Mamdani won in parts of the city people wouldnt normally expect. Democrats should pay attention to his positive message and laser focus on costs.

Representative LaMonica McIver was caught up in an onrush outside a troubled Newark immigration facility where, weeks later, four detainees escaped.

President Trump has pressed allies to spend more on defense. Leaders agreed that allies but not all allies would meet the objective.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said U.S. strikes had destroyed a facility that is key to producing a nuclear weapon. He railed against a less optimistic U.S. intelligence report.

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In a stunning upset on Tuesday, 33-year-old Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani beat veteran politico and former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor.With comparisons to the likes of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), experts have framed the victory as symbolic of where the Democratic party may be headed away from the older and moderate toward a younger and bolder progressive future. Related The number of out LGBTQ+ elected officials has tripled since 2017 The hateful rhetoric against the queer community hasnt stopped our numbers from growing in the halls of government. Mamdanis win may also indicate strong public support for transgender rights and shows that it is not politically dangerous for Democrats to stand by the trans community. If elected, Mamdani has pledged to spend $57 million on medical centers that provide gender-affirming care and $8 million more to develop new and broader resources. He attended a Trans Day of Visibility rally in March and a trans community town hall in May. Insights for the LGBTQ+ community Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Queer and trans people across the United States are facing an increasingly hostile political environment, he wrote on social media after the town hall. New York City must be a refuge for LGBTQIA+ people, but private institutions in our own city have already started capitulating to Trumps assault on trans rights, he added. Meanwhile, the cost of living crisis confronting working-class people across the city hits the LGBTQIA+ community particularly hard, with higher rates of unemployment and homelessness than the rest of the city.Mamdani who is heavily focused on making the city more affordable also vowed his administration would expand and protect gender-affirming care, make the city an LGBTQ+ sanctuary city, and create an Office of LGBTQIA+ affairs. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani)The victory comes as Democrats have spent months arguing over whether the partys support for trans rights tanked Kamala Harriss and other Democrats chances in the presidential election, even though several signs indicated that trans issues werent responsible for the outcome.While some Democrats have said the party should concede to Republicans on certain trans issues, others have committed to staunchly standing by the community.The results from New York City could be indicative that the latter is a winning strategy.Mamdani now must face the general election, where he is up against incumbent Mayor Eric Adams (I), among other candidates. Cuomo is also considering staying in the race as an Independent.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.

Enigma is the latest documentary from prolific trans documentarian, Zackary Drucker (The Lady in the Dale, The Stroll) now streaming on HBO Max. It follows the lives of Amanda Lear and April Ashley, two women who got their start at Le Carrousel, a trans and drag cabaret in Paris during the 1950s and 1960s, The [...]The post Zackary Drucker, Director of the HBO DocumentaryEnigma, Talks Trans Futures, Disclosure, and the Lessons We Can All Learn From Trailblazers April Ashley and Amanda Lear first appeared on GLAAD.

Nature, Published online: 25 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09153-1A cost-effective all-in-one halide cathode material with high energy density and exceptional cycling stability can be used to achieve energy-dense, durable cathodes for the next generation of all-solid-state batteries.

Nature, Published online: 25 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09181-xA new asymmetric non-fullerene acceptor, P2EH-1V, is designed and synthesized for constructing devices demonstrating record-high efficiencies of 26.7% (certified at 26.4%) over an aperture area greater than 1cm2 in perovskiteorganic tandem solar cells.

Nature, Published online: 25 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09202-9Disruption of dendritic cell (DC) interstitial motility in the tumour microenvironment promotes immune evasion, and enhancement of DC interstitial motility offers a route for DC-centric immunotherapy.

Nature, Published online: 25 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09147-zA general two-step intercalation and cation-exchange strategy is used to produce a library of highly ordered magnetic intercalation superlattices with tunable chemical modulations and magnetic ordering.

Nature, Published online: 25 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09139-zThe emergence of universal collective behaviour is demonstrated through collisions of electron droplets containing up to five particles, which exhibit strong all-body correlations characteristic of a Coulomb liquid.

Cornerback Shaquill Griffin is signing one-year deal, $3 million contract with the Seahawks that can be worth up to $4 million, a source told ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.

Jerrold Nadler, who represents parts of Manhattan in Congress, had previously endorsed one of Zohran Mamdanis opponents, Scott Stringer, in the Democratic mayoral primary.

The Education Department cited Gov. Gavin Newsoms own words questioning transgender girls in female sports, and said the state had violated federal civil rights law.

