Last month Mayor Mamdani conveyed his condolences, and that of the city, to the family of Clarence Woodward, an inmate who passed away on Rikers Island while awaiting trial...
Troy Jackson was a longtime labor activist and logger before he unexpectedly became the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine. On Monday, he returned to a union hall to tell workers they need to go to the polls this fall - to raise the minimum wage, expand family medical leave and show support for one another.
The White House on Wednesday hit back at Democrats for their behavior during President Trump’s joint address the night before, calling it “disgraceful.” Press secretary Karoline Leavitt focused her criticism on Democrats not standing up to cheer for certain moments that she argued were positive wins for Americans out of the first weeks of Trump’s...
The State Department unveiled visa restrictions on foreign government officials who are thought to be responsible for aiding illegal immigration into the U.S., part of a wider effort by President Trump's administration to crackdown on immigration. The new visa-restriction policy, which was released on Wednesday, will apply to foreign officials, including customs and immigration officials,...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) weighed in on the decision some of his Democratic colleagues made to protest President Trump's joint address to Congress Tuesday, suggesting it just made the commander in chief look "more presidential." “A sad cavalcade of self owns and unhinged petulance," Fetterman wrote Wednesday on social platform X. "It only makes Trump...
President Trump on Wednesday announced a one-month exemption on tariffs against Canada and Mexico for cars following a meeting with the three major U.S. automakers. Trump spoke with the leaders of the Ford, General Motors and Stellantis on the heels of imposing 25 percent tariffs on all imports from Mexico and Canada on Tuesday. Following...
Several Democrats, including some who are veterans themselves, have spoken out in opposition to President Trump’s advisor Alina Habba after she quipped about veterans not being fit for their jobs. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a Navy combat veteran, responded to a clip posted online of Habba, saying her remarks are “messed up.” “Just today, I...
ABC News Group is eliminating its political arm, 538, which specializes in polling, surveys and data, amid wider layoffs at the Walt Disney parent company, according to information obtained by The Hill. The layoffs are expected to impact 200 employees which represents under 6 percent of the staff at the company and Disney Entertainment Networks...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is defending the conduct of the “majority” of his fellow Democrats during President Trump’s defiant speech before Congress Tuesday night. But he declined to weigh in on the protests by a smaller group of Democrats during the marathon address, most notably Rep. Al Green’s (D-Texas) heckling of the president...
Mohammad Sharifullah, a member of the Afghanistan branch of the terror group Islamic State, ISIS-K, was charged on Sunday by the United States for allegedly helping plan the 2021 terror attack at the Kabul airport that killed 13 American soldiers and several others. According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), Sharifullah has been charged with...
More than 31 million Americans borrowed money last year to pay for health care, a new survey found. Those Americans borrowed about $74 billion, despite most of them have some form of health insurance, the West Health-Gallup survey found. Most of the borrowers were ages 18-29, 30-39 and 40-49. Just two percent of Americans who...
Ben Stiller has revealed that former President Obama counts himself among the fans of "Severance" but still turned down a role on the popular Apple TV+ show. The "Zoolander" star, who's an executive producer and director on "Severance," told Jimmy Kimmel during a Monday appearance that he attempted to land Obama to narrate an animated...
Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams defended herself after President Trump invoked her name in his address Tuesday night to a joint session of Congress. When speaking about wasteful spending, Trump said his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) found that $1.9 billion was used to form a committee focused on the decarbonization of homes. That...
Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-Texas), the former Houston mayor who won a seat in Congress in November, succeeding the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D), died Tuesday night. He was 70. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) confirmed Turner’s death Wednesday morning. “The House Democratic Caucus family is shocked and saddened by the sudden passing of...
