New York City Mayor Eric Adams plans to meet with Donald Trump in Florida on Friday, another friendly overture to the president-elect by a Democrat awaiting trial on federal corruption charges.
A White Jewish professor has sued the University of Pennsylvania for breach of contract, accusing the institution of "racist double standards" for suspending her over race-related comments while allowing other employees to smear Jews without consequence.
After four years of intense legal battles against the feds over immigration, abortion and environmental policies, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he's looking forward to a "fairer shake" from the Justice Department starting next week.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) is set to meet with President-elect Trump in Florida on Friday just days ahead of Trump's inauguration next week, according to Adams’s aide. “Tomorrow, Mayor Adams will sit down with President-elect Trump and discuss New Yorkers’ priorities,” Adams’s spokesperson Fabien Levy said in a Thursday post on X....
Former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Michael Brown said that Congress should give the disaster relief agency back its “independent agency status,” allowing it direct access to the president which would, in his view, improve its overall operation. “The smartest thing they could do is to pull FEMA out, give it back...
"The loss of a staff person is difficult, but to lose a family member on Christmas Day at the hands of someone in our custody is a tragedy beyond comprehension."
Phoenix police are investigating a Christmas night shooting at Sky Harbor International Airport that led to three injuries and one stabbing. The victims included an adult female and two adult males who were shot, leaving the female with injuries police described as life-threatening, according to the Associated Press. The two men were in stable condition...
Israeli forces on Thursday launched a massive barrage of strikes on Houthi positions in Yemen in the latest exchange of attacks between Israel and the Iranian-backed rebel group. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on X that fighter jets struck military targets on the western coast of Yemen. The targets included military...
Rep. Annie Kuster (D-N.H.) is leaving Congress with the goal of opening doors for a younger generation in leadership. “I’m trying to set a better example,” Kuster told the Boston Globe in a report published Thursday about her decision to not seek reelection. “I think there are colleagues — and some of whom are still...
Unemployment insurance claims dropped to their lowest level in a month, showing signs of health in the U.S. labor market amid a broader slowdown in employment conditions. Initial claims fell by 1,000 to 219,000 for the week ending Dec. 21, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The four-week average of claims increased by 1,000 to 226,500....
Plans for the military to participate in the detention and deportation of 9 million immigrants will have negative consequences for current service members and future veterans, as well as damage the morale, reputation and readiness of the armed forces.
Americans feel like they should increasingly avoid political news content, according to a study published Thursday by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research at the University of Chicago. Their research found 65 percent of adults have felt the need to limit their media consumption about the government and politics due to information overload, fatigue,...
President-elect Donald Trump is signaling to NATO member-states that they must spend 5 percent of their GDP annually on defense if they want U.S. support, in order to prepare for a potential war with Russia in the next decade.