Trying to move to Israel with his ballerina wife, he was harassed and jailed while becoming an international cause clbre and a Cold War symbol of the plight of Soviet Jews.

The way that human adults talk to young children is unique among primates, a new study found. That might be one secret to our species grasp of language.

Lawyers for the administration said that a rule issued by a judge in Maryland intruded on the White Houses inherent powers to enforce the nations immigration laws.

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Tens of thousands of deaths and new HIV infections will be the direct result of Donald Trumps abandonment of PEPFAR and other programs dedicated to the global fight against AIDS, health professionals closely associated with the effort say.The presidents desertion of PEPFAR, the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, in particular, will have long-lasting and possibly catastrophic implications for finally eradicating the disease. Related Trumps PEPFAR cuts are crippling LGBTQ+ rights & worsening the HIV crisis in Africa African doctors say their patients are arriving with tears in their eyes, asking if theyll die from a lack of HIV medication. The irony of the cuts at exactly this time is stinging, those same health professionals say: The fight against HIV/AIDS was poised for big wins that could finally bring the disease to its knees. Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. Subscribe to our Newsletter today We imagined we would be in a different world right now, said Dr. Leila Mansoor, a senior research scientist at the Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in Durban, South Africa. And instead were moving backwards at warp speed.Two recent developments have been giving researchers and health experts hope in the global fight against HIV/AIDS: new vaccine trials and the twice-yearly PrEP injection called lenacapavir.Both could radically transform the epidemic and possibly end it within years.Mansoor had planned to spend 2025 analyzing data from one HIV prevention trial, preparing for another, and tracking how lenacapavir was transforming the epidemic alongside colleagues testing new vaccines and cure strategies, she told The New York Times.Instead, shes worrying about HIV infection rates rising in the hardest-hit countries and stocks of PrEP drugs once supplied through PEPFAR that are running out across Africa. Theres not even a clear way to measure the damage being done because data collection was reliant on funding that Trump has now terminated.In South Africa, clinical trials of vaccines that had participants ready for their first shot have been canceled, scientists say. Staff administering the trials have been laid off, and immunizations have been left to expire in lab refrigerators.The U.S. has contributed about three-quarters of the global spending on H.I.V., or around $6 billion annually in recent years, as part of George W. Bushs PEPFAR commitment. The Trump administration has slashed all but pregnant and breastfeeding women from receiving PEPFAR money, meaning just a sliver of historic funding will go to the program now.The same massive cuts hit the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, another major U.S.-based source of funding directed at HIV/AIDS prevention.Secretary of State Marco Rubio has maintained that the United States will preserve its support for treatment programs, but that no longer includes support for HIV-positive men, LGBTQ+ people, condom distribution, or PrEP for anyone but child-bearing women.Now the race is on to replace U.S. funding to get lenacapavir into the arms of at-risk Africans and restart vaccine trials.Pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences, which created lenacapavir, has committed to supplying two million doses of the drug to be sold at a no-profit price.The company also issueda voluntary license to makers of generics, including companies in India and Egypt, so that an affordable product would be available in a few years.The Gates Foundation is also stepping up, but is reluctant to work directly with Big Pharma. Weve been working on how quickly we can get the generic version activated, said Trevor Mundel, president of global health at the Gates Foundation.The foundation will guarantee large-volume purchases to encourage the generics makers to ramp up production, he said, in the hope that the low-cost version of lenacapavir is available by early 2027.The Childrens Investment Fund Foundation, a British charity, has pledged $150 million to the Global Fund to support the rollout of lenacapavir, and theres still hope that Washington might see the wisdom of maintaining funding for the global fight against HIV/AIDS just as it could be won.If you want countries to take on the responsibility for their H.I.V. responses, said Peter Sands, executive director of the Global Fund, who has been lobbying politicians in Washington, lenacapavir gives us that opportunity.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.

On June 26, 2025, LGBTQ families and allies will celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which cemented the national freedom to marry for same-sex couples across the country. The Court affirmed the fundamental freedom to marry for all; and stated that banning marriage is a violation of [...]The post Fact Sheet for Reporters: 10-Year Anniversary of Marriage Nationwide for Same-Sex Couples first appeared on GLAAD.

Nature, Published online: 25 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08972-6An analysis of research papers and citing patents indicates the extensive ties between computer-vision research and surveillance.

Nature, Published online: 25 June 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01712-wIn yeast, the CDK and cyclin proteins that drive cell division activate first in the nucleus a different location in the cell from where was previously thought.

