sea-claim-dismantled-critics-financial-docs-paint-different-picture">$5,001</a>” on financial disclosures. 
Earlier in the month, Democratic leadership convened with Platner to discuss his race against incumbent Susan Collins (R-ME). Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) — who will face Moulton in his state&#8217;s September 1 primary — attended the meeting. Markey has served in Congress since <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/massachusetts-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html">1977</a> and most recently touted his legislation that proposed a “trans bill of rights.” 
Moulton, in contrast, faced backlash from within his own party when he <a href="https://www.aei.org/op-eds/the-moulton-moment-and-the-mamdani-effect-how-the-democratic-party-is-abandoning-its-jewish-center/">said</a> he did not want his daughters “getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete.” 
The current cycle is not Moulton&#8217;s first attempt for higher office. In 2019, Moulton launched a Presidential Campaign. “We can’t go too far left or we lose middle America,” he <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-politics/democratic-2020-candidate-moulton-says-sanders-warren-too-liberal-to-beat-trump-idUSKCN1S309T/">said</a> at the time. But seven years later, Moulton has praised socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani for his affordability agenda and <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=what+has+seth+moulton+said+about+socialism&amp;oq=what+has+seth+moulton+said+about+socialism&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRiPAjIHCAIQIRiPAtIBCDUyNjhqMGo3qAIAsAIA&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&amp;vld=cid:a278378d,vid:J3B9Y9Cpk3U,st:0">directly</a> refused to denounce socialism.
Moderate Democrats like Moulton face new opposition heading into the midterms as their base is shifting dramatically to the left. On Tuesday, three Mamdani-backed Socialist candidates swept their respective congressional races in New York City, unseating two incumbent Democrats.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) embraced the shift. &#8220;Our message to the oligarchs: bring it on,&#8221; he said. &#8220;After last nights decisive wins, [we] have a new, strong, bold Democratic party.&#8221;
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Our message to the oligarchs: bring it on.
After last nights decisive wins, have a new, strong, bold Democratic party. <a href="https://t.co/cGqpQozYcn">pic.twitter.com/cGqpQozYcn</a>
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) <a href="https://x.com/RoKhanna/status/2069879382852735291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2026</a></blockquote>

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Socialist candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier is likely to become Congress’ most radical member after she won the Democratic primary in New York&#8217;s 13th congressional district, which has not elected a Republican under its current redistricting lines.  
Chevalier has called to abolish police, disparaged the American flag, and refused to condemn Hamas&#8217; October 7 terrorist attack on Israel. She also does not support any form of deportation — including of illegal immigrants who are convicted of murder, rape, and battery.
“The reason I say that is because we have a criminal system. It is imperfect. But it exists,” she said. “We need to make sure it is one that isn’t also discriminatory on the basis of where people were born, right?” She went further to explain that deporting someone and having them serve time in jail is “double punishment.” 
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I asked DSA congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier (NY-13) about several of her previously deleted tweets, including one that read that “all deportations are wrong.”
Here’s what she said: <a href="https://t.co/T4hqi1F66J">pic.twitter.com/T4hqi1F66J</a>
— Astead (@AsteadWH) <a href="https://x.com/AsteadWH/status/2067281388236152984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2026</a></blockquote>
The topic came up as Chevalier was grilled about her controversial X posts. The 32-year-old Democratic nominee has also <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/01/politics/kfile-ny-13-darializa-avila-chevalier-deleted-tweets-defund-abolish-police-prisons-deportations">called</a> for abolishing the police and seizing private property. During the primary debate against incumbent Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat, Chevalier said she believes the best way to curb crime is through alleviating poverty via social safety net funding, affordable housing, after-school programs and addressing the opioid crisis rather than “militarized police.” Chevalier unseated Espaillat on Tuesday.
She also <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/06/16/us-news/mamdani-backed-foe-of-espaillat-apologizes-for-nasty-tweets-in-feisty-debate/">criticized</a> former Vice President Kamala Harris posting on X, “F*ck Kamala Harris.” For that she said, “I sincerely apologize. I would love to see a black woman president.” 
