The administration of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani sued food delivery app Motoclick on Thursday for allegedly stealing millions of dollars from its workers’ paychecks. The lawsuit, filed by New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, alleges Motoclick is engaging in deceptive business practices by charging employees a $10 fee for canceled orders […]
The previous right-hand woman to former New York Republican Gov. George Pataki announced on Thursday she is running for Connecticut governor. In announcing her campaign against Gov. Ned Lamont (D-CT), former New York Lt. Gov. Betsy McCaughey slammed “Lefty Lamont’s” housing, taxation, and energy policies. “Today, I’m officially announcing my run for Governor of Connecticut. […]
Rep. James Comer (R-KY) has thrown his weight behind a bill that would delay the implementation of hemp-banning language in an agriculture funding law set to go into effect in November. As part of the agriculture funding bill passed in November 2025 to end the government shutdown, President Donald Trump signed into law a provision […]
The United States and Taiwan on Thursday announced a comprehensive trade and investment agreement designed to trigger a revival of the U.S. semiconductor sector in the homeland. The deal, announced in a release by the Department of Commerce, establishes an economic partnership between the countries to strengthen domestic semiconductor supply chains through $500 billion in […]
President Donald Trump is keeping all options open in his deliberations on the future of Iran, but violent intervention to protect protesters could sour relations with allies in the Middle East and beyond. The president on Thursday walked back his promise that “help is on the way” for protesters, citing the regime’s decision not to […]
The Senate has now passed half of its annual spending bills after a Thursday afternoon vote to fund the Justice Department and several other federal agencies. The overwhelming majority of senators supported a three-bill package that also keeps the Interior, Commerce, and Energy departments operating past a Jan. 30 government funding deadline. Senators left town […]
Telecommunications company Verizon is offering its customers $20 on Thursday if they were affected by an hourslong network outage on Wednesday. This outage started at 12:30 p.m. EST and continued for roughly 10 hours. At its peak, Down Detector reported more than 180,000 issues. The last time Verizon had a major outage was in October 2024. […]
A judge on the Delaware Court of Chancery has denied a motion filed by Paramount Skydance to expedite its lawsuit against Warner Bros. Discovery as the latter Hollywood studio remains up for sale. In a ruling issued Thursday morning, Vice Chancellor Morgan Zurn determined Paramount has not suffered any “cognizable, irreparable harm” from what the […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt implored Democrats to spend time with Immigration and Customs Enforcement following violent clashes between law enforcement officers and protesters in Minnesota. “I would encourage Governor [Tim] Walz and other Democrats who are demeaning law enforcement to sit down and have a cup of coffee with an ICE agent or […]
New Jersey lawmakers approved a package of three bills this week that would sharply limit cooperation between state and local authorities and federal immigration officers, a move Republicans say unlawfully interferes with federal authority and mirrors a growing Democrat-led effort nationwide to curb Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “You want boundaries that legally can’t be crossed […]
