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Rikers’ dine-and-dasher and more: Letters to the Editor — Feb. 8, 2026

NY Post readers discuss dine-and-dasher Pei Chung, who is jailed on Rikers’ Island, and more.

To get beyond Minneapolis, GOP, it’s still ‘the economy, stupid’

Overly aggressive ICE enforcement, particularly in Minneapolis, has taken a heavy toll on President...

The end of college racial quotas is already making America more just

Academic “mismatch” is over as students of all races are now going to the...

LA’s homeless spending: a case study in epic failure

Sprawling homelessness is one of the most chronic frustrations in Los Angeles.  Now we...

A MAGA push to erase a Dem House seat is triggering accusations of fraud and violence in Utah

National Republicans are throwing money and bodies at a down-ballot initiative to try to...

We are losing the basis of our civic discourse

If you never learn the habit of separating people from their ideas, disagreement becomes personal and dissenters become enemies to be silenced.

Ford recalls 355K+ trucks over instrument panel error: NHTSA 

Ford Motor Company is recalling over 355,000 trucks due to an error with the instrument panel display, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The recall encompasses 2025 and 2026 models, including F-550 SD, F-450 SD, F-350 SD, F-250 SD and 2025 F-150 vehicles. “An instrument panel display that does not show critical...

Minnesota senator tells RFK Jr. ‘stop peddling bulls‑‑‑’ on mass shootings 

Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) blasted Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday after he suggested psychiatric drugs given to children could partly be to blame for school shootings. "I dare you to go to Annunciation School and tell our grieving community, in effect, guns don’t kill kids, antidepressants do," Smith wrote on the...

RFK Jr. says ‘aggregation of causes’ likely leads to autism

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday he thinks his agency’s forthcoming report on autism will reveal an “aggregation of causes” that lead to the neurological disorder. “This is a crisis,” Kennedy said in a “Fox & Friends” interview. “There is not a single cause. There are many, many — there's...

Minneapolis school shooting survivor in ‘state of complete fear,’ father says

The father of a child who survived Wednesday's school shooting in Minneapolis says his daughter is in a "state of complete fear" and "traumatized," adding that stronger gun regulations are needed in the wake of the deadly incident. “She's in a state of complete fear right now, traumatized. And we just don't know right now....

Becerra on CDC resignations: ‘People will die’

Former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra on Wednesday lamented the resignations of four senior leaders at the Center for Disease Control (CDC), warning of major concerns for public health. "I worked alongside the three leading scientists at the CDC who resigned tonight," Becerra, who served in the Biden administration, wrote in a...

Ending birthright citizenship would create a chaotic nightmare

This wouldn’t just be a paperwork problem. It would create a logistical and legal nightmare.

Trump mulls GOP convention before midterms

President Trump on Thursday floated the idea of having the Republican Party hold a convention just ahead of the 2026 midterms, as Democrats are reportedly mulling a similar idea.  “The Republican Party is doing really well. Millions of people have joined us in our quest to MAKE AMERICA, GREAT AGAIN. We won every aspect of...

New York Times angers readers with mini crossword paywall

Fans of The New York Times mini crossword game were met with a surprise Thursday morning when they found a piece of their online morning ritual is now behind a paywall. "Finding out the nyt mini crossword is now behind a paywall has done irreparable damage to my spirit," one user wrote on the social...

RFK Jr. defends CDC shake-up after high-level resignations

RFK Jr. cites abortion, vaccines in call to revisit CDC 'priorities'

Nebraska’s ‘Cornhusker Clink’ is no joke. It’s a harmful political stunt. 

Immigration detention is a serious matter, not something to be branded like a theme park.

GOP Health chair: High-profile departures at CDC will ‘require oversight’

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, says the departures of several high-level officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including CDC Director Susan Monarez, “will require oversight.” Cassidy, who cast a pivotal vote to confirm Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy,...

‘Starting to take this personally’: ‘The Office’ actor flees home, again, amid Oregon wildfire

As the Flat Fire burns through Central Oregon, an actor known for his role on "The Office" is voicing concerns over climate change amplifying wildfire activity as he and his family are among thousands under an evacuation order from the blaze.

Live updates: CDC chaos as director resists firing; Vaccine battles as others resign

Leadership of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is in limbo after the Trump administration moved to oust its leader, Susan Monarez, a decision likely to shake up vaccine policy. The White House defended the firing late Wednesday, after Monarez refused to step down, claiming her policies were not aligned with President Trump's...

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