She told MS NOW’s Jen Psaki that the issue of affordability ultimately motivated her to run because she is “someone who has had to live with the question of whether I can afford to stay in the city I love.”
Chevalier has walked back another one of her posts that <a href="https://x.com/foxandfriends/status/2069818658910519452">read</a>, “I forgot to get napkins so I just wiped my hand on the American flag behind me.” However, in an interview on Tuesday, she abruptly left in the middle of questions into her past statements, <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/06/16/us-news/mamdani-backed-foe-of-espaillat-apologizes-for-nasty-tweets-in-feisty-debate/">saying</a> she felt regret for some of her past posts, but added that it was time to “fight for the things that are necessary for the community.” 
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Chevalier has spent the majority of her career in higher education. She served as an administrative assistant and research assistant at Columbia University. Before starting a seven-year PhD program at City University of New York, she served as a community organizer and activist. As an organizer, she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdanis-socialists-upset-incumbent-dems-in-house-primary-sweep?author=Brecca+Stoll&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Mamdani%E2%80%99s+Socialists+Upset+Incumbent+Dems+In+House+Primary+Sweep">questioned</a> Israel&#8217;s legitimacy and helped orchestrate pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University after the October 7 Hamas attacks. 
In her first interview since her election, Chevalier proudly <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=darializa+avila+chevalier+student+debt&amp;sca_esv=d8ad4d1a78452d8c&amp;sxsrf=APpeQnsa9Vicu3eevjS0tvaheX4DT1Jb4Q%3A1782316075500&amp;ei=K_w7apb3Hajk5NoPk6jq-Ak&amp;biw=1093&amp;bih=775&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjWuLrknKCVAxUoMlkFHROUGp8Q4dUDCBI&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=darializa+avila+chevalier+student+debt&amp;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiJmRhcmlhbGl6YSBhdmlsYSBjaGV2YWxpZXIgc3R1ZGVudCBkZWJ0MgUQIRigATIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKsCMgUQIRirAkjCDVCgAli-DHABeAGQAQGYAaMBoAHNCaoBBDEwLjO4AQPIAQD4AQGYAgmgAv0GwgILEAAYgAQYsQMYgwHCAgQQABgDwgIQEAAYgAQYigUYQxixAxiDAZgDAIgGAZIHAzcuMqAH6DWyBwM3LjK4B_0GwgcFMC42LjPIBxaACAE&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&amp;vld=cid:074b82a7,vid:_a4KrN9FFp4,st:0">touted</a> that she has been “organizing my entire adult life around immigration injustice, mass incarceration, and around Palestine.” 
Chevalier was elected alongside two other socialist candidates who were also backed by New York City democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
“It will take a new generation of leadership to ensure that the heartbeat of this party is once again the struggles of the working class,&#8221; Mamdani said when he <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=mamdani+endorses+chevalier+psaki+&amp;sca_esv=d5a5f35ee25e06b2&amp;udm=7&amp;biw=755&amp;bih=775&amp;sxsrf=APpeQntgcl70TIpQz8YWdLaM8U5tjkGpYw%3A1782313746974&amp;ei=EvM7avWCO7Cl5NoP4M3XgAs&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj105COlKCVAxWwElkFHeDmFbAQ4dUDCBI&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=mamdani+endorses+chevalier+psaki+&amp;gs_lp=EhZnd3Mtd2l6LW1vZGVsZXNzLXZpZGVvIiFtYW1kYW5pIGVuZG9yc2VzIGNoZXZhbGllciBwc2FraSAyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigAUigT1CZBFjfQ3ADeACQAQCYAYsBoAGvBqoBAzcuMrgBA8gBAPgBAZgCCqACjAbCAgUQIRirApgDAIgGAZIHAzguMqAHwCOyBwM2LjK4B4UGwgcFMC45LjHIBxOACAE&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-modeless-video#fpstate=ive&amp;vld=cid:a2508b1f,vid:470EuZ2UIqM,st:0">endorsed</a> Chevalier last month.

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All three socialist candidates backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani won their Democratic primaries for U.S. House in New York on Tuesday night, including two far-Left candidates who knocked out incumbent Democrats. 
