Shooting incidents and shooting victims were down for the third straight year — including the lowest number of shooting incidents in Brooklyn since the early 1990s.
A key cost-saving provision of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) goes into effect in the new year, limiting annual out-of-pocket spending on prescription drugs to $2,000 for Medicare beneficiaries. Starting on Jan. 1, 2025, an estimated 19 million Medicare beneficiaries will see their out-of-pocket Medicare Part D spending capped at $2,000 for the year. This...
When recently asked at a press conference whether he believes Russia’s war with Ukraine will end in 2025, Vladimir Putin gave an odd answer. “I believe in God,” he said, “and God is with us.”
Former CNN anchor Aaron Brown died Sunday, according to news shared by his family. He was 76. Brown, who began his career at a local TV station in Seattle, was a founding host of ABC News's "World News Now" and anchored the outlet's "World News Tonight Saturday" program, according to CNN, which first shared the...
Former CNN host Don Lemon poked fun at the Republican Party's infighting over H-1B visas — a key program to attract international talent that’s been criticized as too complicated and susceptible to abuse — calling supporters of President-elect Trump "dumb f‑‑‑ing idiots." Lemon, in a recent clip from "The Don Lemon Show," railed against Trump...
An investigation is underway after a private jet was ordered to stop taxiing toward a departing Delta flight on an active runway at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday afternoon.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) announced new reforms at Marcy Correctional Facility and the state's Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) on Tuesday following the death of Robert Brooks, an inmate at the prison. A video was released by the state’s attorney general showing correctional officers at the New York facility “repeatedly pummeling"...
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said Tuesday that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) does not have the votes to keep the gavel and that he remains undecided on whether he can support the Louisiana Republican in the Friday floor vote, despite President-elect Trump endorsing Johnson. "I remain undecided, as do a number of my colleagues, because we...
Jonathan Zimmerman, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, argues that mandatory national service is the best way to heal the "diploma divide" and bring all Americans together, as it would teach different Americans that they are part of one nation.
More than 1 million Puerto Ricans are without power on New Year’s Eve as a blackout hit nearly all of the island early Tuesday morning. Nearly 90 percent of 1.47 million clients across Puerto Rico were left in the dark, according to Luma Energy, a private company that oversees electricity transmission and distribution. Luma said...
A detainee at a military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has been repatriated to Tunisia, the Pentagon announced Monday. Ridah Bin Saleh al-Yazidi, 59, was eligible to transfer following an interagency review process, the release said. He was the longest-held detainee at the prison. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told Congress of his support to repatriate...
While Ukrainian military personnel and civilians fight valiantly in a fierce contest for independence, Ukrainian leaders have gotten fabulously wealthy off U.S. aid.
President-elect Trump on Tuesday urged Republicans to be “smart and tough” in the face of potential Democratic efforts to delay the confirmation of his nominees. “We just won a Historic Landslide and Mandate from the American People, but Senate Democrats are organizing to improperly stall and delay the confirmation process of many of our Great...
Laura Loomer, a staunch ally of President-elect Trump and far-right activist, suggested that some Republicans in Trump's circle don't want to cross billionaire Elon Musk. "It sounds like people are scared of crossing the king, the king of the world, Elon Musk, the monarch," Loomer told longtime conservative broadcaster and pundit Eric Bolling on Monday....
