New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced on Wednesday his all-female transition team, which includes several political veterans and leaders of non-profit organizations. The most notable name on his transition team is former Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Lina Khan, who drew bipartisan praise for her work breaking up trusts during the Biden administration. Mamdani’s transition […]
A federal appeals court on Thursday revived President Donald Trump’s effort to move his New York hush money conviction into federal court, reopening a pathway for Trump to wipe out his guilty verdict entirely. In a unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit vacated a lower court […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) distanced himself from a possible deal that could emerge from the Senate on healthcare as an effort to end the government shutdown. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has promised Democrats he will schedule a vote on the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies in return for passing a funding bill, […]
A man collapsed in the White House on Thursday during President Donald Trump‘s announcement on lowering weight loss drug prices. Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks was speaking when the man dropped, according to a video that circulated on social media. Dr. Mehmet Oz, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator, approached the man and asked […]
Israel carried out a series of strikes against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon after claiming that the group was attempting to rearm. The war between Israel and Hezbollah de facto ended last November with a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, leaving the Shiite group the most battered that it’s ever been. Israel still hasn’t fully withdrawn from southern […]
President Donald Trump is doubling down on his demand that federal agencies kill Biden- and Obama-era regulations. Faced with slow action by his team, the Office of Management and Budget has just issued a nine-page demand that his government speed up deregulation efforts. WASHINGTON SECRETS: TRUMP HAS ‘STOPPED’ ISSUING REGULATIONS, ANOTHER PROMISE KEPT “The goal of […]
President Donald Trump has declared that the Democrats’ focus on affordability is a “dead” issue, claiming that’s because Thanksgiving dinner costs this year are 25% lower compared to last year. “2025 Thanksgiving dinner under Trump is 25% lower than 2024 Thanksgiving dinner under Biden, according to Walmart,” he wrote on Truth Social Thursday morning. “My […]
Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA), a possible 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, has announced that he and the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission have reached a deal with utility companies to provide services to Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program-eligible households this month, despite the federal government shutdown. “My administration is once again stepping up to protect Pennsylvanians […]
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Thursday that Israel will declare its border with Egypt a closed military zone in an effort to combat smuggling. Israel has complained of smugglers in Egypt and Israel using drones to smuggle weapons and other restricted items from Sinai, possibly for use by terrorist groups such as Hamas. […]
RIVERSIDE, California — The five California Republican lawmakers now on the chopping block after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) redistricting win this week say they aren’t going anywhere despite being the clear underdogs in their redrawn districts. “California is my home,” Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), a MAGA Republican, told the Washington Examiner. “And it’s worth fighting for.” Issa represents […]
