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 General Services Administration (GSA) on Tuesday released a list of nearly 450 federal buildings it may seek to sell — including major real estate like the headquarters of the Justice Department, FBI and the U.S. Department of Agriculture as well as federal buildings across the country. The list of 443 “non-core assets” comes as GSA...
Hardline House conservatives are signaling an openness to supporting a continuing resolution to keep the government open later this month — a notable shift from their usual stance against stopgaps that is changing the playing field for GOP leaders are they look to keep the lights on in Washington. For years, members of the House Freedom...
Conservative media figure Ben Shapiro launched a petition calling on President Trump to pardon former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted in the 2020 murder of George Floyd. “We write to urge you to immediately issue a pardon for Officer Derek Chauvin, who was unjustly convicted and is currently serving a 22-and-a-half year...
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Tuesday revealed he was behind a social media campaign involving nearly two dozen Democratic senators after tech billionaire Elon Musk offered a Tesla Cybertruck to the first person to provide "proof" of who wrote the script, which he called "propaganda." The social media campaign was launched Tuesday morning, with at...
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that President Trump may announce a compromise with Canada and Mexico on Wednesday, the day after he imposed 25 percent tariffs on the two neighboring countries. Lutnick told Fox Business that he has spoken to the Canadians and Mexicans on the phone on Tuesday and that both countries told him...
Liquor bottles are flying off the shelves in Canada, but not because they are being sold. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario says it is pulling American-made spirits in response to the U.S. and Canada's escalating tariff feud. "As part of Ontario's response strategy to U.S. tariffs, the government of Ontario has directed LCBO to...
Senate Republicans are defending President Trump's decision to pause aid for Ukraine as a negotiating tactic days after his public spat with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office. GOP lawmakers are still feeling the aftershocks of Friday’s blowup, which shelved a minerals deal between the two leaders. However, many of the GOP's ardent...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is on the ground in Texas to aid the state in tamping down a measles outbreak, the agency said Tuesday. The agency in a statement on the social platform X said it has sent some of its Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) “disease detectives” to the West Texas...
Senate Democrats have sent the Trump administration a letter pressing them on their plan to economically assist farmers as the tariff plan is implemented. The letter, signed by Ranking Member for the Agriculture Committee Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and 14 other Democrats, was addressed to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins. “As you...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said she will not attend President Trump’s address to the joint session of Congress Tuesday night. She said she will be posting live about the speech on social media instead. “I’m not going to the Joint Address. I will be live posting and chatting with you all here instead,” the New...
Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre compared the Trump administration's feud with the Associated Press and takeover of press pool coverage to how countries like Russia and North Korea treat the media, saying it is an attack on the freedom of the press.
President Trump will address Congress Tuesday night against the backdrop of newly levied tariffs on the nation's closest trading partners, Canada and Mexico. The leaders of both nations had sharp words as the tariffs went into effect, with Canadian Prime Miniser Justin Trudeau calling the action "dumb" and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum saying she'd announce...
