Senate Republicans left Washington this week to sell President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” but the road to creating and passing the legislation began just over a year and a half ago.  Trump’s $3.3 trillion megabill, crammed with his legislative priorities on border security, defense and energy, was a product months in the making. And it was the marquee policy in the bill, which was to extend or...

Andrew Cuomo supporters are reportedly urging New Yorkers with second homes in the Hamptons to switch their voter registrations to the Big Apple to cast their ballots against Democratic socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in November. The plan is to target moderate Democrats in the wealthy enclave, including business owners and restaurateurs, “who have deep ties in NYC” and “have an interest in what’s going on,” Steven M....

China’s bid to strangle the world’s supply of heavy rare-earth elements was about to hit a wall. Vietnamese entrepreneur Luu Anh Tuan had lined up U.S. backing for a technology that could break Beijing’s chokehold on the critical minerals behind everything from smartphones to missile-guidance systems. Tuan and his family had fled Vietnam for the U.S. to escape Beijing’s tightening grip over Hanoi, where the Chinese Communist Party...