In New York&#8217;s 10th congressional district, former New York City comptroller Brad Lander handily defeated his opponent, incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman, receiving approximately <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/new-york-us-house-district-10-results">66%</a> of the vote. In New York’s 7th district, New York State Assemblymember Claire Valdez won her race with about <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/new-york-us-house-district-7-results">56%</a> of the vote, and in the 13th district, leftist community organizer Darializa Avila Chevalier <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/new-york-us-house-district-13-results">defeated</a> incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat by less than four percentage points, according to the results as of Wednesday morning. 
The results highlight the growing popularity of democratic socialist candidates in New York, sparked by Mamdani&#8217;s victory last November. 
“When Zohran won, it was a sign of what could happen and what was possible,&#8221; the Sunrise Movement, a Left-wing activist group, said in response to Tuesday night&#8217;s results. &#8220;Young people have taken over New York City and we are going to Congress. Young people, who are unapologetically Democratic-Socialist. Tonight marks the end of the bought out, boomer establishment Democrats.&#8221;
In a social media post, the group added, “WATCH OUT CHUCK SCHUMER!! YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN OVER THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY!!!” 
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) did not endorse Mamdani for mayor. 
Valdez and Chevalier are members of the Democratic Socialists of America, while Lander previously belonged to the organization before leaving following disagreements over its response to the October 7 Hamas attacks.
Valdez has <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mamdani-backed-socialist-prevails-crowded-primary-replace-retiring-rep">called</a> for abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, expanding universal healthcare, increasing taxes on higher earners, and strengthening labor unions. Chevalier has advocated abolishing police, prisons, and national borders.
Mamdani&#8217;s endorsement of Chevalier drew scrutiny after several of Chevalier&#8217;s past social media posts resurfaced. In one post, she wrote, &#8220;I forgot to get napkins so I just wiped my hand on the American flag behind me.&#8221; Her former X biography also listed her location as &#8220;Lenapehoking (NYC),&#8221; a reference to the ancestral homeland of the Lenape people.
Mamdani said he had not seen the controversial posts before endorsing Chevalier but stood by his decision after they became public. Defending his endorsement, he told CNN, &#8220;In Congress, she&#8217;ll take on corporate greed, bad landlords, and D.C.&#8217;s broken political system. At a time when power is concentrated in fewer and fewer hands, Darializa will fight in Congress for New York City&#8217;s working families. She&#8217;s the champion we need for a city New Yorkers can actually afford.&#8221;
Mamdani&#8217;s wife, Rama Duwaji, also publicly encouraged her Instagram followers to support Valdez and Chevalier, but she did not post an endorsement of Lander. Resurfaced social media activity from Duwaji has drawn criticism, including posts in which she questioned Israel’s legitimacy and <a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/nyc-first-lady-liked-post-oct-7-rape-hoax">liked</a> an Instagram post that described allegations of sexual violence on October 7 as a “mass rape hoax.”

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Pretending to be part of the Islamic Republic’s national soccer team, a man with connections to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) tried to enter the United States, according to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. 
“They tried to get someone in yesterday &#8230; he was supposed to be the president of the soccer federation. When we started doing the research on him, he had only been put in place since 2022, and we didn’t allow him to board the plane,” Mullin said, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399018431112">adding</a>, “[He] had direct ties to the IRGC.” 
Mullin explained that World Cup teams typically comprise 120 people, including players, support staff, and coaches. The United States accepted fewer than half that number into the country for Iran ahead of its match in Los Angeles. 
“We accepted 53 individuals coming in, the rest of the individuals that Iran had tried to bring in, all also had direct ties to the IRGC and aren’t their normal traveling group. So, these games that Iran plays, unfortunately, makes them an adversary that you cannot trust,&#8221; Mullin said. 
The news comes as negotiations with Iran appear to be regaining momentum after a tense weekend that threatened to derail the talks. Iranian officials warned they could close the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global shipping route, prompting a stern warning from President Donald Trump. “You close it and you won&#8217;t have a country. You won&#8217;t even make it back to your f*cking country.&#8221;
Vice President JD Vance is currently in Switzerland leading negotiations with Iranian officials and said on Monday morning, “Yesterday was a very, very good day. We made a lot of good progress.” 
