An MTA budget hearing erupted when lawmakers clashed over a $35 million security guard contract amid a fare evasion crisis, with officials shouting over guard effectiveness.
Campaign finance disclosures show Sen. Bernie Sanders used numerous private jet services for private flights while he and AOC crisscrossed the country on their Fight Oligarchy tour.
Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta raised an eyebrow Friday over President Trump's decision to revert the name of the Defense Department back to the "Department of War." "I don't know why the president is doing this. You know, I guess I've read where he thinks that it makes our military look tougher," Panetta, who served...
Astronauts who have previously visited the ISS have not been shy about the odor on the space station, with many describing it as a one-of-a-kind aroma.
Republican lawmakers took to social media early Saturday to praise President Trump's new "Rose Garden Club," following renovations to the garden that sits near the West Wing of the White House. Trump invited a slew of guests to the Rose Garden on Friday night for a dinner. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) shared a variety...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) this week warned the American people that a Trump nominee for a State Department position was an extremist, cut from the same cloth as the Iranian mullahs and religious extremists. Riley Barnes, nominated to serve as assistant secretary of State for democracy, human rights and labor, revealed his dangerous proclivities to...
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo said Friday that Florida's move to end all school vaccine mandates is not “actually a scientific debate,” but rather about putting parents' and children’s interests over the government. “This isn't actually a scientific debate. This is about whether the parent's interest should prevail over the sovereignty and the autonomy of...
The screen-matched lightsaber was used in duel scenes between Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker during the final two episodes of the original Star Wars trilogy.
Among President Trump’s long list of perceived political enemies, one lawmaker has drawn outsize scrutiny from the administration: Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). Trump has routinely fixated on the California senator, who investigated Russia’s 2016 election interference and served as the lead manager on Trump’s first impeachment. Schiff was also a member of the House committee...
Speculation has reached a fever pitch over the past week that President Trump’s allies are seeking to clear the field in the New York City mayoral race for Andrew Cuomo, raising questions about why the president’s orbit might side with a longtime foe. The New York Times reported Friday that Trump adviser Steve Witkoff met...
Google has avoided the worst-case scenario of being forced to sell off its Chrome browser, but legal experts say the court’s remedies to the Justice Department's (DOJ) antitrust win could still loosen the company’s grip over online search. The tech giant, which a judge ruled last year to have illegally monopolized the search market, can...
Republicans on Friday unveiled 14 bills intended to reduce local government autonomy and harshen punishments for youth and violent offenders in Washington, D.C amid President Trump's crime crackdown in the nation's capital. “President Trump and House Republicans are committed to restoring law and order in our nation’s capital city. Under President Trump’s decisive leadership, crime...
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Marty Makary on Friday said the agency has not finalized a forthcoming report about autism after the Wall Street Journal reported Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to make an announcement linking Tylenol to the condition in children, urging mothers carrying children to forego the pain medication....
