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Hey, NYC Comptroller Mark Levine: Pension funds belong to taxpayers — not YOU

New York’s city comptrollers are supposed to safeguard taxpayer dollars, but many have treated the city pension funds they oversee as their own play money — and Mark Levine...

GOP’s fatal attraction to unions is the start of a bad romance

The likely result: a broad drag on economic growth, with higher prices for consumers,...

Russia triggered robot warfare — and created a monster in Ukraine

It’s opening the door to a nightmarish new type of conflict in which machines...

Mamdani still plans to unravel the NYPD — and with it, public safety

As part of his effort to turn the NYPD into a passive “community safety”...

Drones and the Economics of Warfare

The current shifts in military technology and the ease of access to its products...

‘Toxic Empathy’ Is Just Tribalism

The desire to identify with others is subject to the same human passions as the draw of defending our own.

California Dems Move to Punish Medical Providers for Sharing Data on ‘Gender-Affirming’ Care, Abortion

The Trump administration has issued more than 20 subpoenas for records on gender-transition procedures.

Progressives Lash Out at America’s New Approach to Public Diplomacy

The article is another silly example of progressive backlash to the Trump administration’s much-needed reset of American relations with Europe.

Mamdani’s Mishaps

‘His capacity to do a ton of structural damage to the city might be hemmed in just by fiscal reality.’

Jill Biden gets outbid for guest appearance on gay hockey show

Former first lady Jill Biden wanted to make a cameo on Season Two of "Heated Rivalry."

Rosie O’Donnell calls Swalwell scandal ‘heartbreaking,’ compares him to Clinton: ‘Men suck’

Rosie O'Donnell called the sexual misconduct allegations against former Rep. Eric Swalwell "heartbreaking," comparing the disgraced California Democrat to former President Bill Clinton and concluding that "men suck."

As Iran war rages, Trump shifts from press ‘gaggles’ to phone chats with individual reporters

President Trump has pulled back on his habit of taking questions in press scrums as the war in Iran rages and gasoline crossed the $4 threshold for the first time in nearly three years.

Federal Trade Commission shuts down investigation of NewsGuard

The Trump administration has closed down an investigation of NewsGuard, a group that rates news websites and which had been accused of being used to justify boycotts of conservative outlets.

Treasury sanctions Iran-backed militias in Iraq as part of pressure campaign

The Treasury Department is sanctioning some of Iraq's "most violent" Iran-backed militia groups as part of its broader effort to rein in Tehran.

85-year-old widow is released from U.S. custody, returns to France amid messy family dispute

The 85-year-old widow of an American military veteran held in federal immigration detention returned home to France on Friday, according to the French government and her family.

Trump’s lawyers are in talks with the IRS to resolve president’s $10B lawsuit

Lawyers for President Donald Trump are engaged in talks with the IRS to resolve a $10 billion lawsuit the president filed against his own tax collection agency over the leak of his tax information to news outlets between 2018 and 2020.

Trump target in Palestinian student protest case goes home to Turkey

Rumeysa Ozturk, one of the most prominent figures targeted in last year's Trump administration crackdown on pro-Palestinian students, has left the U.S. -- but says she did it on her own timeline.

White House chief of staff to meet with Anthropic CEO over its new AI technology

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles plans to sound out Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei about the artificial intelligence company's new Mythos model, which has attracted attention from the federal government for how it could transform national security and the economy.

Newsom PAC bought thousands of memoir copies about his hardships, juicing sales

Campaign finance filings reveal Gavin Newsom's PAC bought 67,000 copies of his memoir for over $1.5 million amid his 2024 presidential positioning.

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