Politics
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NYC’s New ‘Click-to-Cancel’ Rule Takes Effect October 1, Requiring Subscription Cancellations to Match Sign-Up Ease
New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection has adopted a rule requiring businesses to let customers cancel subscriptions as easily as they signed up. Mayor Mamdani announced the final rule July 10; it takes effect October 1 citywide.
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Mamdani Reverses Course, Says New York City Lacks Authority to Arrest Netanyahu
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani says his administration concluded the city cannot enforce the ICC’s arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu, reversing a year-long campaign pledge. A look at the legal and historical record, from Clinton’s 2000 signature to this week’s reversal.
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NPR: A Case Study in Presidential Coverage
Final census: 21,904 NPR URL/headline records explicitly name the sitting U.S. president by surname across Obama’s second term, Trump’s first term, Biden’s term and Trump’s second term through July 17, 2026. The wording is measurably more negative for both Trump periods, but lexical sentiment alone does not establish partisan bias or answer whether public funding…