Senate Democrats are moving ahead with efforts to rein in President Donald Trump’s authority to launch military action against Iran, seeking to build momentum behind a war powers resolution that could come to a vote this week, despite an increasingly fragile ceasefire. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) is leading an effort to restrict Trump’s ability to […]
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced legislation in the Senate on Tuesday that could redefine collegiate athletics, especially regarding student-athletes compensation. Paul’s “Collegiate Sports Integrity Act” would exempt “athletic conferences, associations, and participating schools” at the college level from the nation’s current antitrust laws, according to a press release. The senator claimed his bill would “restore […]
As global tensions continue to rise, particularly due to military conflicts between Israel and Iran, and Russia and Ukraine, President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced new appointments to the Homeland Security Advisory Council on Tuesday. The Trump administration touted the additions as “new-look” and “America First” in a press release issued […]
Democratic New York City Council candidate and former Rep. Anthony Weiner failed on Tuesday in his bid to return to the political scene after a career plagued by scandal. Weiner was running against a menagerie of opponents in New York’s 2nd City Council district Democratic primary, including state Assemblyman Harvey Epstein, Sarah Batchu, Andrea Gordillo, […]
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the media collaborated to “demean” the U.S. strike on Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend following a leaked damage assessment of the attack. Earlier in the day, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the leaked damage report, which alleged the strikes merely set the Iranian nuclear program back by months, […]
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo conceded to socialist state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani in the New York City Democratic primary for mayor on Tuesday night after the first round of voting showed Mamdani ahead by several points. The final ranked choice voting result will be tabulated next week, as no candidate crossed 50% of the vote. Cuomo […]
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who gained notoriety in his prosecution of President Donald Trump during his hush money case, won his Democratic primary on Thursday, 76%-24%, against former Bronx prosecutor Patrick Timmins. Bragg was expected to win the primary and will likely win reelection in November in heavily-blue New York County. Unlike other races, […]
While the MAGA movement may not have a significant presence among New York City‘s electorate, it does want to let Democratic mayoral primary voters know: Do not rank Zohran Mamdani. Most within MAGA have characterized the candidacy of Mamdani, a liberal state assemblyman with ideas such as free child care and buses, along with government-run […]
The day after President Donald Trump brokered a ceasefire deal between Israel and Iran started with him using an expletive to express his frustrations with both countries for allegedly breaking the agreement, and it ended with a report that his weekend strikes against Tehran’s nuclear program may not have been as destructive as first said. […]
President Donald Trump’s approval rating sank to the lowest levels of his second term following his decision to bomb nuclear targets in Iran and involve the United States further in Iran’s war with Israel, according to a new poll. The Economist-YouGov poll found voters approved of Trump’s job performance 40% of the time, with 54% […]
