President Donald Trump on Monday renewed his affable overtures toward New York City’s first socialist mayor, expressing hope that Zohran Mamdani would be a “great” leader. Trump, a New York City native, met with Mamdani in a closed-door meeting at Gracie Mansion, the mayor’s personal residence, this week. In a press conference afterward, the pair […]
A push to have an international institution monitor artificial intelligence gained momentum as the U.N. General Assembly opened this week in New York City after several major technology leaders issued existential warnings about AI. Norway and Finland this week led the declaration for “a call for control of frontier AI models,” which was adopted by […]
The Houthis launched new forces into an offensive to take the southwestern highlands of Yemen, a move that could put the internationally recognized government’s capital in danger if successful. After shocking the world with their lightning offensive earlier this month, which seized the entire Red Sea coast and secured the Bab el Mandeb Strait, the […]
A Vermont jury on Monday handed down a unanimous verdict finding Jason Eaton guilty of seeking to murder three Palestinian students in 2023. Eaton admitted to carrying out the attack in November 2023, when he shot Hisham Awartani, Tahseen Aliahmad, and Kinnan Abdalhamid as they took an evening walk in his neighborhood. However, he sought […]
President Donald Trump said Monday that he plans to fight the lawsuit filed against the administration by three news organizations earlier in the day. CNN, MS Now, and Politico filed the joint suit Monday in Washington, D.C., after the president banned the organizations from the White House grounds late last week. “As expected, Fake News […]
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is heading to New York City, but the U.S. State Department is keeping his entourage slim and his movement limited. The Iranian leader will be speaking at the U.N. General Assembly this week, where he will be delivering an address on Wednesday. He is also expected to meet with various world leaders […]
A Kentucky woman accused of vandalizing the World War II Memorial with spray paint pleaded not guilty Monday to two felony counts, shortly before she was released on her own personal recognizance despite prosecutors previously deeming her a flight risk. Melissa Farris, 41 of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, entered the pleas before U.S. District Judge Trevor N. […]
President Donald Trump’s war against the media came back to bite him Monday while departing the White House for the United Nations General Assembly. Before leaving Washington, Trump held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new White House helipad. However, Trump’s remarks on the White House’s feed of the event were completely drowned out by the […]
Vice President JD Vance implored North Carolina voters to back Senate Republican candidate Michael Whatley in his competitive battle against former Gov. Roy Cooper, as some Republicans warn the historically toss-up state could be getting away from the GOP. The vice president praised Whatley as “the best RNC chair that we have ever had” during […]
Georgia’s Democratic gubernatorial nominee Keisha Lance Bottoms called on Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) to revive his earlier suspension of the state’s fuel excise tax to bring down the cost of diesel fuel. Kemp had signed a 60-day suspension of the state’s fuel excise tax in March, then extended it to May, but afterward let it […]
