House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) claimed Wednesday that former President Donald Trump sees himself as a “Putin-esque” figure, and that a growing number of Republicans are becoming sympathetic to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Jeffries made his comment on Trump during an appearance on ABC’s The View, in which co-host Joy Behar claimed that Trump […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced on Wednesday that his administration is cutting 10% in funding geared toward asylum-seekers to join the additional 20% in spending cuts already announced in New York City’s preliminary budget. The announcement of the slash in immigrant funding came after Adams said in an interview with ABC 7 that […]
James Biden told Congress in a closed-door interview on Wednesday that he never used his brother President Joe Biden to further his own business pursuits, but the younger Biden also made remarks about his China-related ventures that conflict with testimony from others. James Biden’s remarks came as part of his opening statement, obtained by the […]
A biological male who identifies as a woman set a program record for the Ramapo College of New Jersey women’s swimming team over the weekend. Meghan Cortez-Fields set the program mark while competing in the 200-meter individual medley at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships, according to a report. The swimmer overcame the school record […]
The war in Gaza is revealing cracks within the Democratic Party‘s progressive wing and reigniting a long-standing debate as members disagree on the best path forward. Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) reportedly left the House Congressional Progressive Caucus, making him the second Democrat to do so over the past few months in response to the war. […]
Rudy Giuliani appealed a verdict on Tuesday ordering him to pay $148 million to two Georgia election workers for defaming them after the 2020 election, hours after a court said he could use preapproved donors to pay his expenses. In December, an eight-person jury awarded Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, the massive […]
Prominent investors have signaled their intent to halt their business in New York following the $355 million verdict in former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud case. Real estate mogul Grant Cardone announced on Tuesday that his firm Cardone Capital would no longer underwrite New York real estate, one day after Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary […]
If Americans could have it all, they’d be eager to fund Ukraine’s defense in its war with Russia and fix “our country” and porous border. But with the budget deficit under President Joe Biden at a record high, likely voters want America’s problems addressed before any more money goes to Ukraine, which is in a […]
House Republicans deleted a reference to an FBI informant once central to their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden after the person was indicted by the Justice Department last week for making false statements. In an interview request sent to former State Department official Amos Hochstein on Tuesday, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) […]
The Virginia House of Delegates and Senate approved the other chamber’s bills to make to-go cocktails legal on a permanent basis, sending the pieces of legislation to Gov. Glenn Youngkin‘s (R-VA) desk for approval. The twin bills, Senate Bill 635 and House Bill 688, were approved, 82-16 and 40-0, respectively, on Thursday. Both bills would […]
