Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) introduced a House Freedom Caucus-backed censure resolution against Democratic Virgin Islands Del. Stacey Plaskett on Tuesday after her association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was revealed. Norman’s resolution said that Epstein “actively coached” Plaskett during a House Oversight Committee meeting in 2019. It aims to censure and remove her from […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) this week expressed a willingness to work with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani but cast herself as the centrist buffer to his socialist vision for the country’s most populous city. While Hochul endorsed Mamdani weeks before the November election, their relationship has already gained scrutiny after the governor cast doubt […]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said his chamber could deal with the Jeffrey Epstein files “fairly quickly” after a measure calling for their release passed resoundingly through the House. Thune said the resolution could be sent to President Donald Trump’s desk as soon as Tuesday, telling reporters that GOP leadership was seeing if there […]
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is aiming high for his transition fundraising, hoping to garner nearly as much funding as the last two administrations combined. Mamdani set a $4 million transition fundraising goal in a video released Tuesday. “We’re still asking for your help because we need to raise $4 million in total so […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has ranked Fox News at the bottom of her preferred news channels. Greene made the admission to Vanity Fair in a piece published Monday. It was the latest in a series of interviews she has given to various outlets describing her recent rift with the Republican Party. “She said she […]
Rapper and musician Nicki Minaj thanked President Donald Trump for his leadership on “urgent action” against Christian persecution in Nigeria on Tuesday, saying that freedom of religion is a cause that should bring humanity together. Minaj, whose legal name is Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, was invited to a United Nations conference in New York City after […]
The president of Mexico is warning against U.S.-led strikes on drug cartels, despite civil unrest in her country demanding action against the gangs. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday rebuffed President Donald Trump’s Monday remarks from the Oval Office in which he said he would be OK with “whatever we have to do to stop […]
White House deputy chief of staff James Blair has said the Trump administration is considering options to issue $2,000 tariff rebate checks that would not require congressional approval. President Donald Trump announced in early November that dividend checks of “at least $2,000” would be paid to every citizen who is not high-income as a result […]
(The Center Square) — Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul holds a 20-point advantage over Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik in a general election matchup, according to a new poll. The Siena College survey of about 800 likely New York voters, released Tuesday, shows the incumbent governor leading Stefanik by 52-32% and a commanding lead, 56-16%, in a Democratic primary against […]
A federal court blocked Texas from using its redrawn congressional map for the 2026 midterm elections, ordering the map used for the 2022 and 2024 elections to be used next November. The 2-1 ruling of the panel of two federal district judges and one circuit judge wipes away a map that would have likely given […]
