When President Donald Trump won last year’s election, European officials quickly began discussing how to sustain US weapons shipments to Ukraine under a leader who had vowed to pull back American support. Eight months later, the results of that plan are coming into view, with Trump on board with a…
Tensions within the Democratic Party over age, representation and experience have roiled a special election primary in southwest Arizona, where a young, social media-savvy activist is taking on the daughter of Rep. Raúl Grijalva, who died in March. Former Pima County Supervisor Adelita Grijalva, 54, has sought to strike a…
Former President Barack Obama issued a call to action for Democrats at a private fundraiser in New Jersey on Friday evening, urging those frustrated by the state of the country under President Donald Trump to “stand up for the things that you think are right.” “I think it’s going to…
It’s President Donald Trump versus MAGA. In the days since the Trump administration released a memo about Jeffrey Epstein directly at odds with conspiracy theories pushed by the president and some of his top lieutenants, Trump’s movement and most ardent supporters are in revolt. The Justice Department and the FBI…
“Gone With the Wind” star Ann Rutherford’s former 1930s Beverly Hills estate has hit the market for $42 million. The actress – who played Carreen O’Hara, one of the sisters of Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh) in the iconic 1939 movie – and her husband, television producer William Dozier, lived at the…
Congressional Republicans are launching into their next big legislative fight — this time over DOGE spending cuts for foreign aid and public broadcasting — that risks the wrath of President Donald Trump if they fail. With just days to go before a critical deadline, Trump himself is applying pressure to…
Uh oh. Democrat swamp rat Jamie Raskin has jumped on the Epstein conspiracy bandwagon, demanding AG Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and his deputy Dan Bongino testify to Congress about the so-called Epstein files. After five days of escalating hysteria and chest-beating, including ultimatums to the president to “fire…
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal are urging quick action by the US as Russia escalates its war in Ukraine, including the passage of a bipartisan bill they’ve introduced implementing sanctions on Moscow that they say could be the “sledgehammer” President Donald Trump needs to end the…
The mile-long Third Avenue corridor enjoys none of the prestige of Madison Avenue, but it’s meaningful as a barometer of the economic health of one of Manhattan’s most stable middle-class neighborhoods. Read More
President Donald Trump and his administration continue to bet big on the issue that, more than any other, appeared to help him win him a second term in 2024: immigration. The administration and its allies have gleefully played up standoffs between federal immigration agents and protesters, such as the one…
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NBC’s switch from Lester Holt to Tom Llamas as anchor of “NBC Nightly News” appears to be paying dividends in the ratings, particularly among younger viewers. For the first time since the 46-year-old Llamas took over on June 2, the “NBC Nightly News” episode on Tuesday outperformed ABC’s “World News…
Since the beginning of the year, shares are down around 20%; the S&P is up about 7%, All of which is putting pressure on Tesla’s board to intervene. Read More
Dozens of forgotten NYC neighborhoods have become real estate hot spots, with home prices doubling — or more — over the past decade, a new report revealed. Two Bridges, nestled between the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges, saw the biggest price boom, with median home sales skyrocketing 288% from $423,000 in…
Gov. Kathy Hochul finally admits the state’s “climate” goals are impossible to meet for now, but she offers no reason to trust she won’t continue to pursue them to appease green extremists, at huge cost to regular New Yorkers, if she wins re-election next year. The climate law demands the…
President Donald Trump signed his landmark tax and spending cuts bill into law on July 4, notching the first major legislative achievement of his second term. Congressional Republicans approved the president’s sweeping agenda bill on an ambitious timeline over the blanket opposition of Democrats, as well as some consternation within…
Tech startup iyO Inc., which already sued iPhone designer Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is also now suing one of its former employees for leaking an unreleased product. Read More
One of Wall Street’s former hubs is trading finance employees for residents. GFP Real Estate has filed plans to convert 40 Exchange Place — a 20-story, 240,000-square-foot office tower in Manhattan’s Financial District — into a mixed-use development with 382 residential units and ground-floor retail, according to the Commercial Observer. …
Two of the most senior figures in the US government — Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the White House chief of staff — have been impersonated in recent weeks using artificial intelligence — a tactic that harnesses a rapidly developing technology that cybersecurity experts say is becoming the “new…
One year after the near assassination of Donald Trump, a deep frustration has set in at the Secret Service over the agency’s response to the security failures of that day. In interviews with CNN, a dozen current and former federal law enforcement officials and lawmakers describe an overall lack of…
Skydance CEO David Ellison has reportedly held talks with Bari Weiss to buy her online news site The Free Press — fueling growing speculation that he is wooing the right-of-center voice to join CBS News once his company’s long-stalled merger with Paramount is approved. The discussions are in the early…
