University presidents scrambled to contain the public-relations disaster created by their waffling on whether calling for the "genocide of Jews" would break campus rules, but the damage may have already been done.

Leave it to the New York Young Republicans Club -- founded in 1856 and incorporated in 1911 -- to be the relative force behind what used to be known as a "very swell affair." The organization will host its 111th annual Gala on Saturday -- a black-tie event which features "a night of dinner, drinking, and love of country with President Trump," the organization noted in its public description of the event.

Former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi will be the Democratic nominee in next year's special election to replace ousted congressman George Santos, New York Democrats announced Thursday.