Nature, Published online: 25 June 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01718-4Neurons often receive organelles called mitochondria from other cells. It emerges that neurons donate mitochondria that support cancer-cell spread.

Nature, Published online: 25 June 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01859-6The discovery of compounds that inhibit biosynthesis of the pheromone that triggers locust swarming suggests a fresh approach for controlling these pests.

Nature, Published online: 25 June 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01715-7The diverse chemical and physical properties of plastics make it hard to recycle mixtures. An innovative recycling method now tackles this issue.

Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi is Major League Soccer's highest-paid player for the second year running, with a total guaranteed compensation of $20.45 million, according to data released by the MLS Players Association.

Cristiano Ronaldo's Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr is without a coach after Stefano Pioli left Wednesday, with the Italian expected to return home to Fiorentina.

Arsenal have entered talks with Brentford over the signing of Christian Nrgaard, sources have told ESPN.

Manchester United are closing in on a deal for Bryan Mbeumo after a breakthrough in talks with Brentford, sources have told ESPN.

Kylian Mbapp resumed training with his Real Madrid teammates on Wednesday after recovering from acute gastroenteritis, just ahead of his team's decisive Group H game at the Club World Cup against RB Salzburg.

The term has no singular definition. But simply put, its an ideology rooted in its opposition to capitalism and wanting to shift power from corporations to workers.

The plans for strips of land in Texas and Arizona are the latest step to militarize the boundary to stem an already dwindling number of migrant crossings.

President Trump has long pushed the European allies to be more self-sufficient on defense, relying less on American protection. NATO committed to a major increase over the next decade.

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The anti-LGBTQ+ Freedom Caucus in the U.S. House has threatened to sink President Donald Trumps one big beautiful bill (OBBB) barely nine days before Trumps desired July 4 deadline because it doesnt do enough to reduce the federal deficit.The House passed the bill last month by only one vote, and Freedom Caucus members say theyll vote against changes that the Senate made to the legislation. The situation has left House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) asking the Senate to change very little, as any loss of House support could sink the bills passage. Related Large parts of Trumps big beautiful bill will face filibusters, thanks to Senate parliamentarian The 53 GOP senators wont be able to pass the bills worst provisions without at least 7 Democratic votes. Interestingly, caucus members biggest issue with the bill isnt its massive cuts to Medicaid benefits and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which will hurt their red state constituents, nor is the caucus primarily opposed to the fact that the bill is estimated to increase the deficit by nearly $3 trillion over the next decade, due largely to the bills huge reduction in tax revenue, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Insights for the LGBTQ+ community Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Rather, Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris (R-MD) said via X that he would vote no because The currently proposed Senate version of the One Big Beautiful Bill weakens key House priorities it doesnt do enough to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid, it backtracks on the Green New Scam elimination included in the House bill, and it greatly increases the deficit taking us even further from a balanced budget.In other words, Harris and his caucus feel the Senate bill doesnt do enough to eliminate former President Joe Bidens environmental policies, to make more tax cuts permanent, and doesnt impose further restrictions on Medicaid benefits.If the Senate tries to jam the House with this version, I wont vote present. Ill vote NO, Harris added. I can vote no as many times as it takes and for as long as it takes, to do something actually big and beautiful.Harris only voted present when the bill passed the House last month.Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), the Freedom Caucus policy chair, wrote on X, Rumor is Senate plans to jam the House with its weaker, unacceptable OBBB before 7/4. This is not a surprise but it would be a mistake. The bill in its current Senate form would fail even a basic smell test I would not vote for it as it is.Roy said the Senate bill is not even close to the reduced budget plan that House Speaker Johnson promised earlier this year. Rumor is Senate plans to jam the House with its weaker, unacceptable OBBB before 7/4. This is not a surprise but it would be a mistake. The bill in its current Senate form would increase deficits, continue most Green New Scam subsidies, & otherwise fail even a basic smell Chip Roy (@chiproytx) June 24, 2025Caucus member Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) wrote via X, The watered-down OBBB is a joke: spending increases, delayed rollbacks of the Green New Scam, and no real Medicaid reform. If leadership tried to jam it through, I will vote NO. America deserves a serious bill, not another swamp product.pic.twitter.com/cOYMZ4en0s Rep. Eric Burlison (@RepEricBurlison) June 24, 2025 Fellow caucus member, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) told Fox News, Theres real problems with it. Were on board with the president but were concerned about the changes.Norman, however, stopped short of saying hed no longer support the bill.Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) criticized the Freedom Caucus Chair for threatening to oppose the bill.At the end of the day, if [Roy] votes against making the Trump tax cuts permanent, and against economic growth and against significant and serious reforms to IRA credits, reforms to Medicaid, I just dont know how he lives with his own sort of conscience and votes no, Kennedy said. Its unclear if the bill will even be able to pass the Senate, however, as it can only afford to lose three votes in the Republican partys attempt to pass the bill with a simple majority using a reconciliation process.Some of the bills provisions may also need to reach a 60-vote threshold to pass, meaning that seven Democratic senators would need to support them, the Senate parliamentarian recently announced.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.

