After Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral race, supermarket billionaire John Catsimatidis renewed his opposition to Mamdani’s plan for rent and tax-exempt, city-run groceries, warning they could force job cuts at his already money-losing chains. He had prepared to move Red Apple Group’s headquarters to New Jersey if...
As the government shutdown hit Day 37, late night hosts zeroed in on travel disruptions after FAA officials announced significant air-traffic cuts at 40 major U.S. airports during the holiday season. Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon joked about Thanksgiving journeys, while Jordan Klepper mocked Frontier Airlines’ advice to buy a...
Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik launched a New York gubernatorial bid with a two-and-a-half minute video casting the race as a fight over affordability and attacking Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul. The spot links Hochul to New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, highlighting her endorsement and rally appearances, and features chants of...
London Mayor Sadiq Khan, long a target of abuse and of attacks from Donald Trump, welcomed New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s victory, saying voters chose hope over fear. The two Muslim leaders share threats, pro-Palestinian scrutiny and bridge-building with Jewish communities, yet diverge politically: Mamdani is a democratic socialist outsider,...
The US Supreme Court paused a Massachusetts ruling and, for now, let the Trump administration require passports to list sex at birth, ending self-selected gender markers and the X option on new and renewed documents. In an unsigned order, the conservative majority said the policy merely records a historical fact...
Announcing her retirement early Thursday, Nancy Pelosi released a nearly six-minute video saluting San Francisco and the city she shaped for decades. The first female House speaker, known for steering the Affordable Care Act and confronting President Trump, is celebrated at home for quieter feats: helping turn the Presidio into...
An antisemitism task force is severing ties with the Heritage Foundation after its president, Kevin Roberts, defended Tucker Carlson’s friendly interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes. In an email, four leaders said the National Task Force to Combat Antisemitism would continue its work outside Heritage, citing a broader problem on...
Representative Elise Stefanik, a close Trump ally, is preparing to announce as early as Friday that she will run for New York governor next year, likely via video, according to people briefed who cautioned the timing could change. Her bid sets up a high-profile clash with Gov. Kathy Hochul and...
Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a bid to bar President Trump from attacking Venezuela without explicit congressional approval, voting 51–49 against taking up the measure as he weighs action against Nicolás Maduro. Despite rising concern over an expanding, unauthorized campaign against drug cartels—including 16 boat strikes that have killed at...
On the 37th day of the shutdown, with flight disruptions looming, senators from both parties prepared for a weekend session as Majority Leader John Thune moved to force another vote on a House stopgap. His plan would fund the government into January and advance three bipartisan bills for agriculture, military...