<a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2069020200888877504">On Sunday</a>, the Iranians agreed to allow nuclear inspectors back into their country. 
“That is a major milestone for the American people and the first step in permanently ending a nuclear weapons program in Iran,&#8221; Vance said.
Following the vice president&#8217;s announcement, the Treasury Department lifted sanctions on Iranian oil for 60 days. 
“In line with the ongoing productive talks in Switzerland. Iran has committed to free and open transit in the Strait of Hormuz and to permit International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors into their country,” <a href="https://x.com/SecScottBessent/status/2069048901185810867">said</a> Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. “As part of the framework, Treasury has issued a temporary 60-day general license authorizing the production, delivery, and sale of Iranian oil.”
Adding to the push, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that he will travel to the Middle East this week, where he is expected to meet with regional allies to discuss shared priorities and security.

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Alan Greenspan, the influential economist and former chairman of the Federal Reserve, died on Monday. He was 100 years old.
Greenspan&#8217;s wife, NBC News anchor Andrea Mitchell, said the former Fed chairman died at home from complications related to Parkinson’s disease.
&#8220;He was a giant of a man who helped shape the U.S. economy for decades under presidents of both parties, but was always honest in acknowledging his mistakes,&#8221; Mitchell said.
“To me, he was my husband, who shaped my life from our very first date in 1984. He had ‘irrational exuberance’ for baseball, the Washington Commanders, tennis, golf and music, especially jazz,” Mitchell added. “He will be remembered for his brilliance and his kindness. Being his life partner was the joy of my life.”
Greenspan, who was appointed by former President Ronald Reagan as the 13th chairman of the Federal Reserve, led the Central Bank for nearly 19 years, serving under presidents from Reagan through George W. Bush. His tenure was the second-longest in the institution’s history, surpassed only by William McChesney Martin, who led the Fed from 1951 to 1970.
Greenspan is credited with steering the United States’s monetary policy from the end of the Cold War to the start of the digital age. His tenure saw “Black Monday,” when the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 22%, the burst of the dot-com bubble, and 9/11. 
After leaving the Federal Reserve, Greenspan was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation&#8217;s highest civilian honor, by President George W. Bush.
Greenspan began his career on Wall Street as an equity research analyst at the investment bank Brown Brothers Harriman. He <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/alan-greenspan-economist-longtime-head-federal-reserve-dies-100-rcna42286">served</a> as an informal domestic policy coordinator for Richard Nixon’s 1968 presidential campaign and officially entered public service under President Gerald Ford, as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers from 1974 to 1977.
Reagan appointed Greenspan as Fed chairman in 1987. Greenspan developed a reputation for holding interest rates steady, particularly during periods of rapid technological innovation such as the age of the computer. He argued that a more accommodative monetary policy could help sustain economic growth and support productivity gains driven by technological advancement.
The Fed’s newest chairman, Kevin Warsh, <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/article/new-fed-chair-kevin-warsh-suggests-he-may-take-an-alan-greenspan-style-approach-at-the-central-bank-135046787.html">implied</a> he might take a similar approach with the onset of artificial intelligence. “Like Alan, I intend to fill the role of chairman with energy and purpose, just the way Chairman Greenspan did.” 
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who gets breakfast with Warsh every Friday morning, <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/article/new-fed-chair-kevin-warsh-suggests-he-may-take-an-alan-greenspan-style-approach-at-the-central-bank-135046787.html">said</a> earlier this year that, “The Fed needs to have merely an open mind. The open-minded maestro, former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, resisted premature rate hikes during the technology boom of the 1990s — and history proved him right.” 
The Federal Reserve remembered his legacy in a statement early Monday morning. 
“The Federal Reserve notes with deep sadness the passing of Alan Greenspan. Chairman Greenspan served as the 13th Chairman of the Board of Governors from 1987 to 2006, and his contributions to monetary policy and economic thought left a lasting mark on this institution, on the broader field of economics, and on the country.” 
Former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke, who succeeded Greenspan, also paid tribute to Greenspan. 
“He was a great central banker who helped lead his country through almost two decades of prosperity,” Bernanke said. “I always found him generous with his time and insights. We are still learning from him, even if he is no longer with us.”

