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The tacky 2026 NYE ball and more: Letters to the Editor — Nov. 30, 2025

NY Post readers discuss the 2026 New Year's Eve ball's design and more.

Trump is wise to tackle Obamacare but real answers mean a massive overhaul

Yet while an extension will kick the can down the road for the short...

Pray this new lawsuit frees up NYC ‘zombie’ apartments — to help tenants AND landlords

Small-property owners are suing New York, city and state, in federal court, aiming to...

FDA to tighten vaccine rules after memo ties COVID-19 shot to child deaths

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is set to implement stricter vaccine approval guidelines after a memo claimed at least 10 children died "after and because of" receiving a COVID-19 shot. The guidelines, obtained by The New York Times, could also impact vaccinations for other illnesses and viruses, including the FDA's standards for annual flu...

Senators vow oversight after report Hegseth told troops to ‘kill everybody’ in boat strike

Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) issued a statement Saturday vowing to conduct "vigorous oversight" on Caribbean strikes after a report surfaced that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. military to "kill everybody" aboard an alleged drug vessel. "The Committee is aware of recent news reports — and the Department of Defense's...

What to know about Trump’s plan to fight state AI laws

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story What to know about Trump’s plan to fight state AI laws President Trump is taking aim at state artificial intelligence (AI) laws that his administration sees as threats to the growing industry and the U.S’s ability to dominate it. © AP Photo/Evan Vucc The clash with state legislatures...

Dem leaders up in arms at Trump for touting death penalty for lawmakers

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Dem leaders up in arms at Trump for touting death penalty for lawmakers House Democratic leaders hammered President Trump on Thursday after the president suggested a group of Democratic lawmakers should be executed for “seditious behavior"...

San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan launches bid for Pelosi seat

San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan (D) is running to succeed retiring Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). Chan, a member of the city’s Board of Supervisors since 2021, said Thursday she is running “for all the people who are being shut out by the system” and touted her working-class roots. “This election is about local neighborhoods versus...

Democrats say Trump flubbed requirements for setting refugee cap at all-time low

Democrats accused the Trump administration of again failing to meet its requirement to consult with Congress on plans for refugees as the White House pushes to cut admissions to the lowest level in the program's history. President Trump in October announced the lowest-ever refugee cap of 7,500 refugees, just a fraction of the 125,000 cap set by...

GOP’s Mast drops opposition to Syria sanctions repeal — with conditions

Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.), the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told The Hill on Thursday that he will support the repeal of sweeping sanctions on Syria but wants language that would impose penalties if the interim government in Damascus fails to meet certain conditions. President Trump is backing the repeal of the sanctions,...

Fetterman calls Trump posts ‘dangerous,’ ‘deeply wrong’

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) slammed President Trump for calling a group of Democratic lawmakers “traitors” on Thursday. “I strongly reject this dangerous rhetoric,” Fetterman wrote on the social platform X. “Do not threaten Members of Congress. Republican or Democrat. It’s deeply wrong with no exceptions—ever.” Earlier Thursday, the president suggested that six Democrats should be...

Thune: ‘I certainly don’t agree’ with Trump suggesting death penalty for Democrats

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said on Thursday that he did not agree with President Trump’s suggestion that a group of Democratic lawmakers be locked up or punished by death after they urged military service members to resist unlawful orders. Thune decried the comments made by the group of Democrats, all of whom served...

GOP rep does ‘6-7’ gesture while presiding over House

Unfortunately, “6-7” has reached the House floor. Rep. Blake Moore (R-Utah) thought it was a good idea Tuesday to use the slang term, which has been increasingly used by teenagers to describe, well, anything. Moore, serving as speaker pro tempore, asked for those in the chamber to vote yea or nay on a measure. Then,...

Trump proposes to open up drilling off California and closer to Florida

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump opens new drilling in Eastern Gulf, off California The Trump administration proposed Thursday to open up new oil and gas drilling off the coast of California and in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. © Alex Brandon and Rich Pedroncelli, Associated Press The administration...

Senate panel advances Trump’s pick to chair key crypto regulator

The Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday voted to advance President Trump’s new pick to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), a low-profile agency that is poised to take on a key role regulating cryptocurrency. The panel voted 12-11 along partisan lines to send Mike Selig’s nomination to the Senate floor, just one day after...

Jon Stewart rips Trump, tech leaders over Saudi crown prince visit

Comedian Jon Stewart went after President Trump and tech leaders over a visit this week with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. “Jon, what do you think about all of the CEOs attending the White House dinner for MBS [Mohammed bin Salman]?” Brittany Mehmedovic, Stewart’s producer, asked on his “The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart”...

Fight erupts on Senate floor over provision letting senators reap millions from suing DOJ

Democratic senators clashed with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on the Senate floor Thursday when the GOP leader proposed a resolution to clarify that any damages won by Republican senators from lawsuits against the Department of Justice (DOJ) would go to the U.S. Treasury and not to the senators’ bank accounts. Responding to complaints...

CAIR sues Texas over terrorist designation

The Council on American-Islamic Relations’s (CAIR) legal arm has filed a lawsuit challenging Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) designation of their group as a “foreign terrorist organization” — a stance at odds with the U.S. government. CAIR is the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights advocacy organization, according to a description on its website. The organization’s...

Netanyahu says Israel will keep ‘qualitative advantage’ despite F-35 sale to Saudi Arabia

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday the United States has assured his country's "qualitative advantage" in the Middle East despite President Trump's plan to sell F-35 advanced fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. The sale concerned Israeli and some U.S. officials about whether it could destabilize Israel's so-called qualitative military edge (QME), which Congress has...

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