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Mayor Adams’ record is muddled as his re-election year begins

Mayor Adams enters his re-election year with a pretty mixed record.

U.S. slaps sanctions on Russian, Iranian groups over disinformation targeting American voters

The United States has imposed sanctions on two groups linked to Iranian and Russian efforts to target American voters with disinformation ahead of this year's election.

Elon Musk has been enjoying Mar-a-Lago cottage since November

Elon Musk has really inserted himself into President-elect Donald Trump's life, including staying in a cottage on his Mar-a-Lago estate that goes for $2,000 a night.

Judicial independence is under threat, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts warns

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a defense Tuesday of judicial independence, which he said is under threat from intimidation, disinformation and the prospect of public officials defying court orders.

D.C. denies role in anti-Trump ‘trash’ posters; Republicans skeptical

The Washington, D.C., city government denies involvement in posters denigrating President-elect Donald Trump's supporters as "trash," but Republicans aren't buying it.

Conservatives get the last laugh after Democrats’ campaign to demonize Project 2025 bombs

The Heritage Foundation unveiled Project 2025 last year -- and then spent the 2024 campaign in the doghouse as Democrats wielded the conservative wish list as a cudgel against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Luckily for Heritage, the Democratic strategy was a flop.

Bernie Sanders plans to legislation based on Trump’s campaign promise to cap credit card rates

Sen. Bernard Sanders and President-elect Donald Trump have something in common -- the desire to cap credit card interest rates.

Timothee Chalamet’s Bob Dylan rejects communist activists

I walked into James Mangold’s new Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, which adapts Elijah Wald’s Dylan Goes Electric!, with low expectations, largely because it seemed unthinkable that any film could do justice to Dylan’s towering legacy. But to my surprise, it quickly became not only one of my favorite films of the year but one of […]

North Carolina Gov Cooper commutes sentences of 15 death row inmates on final day in office

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) on Tuesday commuted the death sentences of 15 inmates to life in prison without the possibility of parole, coinciding with New Year’s Eve and his final day in office. “These reviews are among the most difficult decisions a Governor can make, and the death penalty is the most severe...

France’s Macron acknowledges snap elections backfired

France’s President Emmanuel Macron admitted that his decision to hold parliamentary elections early caused instability in New Year's Eve comments. “Lucidity and humility force [me] to recognize that at this stage, this decision has produced more instability than peace, and I fully own up to that,” Macron told the public in a televised address. “The...

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