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The 21-year-old woman who was killed after being thrown off a bridge without her bungee cord attached was reportedly found alive after a 131-foot fall. 
A bystander who is a nurse rushed to Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas after workers at Skeleton Bridge in Brazil made a catastrophic error, <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/06/15/world-news/bungee-jumper-who-plunged-from-130-foot-bridge-without-a-cord-was-still-alive-when-she-was-found-nurse-reveals/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_source=twitter">according</a> to the New York Post. The nurse, Rayza Dias, said she had to climb down a steep, muddy slope to reach Rodrigues de Freitas, but when she did, she detected a weak pulse. 
“I even talked to her,” Dias said. “I have a habit of joking and saying, ‘Nobody dies on my shift,’ even though I wasn’t on my shift there.” 
Dias said reaching Rodrigues de Freitas was a challenge in itself. “I scraped my whole hand because there’s a steep slope down there and only one rope for us to climb down,” she said. 
Although Dias said Rodrigues de Freitas was still alive when she reached her, medical professionals pronounced Rodrigues de Freitas dead shortly after arriving on the scene.
The odds of surviving a fall from 131 feet are extremely low, but a study published in the Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3212924/">suggests</a> that what a person lands on — and how they land — can influence their chances of survival. The study examined a 28-year-old rock climber who survived an &#8220;unsurvivable&#8221; injury after falling 300 feet onto a solid rock surface, about 170 feet further than Rodrigues de Freitas fell. 
According to the report, the climber initially fell about 200 feet onto a flat rock surface, then fell a further 100 feet, which slowed and redirected her descent. Although she suffered devastating injuries to her legs, pelvis, and spine, her body position helped her avoid immediately fatal trauma to the head, brain, and heart because her lower body absorbed much of the impact. The report concluded that body positioning at the time of impact can play a crucial role in survivability.
Officials have not publicly disclosed Rodrigues de Freitas&#8217; body position at the time of impact.
Three bungee operators were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bungee-jumper-plunges-to-her-death-after-workers-make-horrifying-mistake?author=Brecca+Stoll&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Bungee+Jumper+Plunges+To+Her+Death+After+Workers+Make+Horrifying+Mistake">arrested</a> at the scene. Two of the three fled the scene but were later tracked down in the woods by a military helicopter. Feliciano Egoroff, one of the bungee jump operators charged in Rodrigues de Freitas&#8217; death, was seen in a <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/06/16/world-news/video-shows-brazilian-bungee-instructor-performing-terrifying-stunt-with-child-before-arrest-in-untethered-womans-fatal-plunge/">resurfaced video</a> from 2023 running off the bridge with a young child hugging him. Egoroff appeared to be attached to a safety rope while the child clung to him, but a chorus of social media users called the stunt irresponsible and called for an end to &#8220;these bizarre practices!&#8221; 
Brazilian police official Andrea Dantas Levy said the team wasn&#8217;t licensed: “It was a team there that wasn’t regulated; they didn’t even have authorization to be there. They ended up organizing this event, and this fatality happened today, in my perception, due to a failure to verify and supervise the placement of the rope on the victim’s jump.”

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Anti-Trump protesters have descended upon cities across the country on a fairly regular basis for planned “No Kings” events, but on President Donald Trump’s birthday, they opted to ditch the nationwide protests in favor of a nationwide sing-along. 
Groups gathered at preplanned &#8220;No Kings&#8221; watch parties that were designed as counterprogramming to Trump’s UFC fight on the White House lawn. The event was <a href="https://www.nokings.org/">called</a> “Rise Up, Sing Out,” and protesters chanted and sang songs together as part of the demonstration. 
The watch party was the fourth nationwide event organized by the &#8220;No Kings&#8221; movement. While it did not draw the nationwide participation seen at previous demonstrations, the two primary gatherings in New York City and Washington, D.C still attracted sizeable crowds.
The &#8220;No Kings&#8221; movement hosted a concert at Manhattan’s Town Hall, which was streamed all over the country. The concert featured performances and appearances from Bette Midler, Patti Smith, Rufus Wainwright, Sasha Allen, Joy Reid, and others. A traditional &#8220;No Kings&#8221; protest was also held in Washington, D.C., though attendance appeared significantly lower than at the movement’s previous demonstration.