In late February, a studio space in Brooklyn, New York, served as the meeting place for the first-ever class session of Drag Performance: Between & Beyond Gender, a $600 course that teaches its students the ins and outs of drag performance. He is The program at the Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX) was organized by instructor Kelinda Bee, a 31-year-old drag performer who goes by the drag persona Theydy Bedbug. Before teaching at BAX, the first five years of his program took place online through video conferencing services like Zoom amid the pandemic. Related RuPauls Drag Race queens have 5 tips for getting started in drag RuPaul, Bob the Drag Queen, Peppermint and Alaska Thunderf*ck have thoughts. Not only are the classes now in-person, but soon the course will have its first class to graduate during President Donald Trumps second term as president, a term marked by his constant attacks against transgender and gender-expansive people. Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. Subscribe to our Newsletter today In Trumps first day alone, he put out an executive order for the federal government to acknowledge that there are only two genders and for the government to only recognize a persons sex-at-birth on identifying documents and when accessing gendered spaces or programs.Bee told Rolling Stone that Trumps pushback against the LGBTQ+ community emboldened them to use their program to fight against this current culture war started by conservatives.The pushback on drag in the last few years has made it clear to me how necessary this work is. Its made me take it even more seriously and want to reach even more people, he said. Its made me dig my heels in and be more unabashed in advocating for spaces where people can experiment and express themselves and come into their fullness and authenticity. The 12-week course is designed to teach budding performers the basics of drag, with the goal of exploring and experimenting with gender in a safe and welcoming space, allowing students to feel more organic in embracing their persona and performing in a way that feels uniquely them. Students arent required to offer a drag name for several weeks and are free to change it and their drag pronouns at any time.Many have their reasons for attending the class; some were looking to build confidence and explore their identity, and others were attending as a form of rebellion against the Trump administration.One student named Patrick told Rolling Stone, Theres something really cool and even more rebellious about it now I think theres something thats, like, a big f**k-you to the current administration. Some naysayers see little purpose in having a $600 class on drag performance, as historically most performers had developed their art by being taken under the wing of a friend to act as a sort of drag-mom or dad, or by practicing at home and signing up for open performances at bars.Even clowns have an official clown college, Trixie Mattel is quoted as saying. For drag, its the school of hard knocks.A 26-year-old named Xavier Ruiz, a 2023 alum of the class who performs under the drag persona Luckiii, said, I remember telling people about this drag class, people who are actual drag performers, and them being like, What the hell is that? You dont need to take a class to do drag. People were very skeptical.Having taken it, I can definitely vouch for what a transformative and special experience it was, Ruiz said. It was nice to be part of what was essentially a drag persona incubator.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.

Nature, Published online: 25 June 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01454-9Technologies that can interpret imagery have many potential applications. An innovative study of papers and patents in the field suggests one use case that overrides the others: human surveillance.

Nature, Published online: 25 June 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01745-1One analysis suggests that 90% of studies in the field involve data relating to humans.

Nature, Published online: 25 June 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02005-yScientists warn against reading too much into the small experiment getting lots of buzz.

Nature, Published online: 25 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09080-1The Nature Relationship Index offers a new way to measure and engage human aspirations to shape a better future for people and all life on Earth.

Nature, Published online: 25 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09165-xAn RNA codon-expansion strategy enables incorporation of non-canonical amino acids into proteins of interest orthogonally to existing methods by inserting pseudouridine codons into specific mRNA transcripts and using an engineered decoder tRNA.

Taylor Swift performs "Shake It Off" and walks the red carpet with Travis Kelce at Tight End University.

USC basketball recruit Alijah Arenas said he was trapped in his burning Tesla Cybertruck for nearly 10 minutes before he was able to escpae.

Kutter Crawford had an off-field "accident" that requires season-ending surgery on his right throwing wrist, Red Sox manager Alex Cora said, adding that the 29-year-old wasn't doing anything "irresponsible."

Texas State officials have informed the Sun Belt Conference that they are expecting an offer from the Pac-12 in the near future, sources told ESPN.

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