Though he’s been in office less than two weeks, Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Socialist-echoing choices of words and topics are early warning signs of trouble ahead.
Three Minnesota House representatives said that they were denied entry to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Minneapolis Saturday morning.
President Trump on Saturday said he hopes political prisoners released in Venezuela "remember how lucky they got" in the week after U.S. strikes ousted President Nicolás Maduro and brought him to the U.S. to face charges. "Venezuela has started the process, in a BIG WAY, of releasing their political prisoners," Trump wrote on Truth Social....
The Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery revealed President Trump's new photographic portrait, but also removed most of the adjoining text that mentions his two impeachments and the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, The Washington Post reported Saturday. The White House shared a photo of the updated "America's Presidents" exhibit across its social media accounts on...
The push for a congressional stock trading ban is set to reach a critical juncture in the new year. After months of sustained pressure from rank-and-file lawmakers, House Democratic and Republican leaders are rolling out their own proposals to address the issue. Most Democrats have pushed for any ban to extend to the executive branch,...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) will put forward a “no tax on tips” proposal in her New York Executive Budget proposal for fiscal 2027, her office announced Thursday. Hochul, who’s gearing up for a reelection bid this November, will be proposing that up to $25,000 on tipped income would be exempt from state income taxes during the 2026 tax...
Tony Dokoupil, who’s set to helm “CBS Evening News” starting Monday, criticized legacy media outlets for some of their coverage and pledged to be transparent with viewers in his new role anchoring the network's flagship news program. “A lot has changed since the first person sat in this chair. But for me, the biggest difference is people do...
President Trump signed a proclamation on Wednesday to delay increases in U.S. tariffs for imported upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets and vanities for one year. “Given the ongoing productive negotiations regarding the imports of wood products, the President is delaying the tariff increase to allow for further negotiations to occur with other countries,” reads a fact sheet from the White House explaining...
Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist and former New York State Assemblyman whose star quickly rose over the last year, was sworn in as New York City mayor early Thursday. Mamdani was sworn in as the 112th mayor of the country’s largest city during a ceremony at an abandoned subway station near City Hall in Manhattan....
FDR was right: the only thing to fear is fear itself. What if, instead of sparking riots in the streets, the AI revolution expanded the economy, increased prosperity, and improved our quality of life?
Dozens are believed to be dead and at least 100 people injured after a fire tore through a bar in a Swiss ski resort town amid a New Year’s celebration, law enforcement said Thursday. The fire occurred at the Le Constellation bar in the Swiss ski resort town of Crans-Montana early Thursday morning, authorities said, according to The Associated Press. "Our...
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an increasingly contentious policy issue over the past year, as lawmakers have grappled with the impact of the rapidly developing technology that has moved markets, influenced geopolitics and become largely unavoidable in daily life. Key issues — like who should decide regulations, how to balance the push for innovation with the potential risks and how to best compete with China — have...
Congress wrote these programs in order to accelerate carbon capture and strengthen rural energy resilience, not to provide no-strings-attached capital upgrades to coal plants.