Actor Robert De Niro <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/de-niro-says-he-cant-love-america-compares-country-abusive-husband">delivered</a> one of the evening’s most notable remarks, saying he could not support the country while Trump remained in office. “I can’t love a country that’s led by a racist, misogynist, xenophobic tyrant,” De Niro said. “And let me just say it: I can’t love the country that’s led by Donald Trump.”
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Anti-Trump “No Kings” protesters are screaming at fans heading into UFC 250 <a href="https://x.com/ufc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ufc</a> at the White House.
Ironically, none of these clowns could answer <a href="https://x.com/TheCharlesDowns?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheCharlesDowns</a> when he asked them:
“How is Trump a king if he’s letting you protest right outside his house on his birthday?”… <a href="https://t.co/a0SlzwEVrJ">pic.twitter.com/a0SlzwEVrJ</a>
— Loomer Unleashed (@LoomerUnleashed) <a href="https://x.com/LoomerUnleashed/status/2066239828694278567?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2026</a></blockquote>
During past interviews at &#8220;No Kings&#8221; rallies, The Daily Wire encountered protesters wishing for the president’s death, with one calling the movement the “Big Beautiful Obituary.” 
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Unhinged &#8220;No Kings&#8221; protester with 8647 on her sign tells <a href="https://x.com/breccastoll?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@breccastoll</a> she&#8217;s waiting for Trump to die:
Protester: &#8220;I&#8217;m just waiting for the Big Beautiful Obituary&#8230;&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/breccastoll?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@breccastoll</a>: &#8220;When do you think that will happen?&#8221;
Protester: &#8220;Sooner than later!&#8221; *Evil Laugh* <a href="https://t.co/OkAYn3eBAJ">pic.twitter.com/OkAYn3eBAJ</a>
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://x.com/realDailyWire/status/2038060654297251973?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 29, 2026</a></blockquote>
With America’s 250th birthday fast approaching, organizers in the &#8220;No Kings&#8221; movement have claimed that “the next 250 starts with us.” The organization has not yet publicly announced any plans — either for celebrations or protests — around the 250th anniversary of the United States.

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President Donald Trump and his son appear to be rooting for different candidates to be the next governor of Georgia ahead of Tuesday&#8217;s runoff election.
Trump endorsed Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones, but on Monday, Donald Trump Jr. put out a statement praising Jones’ rival, Rick Jackson. Trump Jr. clarified that his post was not an endorsement.
&#8220;Regardless of what happens in the Georgia Governor’s race tomorrow, we should celebrate the patriots building up MAGA and an America First economy like Rick Jackson has,&#8221; Trump Jr. <a href="https://x.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/2066590785756418413">wrote</a>. 
&#8220;When China threatened our amoxicillin supply, Rick saved the last amoxicillin manufacturing facility in America because he knows we can’t let China control our entire supply of antibiotics,&#8221; he added. &#8220;When the U.S. faced an oil refining shortage and the woke banks wouldn’t finance a new one, Rick stepped up again and became the largest outside investor. This has been a hard-fought race with a lot of mudslinging, but I know Rick Jackson to be a good man and that counts for a lot.&#8221;
Trump Jr. added that either outcome would be a win for conservatives. &#8220;By the way, this is not an endorsement of Rick and I think Burt Jones is a great guy too. My only point is that no matter who wins tomorrow, it’s a victory for MAGA.&#8221;
President Trump endorsed Jones last summer and then reaffirmed his endorsement in a post on Truth Social in March.
&#8220;Hello Georgia. I am thrilled to give my complete and total endorsement to my good friend and your next Governor Burt Jones. He is fantastic. He&#8217;s done a great job,&#8221; <a href="https://www.facebook.com/burtjonesforga/videos/a-message-from-president-trump/1514950866924504/">said</a> Trump in a video endorsement.
President Trump and Georgia’s current Republican governor, Brian Kemp, have had a tumultuous relationship. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kemp was the first governor to reopen the state in late April of 2020, just weeks after the emergency lockdown was called.
At the time, Trump had urged Kemp to wait, but Kemp diverged from the president and reopened Georgia. It would not be the last time Kemp went against Trump’s wishes. The governor also certified the 2020 presidential election results from Georgia despite Trump&#8217;s objections, securing 16 electoral votes for then-Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Kemp, who is term-limited, also endorsed Jones.
The Kalshi prediction market favors Jones over Jackson in the runoff. The winner will face Democratic nominee and former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.
Jones, once a prominent oil executive, has served as the state’s lieutenant governor for the last three years. Jackson, like the president himself, is a self-made billionaire. Jackson grew up in foster care and founded his first healthcare company in the Atlanta area in 1978. He has spent over $100 million of his own money on his race.

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Many Americans are about to own SpaceX even if they didn&#8217;t participate in Friday’s Initial Public Offering. 
Starting this Friday, SpaceX will be appearing in many personal and retirement investment accounts through diversified index funds that track the broader stock market. The company will be added to the CRSP U.S. Total Market Index, a benchmark tracked by numerous 401(k)s, IRAs, pension plans, and target-date retirement funds. Many employer-sponsored retirement plans offer Vanguard total-market funds that replicate the index, giving millions of Americans exposure to SpaceX.
Others will gain exposure to SpaceX 15 trading days after its IPO, when the Nasdaq-100 adds the company to the index. The Invesco QQQ ETF, which tracks the Nasdaq-100, will then add SpaceX to its holdings. QQQ is one of the most heavily traded exchange funds in the world.
While SpaceX will be just one of the 100 companies in the Nasdaq-100, Nasdaq is giving it an outsized weighting. Because most of SpaceX&#8217;s shares remain owned by insiders, only a limited number are available for public trading. To account for that small public float, Nasdaq is applying a factor of three to SpaceX&#8217;s float-adjusted value, increasing its weight in the index and requiring funds such as QQQ to buy more of the stock than they otherwise would.
The S&amp;P 500, one of the world&#8217;s most widely followed stock indexes, will not add SpaceX immediately. The S&amp;P 500 <a href="https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/documents/indexnews/announcements/20260604-1483731/1483731_spdji-us-indices-megacaps-results-20260604.pdf">does not allow</a> eligible companies into its fund until it&#8217;s traded on an eligible exchange for at least 12 months. The S&amp;P 500 has a 12-month wait time to help mitigate potentially adding a company at an inflated valuation and avoid potentially large price swings. 
Another group that could potentially end up owning SpaceX is Tesla shareholders. Elon Musk has reportedly <a href="https://fortune.com/2026/06/12/spacex-tesla-merger-gwynne-shotwell-hints-elon-musk-ipo/">floated</a> the possibility of a merger between Tesla and SpaceX. If such a deal were pursued, SpaceX&#8217;s larger valuation could make it the acquiring company. In an all-stock or cash-and-stock transaction, Tesla shareholders could receive SpaceX shares in exchange for their Tesla stock, effectively making them SpaceX investors.
While the S&amp;P 500 did not change its rules to allow SpaceX in early, the Nasdaq and the <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/spacex-set-fast-entry-into-us-global-indexes-under-new-ftse-rules-2026-05-26/">FTSE Russell</a> did make accommodations prompting a stern letter from Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).  
“Traditionally, index providers — including your firms — have maintained rules for the inclusion of companies on their <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2026-05-26/index-funds-can-t-say-no-to-spacex">indexes</a>, which are meant to protect passive investors and maintain the credibility of each <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2026-05-26/index-funds-can-t-say-no-to-spacex">index</a>,” wrote Warren. “The changes to your index rules to accommodate these large companies, however, have the potential to destabilize markets and create significant risks for American investors, especially retirees and other individuals that rely on index funds for their savings.”
Supporters of rule changes argue that SpaceX should be allowed into major indexes because it qualifies regardless of its recent IPO and is a “Made in the USA stock that is sizable and belongs in benchmarks,” according to TD Securities Head of Index and Market Structure Research Peter Haynes. 
“What this is doing is setting a precedent that the S&amp;P 500 will not add OpenAI and Anthropic when those IPOs happen,” added Strategas Securities Chief ETF Strategist Todd Sohn.

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